Nine Feet Underground

Got up even earlier today: the cleaner is due and I'm off to hospital to have my head examined. I start work early so that I can get organised for the day whilst I'm at the hospital, but all too soon my carriage arrives and I'm off to hospital.  I'll probably have a wait, so I've taken one of several books I started last year and didn't finish (😲😲😲). I'm back from the hospital and it's good news, my head has been examined and all is OK. On top of that I've made a bit of progress on 'The Silent Patient' and am motivated to finish it.  Right now, though, it's back to work, and earlier than expected. Wow! E is running out of her anti-seizure medication and we need some more fairly urgently.  I've been really fortunate again in that a good friend has got the request processed and dropped it around this afternoon.  I (and we) really appreciate it.  I work a bit later to catch up on this morning and after a brief break, switch to dinner-...

First day of work in 2022! It's going to be a busy day catching up with emails and trying to get back into the swing of things! Work? Remind me? Worse than that, can I remember my passwords!!! Turns out I can remember and am spending the day working as a result! Early morning a couple of community matrons arrive to check E over.  Despite yesterday's misgivings all her readings are good and her chest sounds fine with no evidence of any additional damage/crackling. Breathe a long sigh of relief.  Tonight, after work, I'm heading off to the south coast to hang out with a friend ahead of a birthday celebration tomorrow at a secret location tomorrow. ( From now on this post is a compressed / summarised version of events, written after the fact! ) After cards and presents we headed off to Lyme Regis late Wednesday morning for a birthday celebration and overnight stay in The Pilot Boat hotel, near the seafront. On Wednesday the weather in Lyme Regis was wonderfully bright, if a li...