We’re taking each day as it comes. And that’s not too bad, all told. We’re trying not to look back and regret what’s passed; as well as trying not to look forward and regret what’s not to come. It’s a tough one, but living in the moment is what everyone tells us to do, so we’re doing our best.
I was thrilled, therefore, when a bunch of flowers popped through the letterbox on Thursday from Christiana, and I have been able to enjoy them every day so far. Pretty, aren’t they? And the stocks smell so divine!!!
Yesterday was a good example of trying to live ‘in the moment’, too. John wasn’t feeling great. He’d had the Covid and Flu jabs the day before and was feeling pretty washed out. However, we’d arranged to see Richard and Jill, and neither of us wanted to cancel, so we said, ‘Yes, please come.’
Well, it proved to be the right decision, because we were delighted to see them. They were very good company, brought delicious food with them for lunch, and had good conversation. Not only that, but they were game for keeping John company while I went for a massage in the afternoon – even though it meant that they’d be snarled up in the Friday night traffic jams.
Even though John was under the weather and tired, and I was feeling stressed, we both enjoyed the day with old friends and were glad they’d been.
Today has been a similar story in that we’ve crossed each bridge as it’s come along. We hadn’t planned to see anyone today other than to go to the furniture shop in Kenilworth to buy a mattress. Michael phoned just before we set off and we could hear the family in the background. William was disgruntled at having to give up on his TV watching, so there was a suggestion of ‘making a TV’. Boxes are definitely the best for that. Need a box? We’ve got one or two, so we dropped a couple in.
Here they are, playing at working at the TV studios. Thomas was operating the ‘remote’ while William was the commentator and action man for some racing cars. Hehe – lovely!!
We did go into the furniture shop and buy the mattress – delivery will be in about a month, fingers crossed. Hopefully, the new one will stop us bouncing about whenever either of us turn over! We felt we did well.
Once we were home, we had a bit of a rest, and then John, feeling a bit better, said he was going into the garage to see if he could do a bit on the car. A little while later, he came in and asked if I could give him a hand. Well, that was hilarious! We were trying unbolt the vacuum pump that works the headlamps. Naturally, it wasn’t very accessible, so there we were, bums in the air, furkling in the belly of the engine when Peter wandered into the garage, chuckling at the scene.
Well thank goodness for Peter. He helped us unscrew the bolts and remove the gubbins, so we were pretty grateful “I hope your back is OK after leaning over the car, Peter,” I said. Peter arched his eyebrows at me and gave a wry smile, “I’ll let you know tomorrow,” he said.
We were chuffed with the work we’d done though. It was hard, but we’d had success. That makes a change! Nice to have a successful day and acknowledge how well we’d done. Living in the moment? Tick.
Take care everyone. God bless