On Tuesday night, I found a card through our door saying that a parcel had been left for us across the road with a neighbour, so I went to retrieve it. Unfortunately there was no-one home, but as I came back across the road, I noticed that the light in the upstairs flat next to [...]

Billy had been offered a ticket for the ODI at Durham for the Sunday, so he escaped my pre-match nerves on derby day. I did try to get some things done around the house in the morning, but it wasn’t easy and my stomach got more knotted as the morning went by. Telling myself it [...]

On Saturday morning, Raji wanted to visit CostCo so we went there first thing before he went into Newcastle again to meet his friend for lunch. In the afternoon, as City weren’t playing and there was a ticket going begging, I joined Billy for the Newcastle game and we caught the 1.20 train as Billy [...]

Last Friday we played away at the Unionist Club, which I have never visited before. As we walked in, the handful of people around the bar all stopped and looked up – and we had the impression women might not go in there much! We wondered if they’d have a bigger shock when we started [...]

On Saturday, I was up at 5.30 am and on the road before 7 am and after a very smooth trip, I arrived in Manchester just after 11 am, parked up and walked to the pub to meet up with Phil and my fellow bucket collectors. As I arrived, I spotted Phil and Co. outside [...]

Friday was a busy day and I started it with my first gym workout for months. I took it at a nice steady pace and was pleased that I managed it fairly comfortably (with the help of my broncho-dilating herbs taken an hour before to help me to breathe.) In fact I was enjoying it [...]

I am back to working Mondays and Tuesdays at the hospital now that K’s back from her holidays, so though those two days seem to be frantic, I’m coping slightly better as I know I get to escape the other days. I have lots of overtime to use up sometime, but somehow I haven’t yet [...]

Sorry I am so behind with my blogging. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks – mainly working – which has left me very flat and drained. I feel like my hospital work and clinic have taken over my life at the moment – and that’s when I need everything else to run smoothly for [...]