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Lovely rain again today - even tho it's a bit muggy when the rain turns off, I prefer the windy blowing rain and low skies to bright sunlight any day! We had some really wild heavy downpours too - lovely! Once I'd had lunch, decided not to waste the afternoon as well, so got out the heart blocks I had in sewing "basket" cos have decided to finish them and send them to the lady in New Zealand co-ordinating blocks for quilts for the New Zealand miners' families which will be one way to help, so got 2 finished whilst I listened to my Miss Silver audio book. The narrator, Diana Bishop, has that lovely "To the Manor Born" English accent so I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. Have about 6 hearts to go and can send them off. Anyone who knows me knows I'm not the fastest handsewer in the world so that actually took me until tea time! At least it means I focus on something outside my own small (in the scheme of the world)selfish worries and makes me feel better.
After tea, I went to bed and played Mahjong and Sim Farm (using DOS Box which means you can play DOS games in Windows Vista - using it for Railroad Tycoon too, tho the laptop doesn't have the diagonal cursor keys so can't build off shoots to the track - LOL) - While I was playing, downloaded more episodes of TV shows. Then went off to sleep quite easily - nurses weren't making lots of noise tonite!!
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Woken up at 5.05 a.m. - it's a good thing I don't really mind as I don't have any choice - tho Joyce was quiet this morning, thank goodness!! (I had a bit of a spak last nite to Mary, one of the nurses cos Joyce had only just been taken back to her room and she was caterwauling for HELP!) - beeyootiful rainy morning, set in like yesterday too - I must go downstairs today to sew and drink in the air, tho it's also nice to watch from the comfort of my bed! Charlotte wasn't letting me be a lie-a-bed this morning: it was up and at 'em at 8.00 and by 9.00, was toileted, showered and had obs taken.
My efforts this morning included leg exercises, no assistance off the bed and no assistance off the shower chair to stand up at the wheelie walker. Charlotte has promised to come back later to take me for a walk as I'm not allowed go on my own and on the way, we'll put my washing on. Well, the "coming back" didn't eventuate before lunch so I took my own washing to the washing machine. But she did take me for a walk on te wheelie walker later on so I got that in at least.
I didn't go out for lunch, too busy tidying up Outlook files and housekeeping -- and I do so hate sitting out there with all at our table (except Doug, 80 at least, with a sparkle in his eye and flirting with every female)! Realised later I once again missed the Lemon Sago - pooh! My bad ...
Mark arrived for a visit about 2.30 and I burbled at him until tea time - I do let him get a word in edgeways every so often, but mainly it's my tongue that's clapping. As I said to him, I've never been lonely before in my life, but at the hospital and here, I am which is why I "burble" to my visitors. Nowt to be done about it so just have to suck it up like everything else happening to me! He said he'll visit on Xmas morning for a cuppa which will be really nice - the kids are at Judy's until lunch so he'll be on his own so no problem.
After tea I spent the nite playing Sim Farm - always did enjoy that game - and the time just flew away.
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