Still trawling through treacle

Oh, for the day when I can say we are on top form!! We are better but not best and it’s more than frustrating now.

We lazed in bed this morning. John thought he’d try out the heavy-weighted blanket that I had been gifted for my birthday and he thoroughly enjoyed it. I finally got out of bed at mid-day just as Danielle texted to wonder if we were up for a visit from her, ‘Tom and Ollie’. Yes, of course, we thought we could manage that!

It was lovely to see her and the children – but we did use Paw Patrol as a bit of a baby-sitter in the absence of our energy to play. I quickly grabbed a photo of them all just as they were getting ready to go home and were putting their shoes and socks on……Thomas really hadn’t been sitting that close to the screen all afternoon, I promise!!

After the family left, we sat for a while and rested a bit before we went outside to clear some of the hedge clippings into the green bin. The binmen cometh tomorrow. We puffed and panted a bit, but we got up some of the leaves from the path as well and filled two bins. We were rather pleased with ourselves. We had actually done something useful today! John puffed and panted a bit more as he gathered some wood and coal for the open fire in readiness for the cold snap they are promising us next week.

After tea, we simply watched TV, and I cleared three folders of papers from the Job Squad days. We had kept the documents for the required five years and it’s now time to get rid. That’s a little bit more clutter out of the way. Still a bit more to go, but we’re on it.

And that’s about it. Every task is like walking through treacle but we are at last doing a few bits and pieces. Maybe we’ll feel properly better next week? Fingers crossed.

Take care everyone. God bless.