@Anastasia 😊🌸 What beautiful flowers .. thank you so much.
Thanks, as always. I expect it may be a while before my sleep gets back to what, for me, is normal. Which I might add, is never good.
Yes, the pilates instructor is very good. I used to do pilates here before, up until about 18 months or more ago. But it was a different instructor, and she was not very good at all. No structure, no supervision, no individual application. She was only a trainee instructor, and it showed. She is no longer there. Oh wow ... did you used to be a pilates instructor yourself? I'm impressed! I'm sorry that todays high impact class was not totally to your liking. Do you have many different classes to choose from? I think you mentioned that you joined a gym, so am guessing that there are a number of different group classes that you can choose, depending on suitable timing.
Yeah Dad is declining physically, but mentally he is still very with it. He will see his doctor tomorrow, and also get his INR checked. He has regular INR checks, because he has been on blood thinning medication since his moderately severe stroke some 2 years ago. He now has an appointment time for his hospital admission to have the skin cancers removed from above his eyes and head. He will need skin grafts, hence the reason they cant be done in the Drs office. It is just on 4 weeks away, 30th March. I think he is looking forward to that, because the skin cancers are annoying him. Keeps bumping them and making them bleed and then becoming very sore. They are in a sensitive area around the eyes, not so much the ones on his head. But there isnt much skin there, so that means the skin graft is necessary. I had been jhoping to get down to visit my Dad around this time, ie late Feb early Mar, but there keeps being apts for either hubby or myself to try and dodge. I will have to get the diary out and just shut down a block of up to a week ... and just go! Otherwise I'll never get there.
Yes, hubby gone to pub now, so home alone. Holly is such a little sweetie .. full of beans. The vet actually said to me "how old is she?" ... and when I said 12yo, he said "hmmm, she seems much younger". Last time I was at the vets with her for a checkup, there was a little girl of about 4-5yo there with her Dad. She appeared totally fascinated with Holly, and kept watching her. And Holly kept walking over to where she was seated at another bench seat just up from where we were seated. She would sit at her feet and gaze up at the little girl. I had her on a long lead, because she gets super nervous when at the vet, and she likes to look out the windows which are located in between each of the bench seats. In the end, the little girls Dad asked me if his daughter could pat her. I said yes of course, so I knelt next to her and picked Holly up so she could pat her properly from the seat. She was very gentle and just softly stroked Hollys head and neck. It settled Holly right down. So sweet. Yes the hair that was all shaved off for her operation, is growing back nicely now ... almost back to her former glory. And the swelling has almost toally gone. Can just feel a small hard piece where the vet was unable to remove the lump. Its right up against the jugular vein and the trachea. So I will be keeping an eye on that to check that it doesnt start growing again. The scars are flattening and healing nicely, and she is no longer licking or scratching at them.
I had an hour long snooze after lunch, which restored a bit of energy. Overall though I just feel very very weary, and would like to switch everything off and just sleep for a week. Then I may feel a bit better. Of course I know that will never happen, but gee it sounds appealing.
Well done to your Boy for making all of his commitments. Oh no ... how disappointing that his support worker is taking 3 months leave! Was that a sudden decision or did the company know all along? I cannot believe they would leave it this late before telling you and your Boy. Dont they know how important it is for continuity, commitment and routine? To enable him/you to trust and begin to rely on a support worker, only to suddenly learn that they are going to be gone for 3 months .. that is so unfair and I'd imagine quite unprofessional. Hope they come up with a suitable replacement, but even then ... its still a process, and not an easy one for any of you.
Okay will leave it at that for now gorgeous friend. Hope your afternoon and evening is a good one.
Emelia 💞🤗🌺
