Friday

Another beautiful day here, really warm and sunny just like a summer's day/

I had intended to get on with my housework and then spend the afternoon doing my knitting but a phone call from Rene put paid to that. She rang to ask me to come over and have a look at her foot. she has had a wound on the side of her foot since the really bad fall back in June. It heals up for a while then breaks out again. she told me yesterday and I wanted her to go to the doctor but she wouldn't. Anyway, overnight it had been hurting her so she asked me to look at it.

I went over and said she needed to go to the doctor so I rang to make an appointment. the system they have now, she is at the surgery where I used to work, is that you give the receptionist the details and a doctor or nurse calls you back to say if you need to be seen - crazy!

I waited with her for a while and then told her I would go home but to say yes to whatever time they gave her and I would take her down. She later called me to say they would see her at 12.15. She told me Marie was due to come this morning (Marie is 'the girl' who does for her) and she would take her. I rang the surgery to say we had been told we could use the doctors car park and they said that was fine.

I had to do some shopping so I went off to Tesco and then came home and had a coffee before going over for Rene. Marie had just arrived but Rene decided she wanted me to take her so we got her out and into the car which took about ten minutes.

I parked the car but it is still a long walk for an old lady who only walks around her house and progress was very slow and we made it in to the surgery at 12.20 after leaving the house at 11.45!

As we were getting out of the lift a lady with a buggy, a toddler and an older child were waiting to get in. We were very slow getting out and the toddler walked into the lift. The mother was so busy on her mobile texting didn't notice and then the doors closed. The mother then started to shout at the young lad saying he was stupid for not holding the door. Had she been watching her child instead of on her phone she would have noticed. By this time the child was screaming the place down. The young lad was not bothered and just said 'I'll go down and get her'. Just as well it is only one floor but it was enough to have the toddler in hysterics.

We checked in, and after saying lots of hellos to ladies I haven't seen since I got back, we walked to the waiting room and Rene said 'what are we doing here?'

We were called in and saw Denise one of the nurses who dressed her wound and told me to make an appointment for her to see the podiatrist at the Day Centre as they would deal with it better.

Off we go again on our slow walk back to the car and I decided to pop in to the Day Centre then rather than phone them or give her the chance to change her mind.

I made an appointment for her on Tuesday and got them to write it down and also put the cost down so that she knows. I will take her down and hopefully she will see it is a nice place and maybe agree to going down once or twice a week and maybe having her lunch there. We live in hope!

I got her back home but she was worn out poor old girl.

I got back and made our lunch and after lunch I finally got on with my housework.

The plumber came to service the boiler. He is a lovely lad and went to school with Heather and we had a good catch up while he worked.

Jon had been working in the office all morning and as it was so nice outside he went into the garden and cut the grass and did a bit more to the new borders.

I took Totty out but she was not in the mood for walking so it was short and sweet.

I finally managed to sit down and started to crochet a tiny had for my friends new granddaughter.

I coked smoked haddock with colcannon with a mustard sauce for dinner and it was very yummy.

Heather was over at Jane's for dinner tonight.

After dinner we watched TV and I finished the hat which is really tiny but very cute.

WEATHER
Sunny 21 degrees