John was perked up a bit yesterday when Harry, his ‘chap-for-a-chat’ from MacMillan, came in the morning. I don’t know what they find to talk about, but they manage two hours’ worth every week.
Whilst John was occupied with nattering, knowing that he was well-looked after, I took myself off to yoga class, which brightened me up.
At lunchtime, Paul came to keep John company while I went to my Mum’s cousin’s house for lunch. I thought my days of ‘ladies wot lunch’ were over, but with Paul ministering to John’s every whim, I knew a couple of hours out would be just lovely. Jenny, Mum’s cousin by marriage, had invited another of Mum’s relatives round and she thought it would be nice to get-together. I was keen to see them as they hadn’t been able to get to the funeral, so I wanted to share the day.
We had a slap-up lunch and a glass of wine, so I came home replete and ready for a nap. John, apparently, had been napping most of the afternoon…
Bless him, Paul did a few jobs for us whilst John was otherwise engaged – either chatting or inspecting the back of his eyelids – and so I was delighted to come home to my long list and be able to cross some of the jobs off. Satisfying, isn’t it? Even if I hadn’t done the jobs myself!!
“What have we got planned for tomorrow?” John wanted to know. “No plans,” I replied. “Although Michael wondered if we’d like a visit from him and the boys whilst Danielle goes to the hairdressers for her birthday treat?” Oh, yes, please. John was definitely up for that!
So today was filled with lots of fun, cuddles, chuckles and riding up and downstairs on the stair lift. Thomas was feeling a lot better, although is still needing soft food and Calpol. Ice cream? Yes please! Rice pudding? Yes, please!
Oliver was his usual cheeky self, inspecting all of my cupboards and re-arranging the ornaments. He certainly wasn’t interested in the toys – unless Thomas was playing with them, of course!
The children had brought their wellies so, when it was time to walk up to the Post Office to post a letter, it was splash, splash wherever they could find a puddle. Just great fun.
After the family had gone home, we rested a bit; watched TV; chatted a bit and had our tea. John talked about all the other people that were in the house. Someone upstairs, tidying up; someone talking on the phone; someone standing just to his right. All lovely people and all imaginary. Ah…. the joys of morphine, eh?
We started watching the New Zealand vs Argentina rugby match this evening but gave up at half-time, realising that it was a foregone conclusion. But really, Argentina should be so pleased with their success at this World Cup – they’ve done really well. Just waiting for tomorrow’s slaughter now…..
Take care everyone. God bless. Halloween is on its way – got your pumpkins ready?
What a grand couple of days. I bet there was no shortage of puddles to go through 😂xx