Saturday

Heather woke me at 2.00 and I thought it was like their last night in Spain when the alarms failed! It wasn't, she was having a panic attack and needed her mum! There is a tummy bug going round and as she hates being sick she had blown it up in her mind and was in a state.

I made her a camomile tea and sat with her doing her breathing exercises and she eventually calmed down and I went back to bed.

She woke me again at 3.00 as she felt worse. The silly thing is she knows what they are and that she will get over them but while it is happening it is awful for her. She needed to be up at 3.30 anyway so at 3.25 I told her she might as well get up and start getting ready which would hopefully, take her mind off things.

She got up and ready and woke Rachael and then Jon got up and they all got ready and left the house at 4.00. Hopefully, she will be better once she has checked in. I do feel for her having these attacks and know what it is like and she is good and knows she can't let them rule her.

I went back to bed and fell asleep and vaguely remember Jon coming back but I didn't wake till 8.30 when I got up but left Jon to sleep.

It was looking very overcast this morning and not like the weather we have been used to. I had a cup of tea but didn't feel like eating breakfast.

Jon got up and had breakfast and I had a shower and then started to sort out Heather's room ready for decorating. I need to get it done and finished by Thursday to allow myself one day to pack for Cornwall.

I popped over to see Rene and take her the fish pie. I knew Marie was bringing her fish and chips today so told her to freeze the pie if she was not going to eat it. She asked me to buy her some brioche as she liked the ones I took her last week. She also asked me to get her some plums or peaches but I don't think there will be any peaches in the shops now.

We went to Tesco and Costa for a coffee and then did our shopping before going home.

It was just starting to rain but I wanted to get Totty out for her walk as it might be too wet later. She was not happy to walk and kept stopping. It was starting to rain and it was windy so I gave up and took her back home.

I then got stuck in to sorting out Heather's bedroom and took as much as I could out and into the spare room. Hopefully I can work around the rest. What a lot of stuff she has!

We had lunch and it was by now raining hard and looked pretty miserable outside.

Back to her room and I did all the preparation work, filling holes and sanding. I would like to start on the walls tomorrow. I had a phone call from Ann in Spain to say she is over and would like to come and see us on Tuesday so I am under more pressure to get this room finished.

I went over to see Rene and take her the brioche and plums. She told me she had not enjoyed her fish and chips as the batter was too crispy and she said it is now very expensive! I had a little chat with her and then went back home.

Jon went to Waitrose to buy our dinner and came back with some nice Indian dishes and he sorted it all out and I sat down and enjoyed a glass of wine.

We watched X Factor while we had dinner and then another episode after dinner so we are now up to date for the first time with X Factor at least.

I am really tired now so I think it is early to bed for me.

I had a message from Heather and she arrived OK. I just hope she can now have a good time and no more panic attacks.


WEATHER
Overcast, rain and sun 16 degrees.