On Christmas morning, which was white as our snow remained, I was up first, as usual and had a couple of hours of peace before everyone else emerged for presents. Stephen did not want to get up early, but Raji was going to Church so we agreed on 9.15 am as present opening time. Now [...]

On the 23rd of December, I had a quiet day in my clinic, having already sorted out all my patients for the holiday. I spent it catching up on admin, which was rather satisfying, and then in the evening, Billy came and met me when he finished work. We had arranged to join Roger and [...]

On Friday evening, after my clinic, Billy’s work and Raji’s return with the car (yes, we’re STILL car sharing!) Billy and I set off for Chester to stay the night with mum, as there was no darts that night. We were going together to the City v Sunderland match on the Saturday and since the [...]

Having had my lovely weekend relaxing, I spent two very busy days at work dealing with pre-Christmas madness (e.g. “I haven’t had any insoles for 2 years, but I need some more – before Christmas!” or “You’ve sent me an appointment for February, haven’t you got anything sooner?” (I’ve been SOOO tempted to say “Yes, [...]

On Sunday 13th December it was our 5th wedding anniversary, the gifts for which are apparently meant to be wood. However, last year, which should have books, we managed to get muddled and did wood. So this year, instead of wood, we did books. Confused? Never mind As I was travelling home from London on [...]

On Friday morning, mum and I travelled separately to London by train for our girls’ weekend together to see “Dirty Dancing”. My own morning had been a little fraught as I could not find my seat reservation for the Newcastle to London part of the journey and had to badger the ticket staff at our [...]

On Sunday morning when I woke up (at mum’s) my head was splitting, my throat raw, and my glands were so swollen I looked like a hamster. Oh no! I hoped I didn’t have flu as I desperately wanted to be well for our weekend trip next week. I staggered downstairs and sat quietly with [...]

This game was a tea-time kick off and on TV and my head said that I was crazy to consider driving all the way back down the M6 just to watch us lose! My heart, however, is Blue through and through, so of course, I went! I didn’t set off until lunchtime – which was [...]

My colleague, K, had asked if I could work Friday for her and she’d work Monday so on Monday I was in my clinic seeing patients – which was very weird as I never see them on a Monday. I also managed to contact a company about replacing my car windscreen and they said they [...]

This game being a weekday evening one, was difficult for me to get to, so I let my (Arsenal supporting) friend use my ticket and I made do with watching on TV. Even on TV though, I could feel the atmosphere which was brilliant. City had given fans flags and just before kick off, the [...]