I was in the shower this morning when Heather and Kirsty called to wish Jon good luck and Jon had a chat with them and then I did, too. Just after that call Jane called and we had a chat with her. I left her chatting to Jon and went to my keep fit class.
I wasn't sure if I should go but Jon was busy packing and doing odds and ends and said he didn't mind and I was glad I went as it is good to keep things 'normal'. I signed up for the Golden Olympics on 13 June - you just need to be over 60!!! Not sure what it will involve but I will give it a go.
I came straight back after the class and picked up some coffees on the way. Jon had sorted all his things out and was ready to go and had taken his first lot of chemo pills. It was another sunny day and so warm outside. I hate it when I am sad on a sunny day.
It was finally time for him to leave and it was a very emotional goodbye. It feels so wrong to just let him go and face it all on his own. I felt I should be going with him if for no other reason than to make his bed up (he has to take his own sheets and towels every week). I had been trying to work out a way to go over with him and then get back by bus but it became very difficult as buses are few and far between and if I had got stuck over there who would see to the dog! So I just stayed here. I just want the next five weeks to go over very fast.
I had some lunch and then took some stuff to the recycling centre. I then went to collect my contact lens and to the post office before it was time to go to my aqua aerobics class.
As the sun is now down behind the Mount by 4.00 it is a bit cool in the pool. The water is hot but you really feel it when you put your arms out of the water so she kindly did exercises where we didn't have to.
I didn't go and sit in the very hot pool with the ladies after the class as I wanted to shower and get home before it was dark which is about 5.45 at the moment - not long to the shortest day.
I fed Totty and lit the fire which for the first time decided to be difficult and took ages to get going.
A couple of friends called to see if I was OK and I am, until they ask!!!
Jon finally called about 6.30. He is settled in and he says the room is probably too warm as we are not used to sleeping with central heating. He will keep the same room now for the five weeks. His treatment went well but due to the times of the bus from the lodge he was there too early but that can't be helped. His treatment is at 3.30 again tomorrow and he was given the timetable of all his sessions. It is bank holiday on Monday and we were not sure if he would have it or not but he does at 1.30 so will have to leave here about 10.00.
He went to Happy Hour and had a beer but said all the other people are old so nobody to talk to. Dinner was at 6.00 and he said it was OK but a typical Kiwi meal - too big! Breakfast is from 6.30 - 8.30 and lunch 12.00 - 1.00. He hopes it will be a light lunch as he says he won't manage two cooked meals a day.
He thinks he might go for a walk around the lake tomorrow as he will be free till his treatment and then he will do some work. He was back in his room when we spoke and he was going to watch a DVD and read his book. Hopefully, things will get better and he will settle down a little but it is all so new for him.
There is a bus that goes across every day from the Cancer Society but I am not sure if it is only for patients. I might enquire if I can go over on it one day and we can go and have lunch or walk around the gardens in Hamilton or we could go to the casino!!!
It is all so much harder than I thought it would be.
I watched some TV and had a sandwich and now it is time for bed.
WEATHER
Sunny 17 degrees
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