Excitement kept me awake last night and the knowledge
that it would be a very early start added to my inability to sleep. It is more
than three years since I began to importune Social Services for a stair lift and
a walk in shower for Pa and although the work is now done I can hardly believe
that at last we have these life changing gadgets.
Suddenly after years of
worrying every time mounted the stairs or took a bath are over and the change
is great indeed as I had no idea how oppressed I was by the weight of worry the
accomplishment of these tasks produced. Now all is well, Pa has his independence
back and I no longer need to drop everything to help him up and down stairs or
stay awake till all hours whenever he took a late night bath. My own infirmities
mean that I too find life much easier with our
new gadgets.
My son spent the day resting at the end of
his week of nights still very sore form a fall on the stairs a couple of nights
ago ,it seems he has a cracked rib and it is slowing him down considerably ,so
now there are three of us hobbling about the house….hey ho!
Rain stopped gardening again, nothing new
there , in this instance I blame
Wimbledon! After the chaos of the past five weeks we are looking forward very
much to a quiet week and now that the stair lift is in place we should be able
at last to settle down and enjoy our independence ,not to mention the peace and
quiet now that the builders have gone.
I have for some time been the custodian of
four Emperor Moths one of which has just pupated, one died and there are two
still munching the hell out of my sallows. Next year they will be released into
the orchard as a part of our re-population programme.
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