I am sure you’re wondering how we enjoyed Saturday’s match, with a hospitality package being my birthday treat. I promise to try and write it up soon. I did, in fact, do a resonable job of taking the day as it came and not thinking about my Nan. Unfortunately, the price for that was that [...]

I have just received the phone call which I’ve expected so many times before. My lovely Nan died in her sleep at about 9pm tonight. I know it’s a release for her, and I don’t know how she’s managed to keep going for so long with all that she had to contend with. But I [...]

Tuesday was my birthday, and though Billy had asked what time I wanted coffee and breakfast, he was still snoring (as he had been all night, depriving me of sleep ) so I got up as usual and had my breakfast. Mum had sent me a Happy Birthday e-mail, and a text followed it shortly [...]

After a busy Sunday at home and Monday at work, it was a relief to get to home time on Monday evening, knowing that I wasn’t working again (at the hospital) until next Monday. Bliss! Billy had been due home sometime that afternoon so I was looking forward to seeing him, and when I got [...]

On Saturday, I started the day by redelivering a package that the post office had delivered to us instead of the correct address round the corner, and then Laura and I shared out the housework between us as Mrs Gem is poorly. (Despite being a helpful little bod, Laura was in it for the money! [...]

By the time I finished work on Friday afternoon, I was ready for the weekend. I popped into Paul’s shop to buy some lager for whilst I watched the football on Saturday (as I didn’t want to pinch Billy’s when he was away.) I left the choice to Paul, trusting him to pick some I [...]

Wednesday was very, very busy as not only am I working all week at the hospital this week (covering Lee’s last week of this holiday), but also it is the first week of the new term of lunchtime meetings at the hospital. So, in the morning, I did the laundry,printed some documents, and gathered some [...]

On Monday and Tuesday I was so very tired from the cold I was fighting off, that I didn’t have the energy for work, and plodded on at half my normal pace. Well, apart from Tuesday afternoon which was ludicrously busy and required me to work flat out. On Monday evening, Billy and I had [...]

Having spent Saturday working hard in the house so that I could have the day off on the Sunday, I set off south at 8.45am. I had a smooth journey, though there was poor visibility at times with the rain and spray, and it was very windy too. I arrived at Mum’s at lunchtime and [...]

Thursday was the one day I did no hospital or clinic work at all, and although I had to do the grocery shopping, I enjoyed taking my time with it and browsing every aisle at leisure – it was also lovely and clear of undisciplined children since they have now gone back to school. Hooray! [...]