I had a nice weekend with my Gt Aunt and Uncle. On Friday they took me to the Theatre Royal in Windsor to see the opening night of "Wait Until Dark." I thought it was quite a good production and it made a lovely change to go out to the theatre. We just chilled out at home on Saturday and Sunday morning, looking at old photos, reading, chatting and ( Read more... )

Mmm Johnny Depp.

Such was my need for comfort food yesterday that I had Ice Cream followed by Apple Fritters for dinner. Yummy and sadly calorific.

I am going down to my Aunt's in Rickmansworth again today, and am staying until Sunday. Hopefully it'll be a nice, relaxing mini-brake.

Remember me saying once that when depressed I shop for books online? Last night, from two different sites I ordered:

The Life of Pi - Yan Martel
The Essential Difference - Simon Baron Cohen
The Pleasure of My Company - Steve Martin
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, & Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
The Devil and Miss Prym - Paulo ( Read more... )

I have been so upset since I got to work yesterday morning and discovered that one of the puppies is missing, presumed stolen. I am devastated, as is Mike and her owners. Ginger must have been stolen, there really is no other explanation for how she could be in the garden one minute and gone the next. The belief is that she has been stolen by ( Read more... )

I got back from my dogsitting trip on Saturday and spent yesterday getting over it. I will try to update properly later, some brief comnments now though ( Read more... )

Why are there not more hours in the day? I need more time.
Why at 22 am I turning into my mother I am not old enough to wake up with bags under my eyes.

Grandma is doing much better now, not perfect but ok. She has been seriously moany which is a good sign of her feeling like her old self. One worries when she isn't complaining about something! It actually got embarassing visiting her last Friday because she was slagging off the other three ladies on her ward, and they could blatantly hear her. I ( Read more... )

Today was OK for me but it went a touch pear shaped this evening. I worked for Mike during the day, Mum and Dad saw Gma this morning and she was ok (relatively speaking). However, when my sister and nephew visited this afternoon Gma had a bad turn and her heart rate dropped again from a too low to much too low. Mass panic ensued within the family, ( Read more... )

Dad and Jo went for a visit this evening, and grandma was much improved. Although asleep when they arrived, she woke up and chatted properly. Her blood pressure is down to 190, which is much improved, and her heart rate is up a little now. The fluid must have drained off from around her heart too, so I've calmed down the worrying. I should think my ( Read more... )

4.30am to be precise is when my aunt phoned to say that grandma had collapsed on the bathroom floor and could not get up. Mum and dad shot down there and after getting her up and assessing the situation, called an ambulance. Much worrying, and a few sirens and flashing lights later, the A&E doctors determined that she had a build up of fluid around ( Read more... )