Tales From The Crypt - Friday 8th April 2021
Started work early as today is going to be punctuated by E going into a care home for respite. I'll be following in the car bringing all sorts of vital things over. But first, work... I had a chat with E to make sure she heard from me what was going to happen. I don't know if she understood me, but I hope so. It's really difficult to explain that you are sending your wife into a care home so you can go on holiday and enjoy yourself. Saying it provokes huge feelings of guilt in me as it just shouldn't be this way. But it is. This does not compute. Eleven o'clock comes and goes and the carers come to do an extra call to prepare E for the ambulance ride, which is really helpful. They leave and I carry on working. !2:30 passes, still no sign. In an exchange with a friend, I'm told she's seen the PTS ambulance, but still no sign. I go upstairs for something and notice an ambulance parked on the main road nearby. This is strange. I decide to go outside and spe...