Maelstrom

It swirls faster and faster and faster as you get older, doesn’t it? The maelstrom of the ‘untowards’? The time has passed when we could snap the world away in a click of our fingers and have a few minutes restoring the balance. The ‘out of kilter’ moments just seems to keep going now. No even keels to be seen for miles around….

Never mind, it will get better, I am sure. And, in fact, I can hardly complain because, on the way back from a visit to the audiologist to get John’s hearing aids sorted out this morning, all the traffic lights were on green. Can’t be bad, eh? Gotta be thankful for small mercies.

Equally, I am very thankful for all the wonderful people we have in our lives. Those wonderful friends and relatives who are there, come thick or thin, with offers of, ‘Let us know if there’s anything we can do.’ – and knowing that they mean it. Marvellous.

So, in relation to the ‘Mum Saga’, this morning/early afternoon I trawled around the homes that the agency suggested – either chatting to the staff, or undertaking a virtual tour on-line, or even better, undertaking a virtual tour round the home in real time. I think it’s going to be a difficult decision to make, because Mum has always had nice things around her, and I am not keen that she be faced with a clinical atmosphere. We’ll see. The last visit arranged is on Tuesday, so there’s time yet.

I called on Mum first thing and found her in bed fast asleep. She said she felt dozy. Ah…. that’ll be the Pregabalin, I expect. But she seemed much less confused than she was yesterday and talked coherently to me. She even had the ‘nous’ to recognise that she’d already had some pills this morning when the carer tried to give her more. She took a little bit of persuading that these were different and she still needed to take them. But she took them in the end.

The day has been interspersed with visits to Mum, including a ‘tuck-in’ service this evening; responding to emails; scrolling the internet; on-line tours; and prepping food. We had a nice interlude watching William and Thomas roaming around at home, playing, via a video call. It was delightful. I was sorry not have seen Freddie today though – we had had the lawn fertilized the other day, and Steve had advised keeping the children off it for three or four days, so we had to say ‘no’ to a visit. And neither of us felt that we had enough energy for whizzing over to Kenilworth today, either. Maybe tomorrow…..

And that’s about it. A bit of TV this evening and….. wait for it….. not only did John get the ironing board and tackle a bit of the ironing today, but he walked up to the shops, too and he went up two flights of stairs at the audiologists without getting too much out of puff. *Does a little dance* Things must be looking up. And there’ll be good weather to look forward to soon, as well!

• 3,030 people tested positive for the virus today
• 53 people died with the virus in the community in the last 24 hours
• 11 people died in hospitals with the virus on 6 & 7 April
• And it’s Day 11 of the lifting of Lockdown 3; Day 381 since Lockdown 1; Day 386 since our self-imposed Lockdown 1

Take care everyone. God bless.