The plan today was to go to the pool early, get my exercise in, pick up a few small bits of shopping and then return home to continue my restful recovery. Oh and continue with buying the car (see yesterday). I picked up my phone to head out of the door and it began vibrating. Perhaps I could ignore it? I looked at the screen which said ‘You Can’t Ignore ME!” It didn’t say that….obs…… but it said ‘W****** Nursing Home’. This is a ‘Pick Me Up IMMEDIATELY’ message, so I did.
I was further stopped in my tracks when the voice on the other end didn’t say, ‘There is nothing to worry about,’ which is what they usually start their conversations with. It turned out that Auntie G had fallen earlier this morning. She had bumped her head so they had shipped her off to Death Mill. Turn right rather than left out of the drive then.
Auntie G is ninety and has dementia but is generally well, considering. I should say at this point, that the story has a happy ending and she is fine. The hospital, usually dreadful, was surprisingly OK but it was still a six hour stint sitting in an overheated room with no windows. They have created a new part of the Emergency Department which is called ‘Fit to Sit’. It has only been open a week and so far, it seems to be a good space in which fairly ill people can sit quietly without the nutters causing chaos around them.
Quick update on the car situation. I have put a deposit on the purple car. A test drive is required before I make a final decision but it seems that a new vehicle will be joining the fleet. A name will be required. As it is more of a plummy purple perhaps ‘Professor Plumb’? Plummy for short? Do you name your cars? Suggestions welcome.
I eventually managed to get in the pool, you will all be pleased to know. It was fabulous. I feel almost normal in the water at the moment. Not so much when I get out but I know it makes a difference to my general wellbeing. However, because of the rest of the day, I again, did too much. This resulted in bad eating choices this evening after I completed an unplanned 24 hour fast.
Finally, my reflections today inevitably reminded myself to live every day like it was my last. This was triggered by the dreadful plane crash in Washington DC. Those poor people were just taking a routine flight, going about their normal lives and then, they weren’t. All very tragic. Not sure how to react to the ‘Trump Statement’. Perhaps, it is best to not even think about it as it will not make any difference to those poor people or to me. The lesson to be learned here is Live For Today even when it doesn’t go to plan.