Sunday… “Down came the rain”
Jul 1st 2007PeterGetting My Life Back!
Up in Worcester where I spent the last two days on another step on “getting my life back” by taking part again the LeukaemiaCARE training programme. I was a bit worried about the lecturing and teaching because of my mouth and the effect that talking for so much would have on it, and more importantly, the effect on the intelligibility for the course students, but it proved not to be a problem, and as I was co-presenting with another volunteer, Mike, it wasn’t too much of a strain on my voice as Mike took over the difficult bits! Thanks Mike!
It was an enjoyable two days and so good to be getting back another element of my life. There were also some funny moments! We went out for a meal in the evening, and I very carefully chose food that I thought would be bland and soft. However the restaurant was a bit busy, and when the main course arrived, it was with chips (and I had asked for rice). That was changed, and it came back with rice, and I took a mouthful… and discovered it was Piri-piri rice with bits of chilli in it! I dropped my fork and legged it to the bar for a glass of water to put the fire out! It did the trick, and my meal was then served with boiled rice – and all was well! Other positives were that I was able to manage a cooked breakfast (bacon, mushrooms and scrambled eggs at the B&B. I have to say that I have been pretty tired today though!
There have been comments about the lack of news on another star of the blog, the bourgainvillea! So here is a photo of it, with the rejuvenated lemon tree! I am a bit concerned about both of them with the rain, as neither of them like to have permanently wet roots, so if the heavy rain persists, I might have to bring them indoors.
And finally, another photo of Olivia (and a similar one posted in gallery). 
She came over last night to stay to give Vicki a good night’s sleep, and she was good as gold. She was a little unsettled at first, but went to sleep at about 11pm, slept for 3 hours, then after more food, sleop for another 5 hours. A bit more food and she slept for another 3. Hard to believe that she is now nearly 6 months old – and of course 6 months since I came out of Southampton General. Reading the posts at that time (in the January archive) it seems hard to believe… On that subject, you might want to pop over to say ‘Hi’ to a brave man at John’s Blog where he is having a bit of a tough time
And finally, there is a bit of news over at PaytientCrime!
So a good week with some major milestones passed – Onwards and Upwards!