This last week has been absolutely jam packed with me frequently swapping hats and yet somehow, at the end of this frantic week, I am somehow still pretty much on top of everything – bar my blog of course! My colleague was off this week so I worked four days instead of two, and in [...]

We’ve mainly spent the last week preparing for Billy’s new venture as a self-employed locum and on the way I’ve really enjoyed spending some quality time with him and seeing him relax and return to his normal self. He has now: designed and ordered his business cards, and other stationery; bought a smart new working [...]

You know how social events are like buses – well Billy has had a big weekend. On Friday night we went out with his now-ex-colleagues after his last day working at Specsavers in town after 12 years of service. We started off with about 20 people, slowly whittling down over the course of the evening [...]

Wednesday turned out to be a jam packed day. I didn’t need to go in to my clinic until late morning so I painted the shelves in the bedroom, thinking they could dry all day with the window open without me being there to smell the paint. Then I was in my clinic for the [...]

I don’t appear to have had much time for blogging lately but there’s lots going on in our lives right now and I’ve been a busy bee. I’m also feeling more myself, and though I AM still determined not to be walked upon, I’m a little less defensive. Work is still stressful, and we’re now [...]

I have had a very strange week since my big shock. I’ve coped with everything that’s been thrown at me over the last several years and though there are times I struggle to keep all my balls in the air, somehow I do still keep juggling and even coping when people throw me more balls. [...]

Since I’ve been back home, I’ve been catching up with everything but it’s been two steps forwards, one back as the “4 losses” will show: Lost photos! On Bank Holiday Monday I persuaded Billy to come for a walk with me so we went up to Hadrian’s Wall, picking a spot we hadn’t visited before [...]

On Friday we played our last league game – at home, against The Globe. It was absolutely pouring outside and by the time we got to the pub, my feet were squelching in my flat shoes which I’d had to wear as my winter boots had died. (The heel fell off!) This meant I was [...]

On Thursday morning, I packed my things (badly – in a rush and not knowing what the weather was likely to do!) in to my new bright pink ruck-sack (a present from Billy as I felt a rucksack would be more practical on this trip than a suitcase.) I had a smooth trip down to [...]

Having been my hero on Saturday morning getting my car going so that Cinders could go to the Ball, Billy continued in the same vein when I returned home. He had been playing cricket across the road all day and invited me to join him for a drink so feeling in need of a drink [...]