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| The throbbing metropolis of Clun |
My last couple of blog posts might have
given the impression that I’m a grumpy old sod enjoying wallowing in
misery. Admittedly being grumpy is one
of my favourite hobbies but even so I can’t pretend that life has been all woe
and wailing of late.
I’ve been out and about in
the countryside again and bought a urine coloured glass chicken from a junk
shop in Clun. No home is complete
without one.
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| Five pounds well spent |
For those inclined to disagree, I simply say
that you are either born with taste or you aren’t. Take that as you will.
Other good stuff? I went to N’s third birthday party and sat in the
sun being waited on hand and foot. I had
a lovely visit from P (with flowers and chocolates, not that I’m mercenary you
understand) during which I talked her ears off and had a bit of a self-help
session on the subject of allotment committees (P is a long-suffering allotment holder too).
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| Covent Garden comes to Spa Street |
And I also had a birthday
with more good things than you could shake a knitting needle at. I’m starting a learn-to-knit course at the
end of the month so one of my presents was a knitting bag. Shut up.
I’m 51. I’m entitled to a
knitting bag if I want one. Anyway watch
out come Christmas time, if the knitting takes off, it’ll be balaclavas all
round.
Sis no 1 has been saving the
day with her meals on wheels service. We
had that pie again and heaps of
courgette muffins (or zucchini muffins to translate for my pals in Australia and America, although I do wish you’d
learn to speak English proper like what I do).
I know courgette muffins sound disgusting but they are truly delicious,
honest.
My hand seems to be on the
mend. The morning after I last posted
the swelling had gone down so much that I could see my knuckles again, so I
opted out of going to hospital. I spend
so much time there anyway that I really didn’t fancy an additional and probably
unnecessary visit. In fact I’ll be there
on Saturday for a heart test (to check that the Herceptin isn’t causing any
problems) and then it’s time for another bout of swamp juice on Wednesday.
Cyril, the three-legged
monster cat, ended up going to the vets as he was quite poorly. I’ve got my priorities right. I ignore the GPs advice about going to the
hospital but make sure that the cat goes to the vet. Anyway a couple of injections later he seems
on the mend and is back to incessantly demanding food. The vet thinks he probably just ate something
yucky in the garden. Very likely, as
he’s been murdering and eating butterflies all summer.
My hair is continuing to
grow and I’m now back on the shampoo and conditioner lark (after a few months
of just dunking my head under my grimy bath water).
Now just in case you think
I’ve turned into some kind of dreary middle-aged Pollyana, skipping around the streets
finding things to be glad about, fear not, I’m still more than able to be a
glass-half-empty type of person. For example,
I’ve discovered that the returning hair situation is not all good. I went to the supermarket the other day and
found people treating me very differently.
For the past few months complete strangers have been very nice to me as
I wandered about, hat or scarf on head,
obviously bald underneath. But now my
hair has grown, and could simply be a short (if very severe) hair cut, the
softly softly approach has stopped and people are once more barging me with
shopping trolleys, rushing to beat me to the queue for the checkout and
generally not treating me with the respect I so richly deserve. I may make a large badge saying ‘I’m poorly,
I am’ in a desperate attempt to prolong the kid glove treatment. Yes, I know, I have no shame.
Hi Del, Just wanted to say that I think about you all the time and am still loving your blog. I can't face the cancer forum at moment - have unidentified pain in back for over 6 weeks and so there are talks of CT Scans and so I am avoiding anything / one who might talk the "C" word.
ReplyDeleteLoved your reference to how people change now you have hair ! So true. I was left "standing" on a tube journey while healthy people were sitting - and it was the first trip out since treatment ended and I was tired. I felt really cross that people didn't realise my hair wasn't a style choice LOL
Hi Angie, Great to hear from you, I'd been thinking about you too! I hope the back pain turns out to be nothing. Every ache and pain is a worry I know. I'll be glad when my hair's grown a bit more as three quarters of an inch is a very severe look and my ears are freezing!
ReplyDeleteFolks were chuffed that you liked the flowers, i'll be seeing them in Trumpton tomorrow night as they are on the boat so will show them the picture.
ReplyDeleteNice chicken too.
Please thank your ma and pa for me, and give my regards to Trumpton.
DeleteWill do, as i now have to go to Trumpton everyday i can report that whilst the market has improved it's still a strange town!
ReplyDeleteHi Della, I can sympathise with that story too. At WOMAD I use a powerchair to get about i thereby conserving my energies for getting pissed later. After just one day in the chair where everyone apologises for being in my way (thought they are not, I am just going too fast for them to get out of my way) and then move aside for me to jump the queue or just get along faster and further then them, I WALKED yes WALKED to a massage I had booked so amber could use my chair for a while. and people were not getting out of my way! how dare they look at me and have no reaction! where were all the sorries?? It was quite a shock to realise that after just one day I had become used to this deference. The amount of times people apologise to wheelchair users, like, sorry for being able to walk! I hope all is well dell. My mum is out of hosp but has been diagnosed with cancer, no one knows of what though. She has an ileostomy bag now so that is taking some getting used to for her. I am off for my day long dose of swamp juice (rituximab) on the tenth, I hope it works this time. I just found the card I thought I sent you for your b'day, so will post now, or maybe tomorrow as there is a dog fight in the street right now. lots of love to you and herbertxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteTa Shellyboots. The real shocker is that people don't realise just how special we are and treat us with deference and respect at all times. And that was true even before we were poorly bunnies.
DeleteTrue, so true.
Deleteps, love the chicken!
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