Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, folks.
I'm grabbing a few minutes before I go to bed, waiting for difficult child 3 & husband to give me their washing (I put the loads on last thing at night so we can hang them out first thing in the morning). My new cleaner arrives early tomorrow morning, so I will have to hit the ground running. She's been once before (the day before my surgery) and years ago she was my rostered-on cleaner. She's not brilliant, but at least she's stable, and won't be calling me a heretic!
We went to church this morning. I took my swimsuit but although the water was warm, the wind was blowing hard. I waded at the edge for a while (got my skirt wet!) but was feeling too tired to go back and change.
No reason for me to feel so tired, I have noticed that I'm tiring very easily. However, when I got back home (got a lift) I found my temperature was up. I'm concerned that last week's infection has returned. I'll be calling the Breast Care nurse in the morning, also trying to make an appointment with either my regular GP or the village doctor. I'm going down to the doctor with mother in law after the cleaner's finished, then we both have physiotherapy. After that, we have to head off to collect sis-in-law from the airport. I may yet call off the airport run depending on how I feel in the morning.
But one more problem got laid on me tonight - easy child 2/difficult child 2 rang, she thinks she's got a bad ankle sprain. From the sound of it, I wouldn't rule out more serious damage. Thank goodness she upgraded her private health insurance last week! But she has no way to get herself to her doctor, short of calling a taxi (which she can't afford). She wants me to give her a lift, if I'm going to be "on the mainland" which I will be if I go out to collect sis-in-law. It's right on the way.
I told easy child 2/difficult child 2 to call her brother - difficult child 1 & daughter in law have a car each now, daughter in law also has my spare (old) crutches. With crutches, easy child 2/difficult child 2 thinks she could get herself home from the doctor's. It really is a short walk, I could do it. daughter in law should be just about finished with my old crutches, if she's not working tomorrow she could drive easy child 2/difficult child 2 to the doctor plus hand over the crutches.
If nobody is available to help, I'll have to collect easy child 2/difficult child 2 from her apartment (somehow), drop her off at the doctor's and leave her with my newer crutches. I have five in total - two are really old and have been repaired a few times, they're the ones I have lent to daughter in law. The other ones are a newer pair I bought from a friend (after she had done with them following a knee replacement) and one extra, given to me by a friend who had to buy a pair when she only needed one. I usually only use one crutch. But I have a crutch stashed here, another stashed there - one in the car, one with my mobility scooter, one in the house - I'll have to give that up for a while.
So, folks - I am trying to rest. Really. Most of what I have to do tomorrow involves driving. I think I can manage that. I won't be able to manhandle easy child 2/difficult child 2 up and down stairs, she will have to manage that herself somehow. I really hope her brother is available to help her. SIL2 won't be able to, he will be at work.
Just when life is already complicated, more crud happens.
Oh, well...
I'll take my knitting. While waiting for sis-in-law's plane to arrive, I've got a few secret parking places near the airport where I can tilt my seat back and catnap... it's actually lovely, open parkland with lots of landscaping, also overlooking Botany Bay. I suspect by then I'll be glad of a few minutes' tranquility!
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.
Marg
I'm grabbing a few minutes before I go to bed, waiting for difficult child 3 & husband to give me their washing (I put the loads on last thing at night so we can hang them out first thing in the morning). My new cleaner arrives early tomorrow morning, so I will have to hit the ground running. She's been once before (the day before my surgery) and years ago she was my rostered-on cleaner. She's not brilliant, but at least she's stable, and won't be calling me a heretic!
We went to church this morning. I took my swimsuit but although the water was warm, the wind was blowing hard. I waded at the edge for a while (got my skirt wet!) but was feeling too tired to go back and change.
No reason for me to feel so tired, I have noticed that I'm tiring very easily. However, when I got back home (got a lift) I found my temperature was up. I'm concerned that last week's infection has returned. I'll be calling the Breast Care nurse in the morning, also trying to make an appointment with either my regular GP or the village doctor. I'm going down to the doctor with mother in law after the cleaner's finished, then we both have physiotherapy. After that, we have to head off to collect sis-in-law from the airport. I may yet call off the airport run depending on how I feel in the morning.
But one more problem got laid on me tonight - easy child 2/difficult child 2 rang, she thinks she's got a bad ankle sprain. From the sound of it, I wouldn't rule out more serious damage. Thank goodness she upgraded her private health insurance last week! But she has no way to get herself to her doctor, short of calling a taxi (which she can't afford). She wants me to give her a lift, if I'm going to be "on the mainland" which I will be if I go out to collect sis-in-law. It's right on the way.
I told easy child 2/difficult child 2 to call her brother - difficult child 1 & daughter in law have a car each now, daughter in law also has my spare (old) crutches. With crutches, easy child 2/difficult child 2 thinks she could get herself home from the doctor's. It really is a short walk, I could do it. daughter in law should be just about finished with my old crutches, if she's not working tomorrow she could drive easy child 2/difficult child 2 to the doctor plus hand over the crutches.
If nobody is available to help, I'll have to collect easy child 2/difficult child 2 from her apartment (somehow), drop her off at the doctor's and leave her with my newer crutches. I have five in total - two are really old and have been repaired a few times, they're the ones I have lent to daughter in law. The other ones are a newer pair I bought from a friend (after she had done with them following a knee replacement) and one extra, given to me by a friend who had to buy a pair when she only needed one. I usually only use one crutch. But I have a crutch stashed here, another stashed there - one in the car, one with my mobility scooter, one in the house - I'll have to give that up for a while.
So, folks - I am trying to rest. Really. Most of what I have to do tomorrow involves driving. I think I can manage that. I won't be able to manhandle easy child 2/difficult child 2 up and down stairs, she will have to manage that herself somehow. I really hope her brother is available to help her. SIL2 won't be able to, he will be at work.
Just when life is already complicated, more crud happens.
Oh, well...
I'll take my knitting. While waiting for sis-in-law's plane to arrive, I've got a few secret parking places near the airport where I can tilt my seat back and catnap... it's actually lovely, open parkland with lots of landscaping, also overlooking Botany Bay. I suspect by then I'll be glad of a few minutes' tranquility!
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.
Marg