Visitors!

Although we have had people and family call in this year, today was the first day of 2023 that we entertained visitors!! And how lovely it was that Dave and Chris, and George and Sue came for a fish ‘n chip lunch and a bit of cream tea.

We had a really nice time. When it was first suggested, I wasn’t sure how we’d be, but George had said ‘no catering’, so he treated us all to the fish and chips at lunchtime, which meant that all we had to do was serve cups of tea and coffee, glasses of wine and prosecco, and conjure up some scones and clotted cream for tea. Lush, eh?

The Halls and Waterfalls: here they are enjoying the attentions of the cat-of-many-lives……

It is so wonderful to be among dear and long-standing friends. The conversation turned to when we’d first met and our weddings. Dave and Chris are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year. Yikes!! Who’d a thought it?

Naturally, we spent all afternoon chattering our heads off and when it was time for the guests to go home, we were still debating this or that subject, even as they went out of the door! We had a smashing time. Tired now though.

Our day had started early with a trip to the hospital to get a check up on my eye. I was marginally disappointed in that it actually turned out to be simply a scan. Apparently, they are so busy with referrals that they’ve started a new system of the patient coming in and being scanned, before the scan is then reviewed by the consultant. At that point, s/he makes a decision as to the priorities and who will be seen soonest. I’m not holding my breath.

John dropped me off at the door of the ophthalmology unit and went off to get his blood tests. I was in and out in no time and so wandered along the corridor in the direction of Phlebotomy about a quarter of an hour later. I happened upon a handsome man in the corridor, having finished with his medical treatment, and thought I’d pick him up and take him home…..

As we drove out of the hospital grounds we thought we’d just pop into Boots to look for a new pair of glasses for John. He’s keen to get a new pair with prisms in the lenses, so that he can actually see. We were in luck and found a lovely pair that we both liked. Unfortunately, we couldn’t order them as we’d forgotten to take the prescription with us…… Ah well, that’ll be another trip into town then, won’t it?

We pootled off home but had plenty of time before our guests were due to arrive, so we decided to stop off at Oakes’ for a cup of coffee. And d’you know what? We felt almost civilised.

The plumber called to service the boiler at lunchtime today, but as we were entertaining, it was all very painless and he worked quietly and efficiently in the background, only attracting my attention when he wanted to flag to me that the bill would be in my Inbox. Yay!

And that was our day. Quite an exciting one really and one by the end of which we thought we might go to bed early. Ha! Ha! You think?

We’ve had to wait up for the delivery of John’s eye serum. The courier was due to arrive between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. “Hi, John?” came the phone call, “I’m running fifteen minutes late. Should be with you about 9.15 – is that OK?” Well, what can you say? Of course it’s OK. The serum is a life saver – well, sight saver, at least – so we’d wait until midnight if necessary.! All delivered now, though, so we can go to bed whenever we like!!

Take care everyone. God bless.