Tea Bags & Customs !!

Well Hello Everybody !!

A special greeting to my Russian reader - I hope you are well & I thank you for logging in 'today' (or whatever time it was, with you, when you read my words)..... I know there is a big time difference between us.

Anyhoo - it's a Thursday evening.... it's a little warmer today - still wet & cloudy.... but, a little warmer at least !! B & I spent a lot of time in town today.... and, as mentioned before (I think) - I have a rental wheelchair at the moment & it's crap !!  Really hard work trying to get myself around !!  I am use to me own 'wheels' - so that is probably the problem, I just need to adjust.

Having said that - B has made comment about how heavy the chair is, compared to mine.  Oh well, I hope I will have mine back next week - but, with the Easter weekend, that will delay things a while !!  We will see how things go !!

It has been a good day tho'.... we posted off the package to Lady V, in America !!  It was meant to have been sent on Monday, but (as I wrote before) my chair fell apart, so we didn't get to do it until
today !!

I really hope it makes it Ok - I'm a little concerned about a box of 'tea bags' might attract some over zealous customs search !!  I hope it should reach Atlanta early next week - here's hoping anyway !!  It has been fun tho' - looking at various brands & deciding which one to send !!   Great fun..........

But, back to yesterday....... I didn't post anything, mainly as I was sooooooo excited about leaving the hospital on Monday - and not having to go back for 6 weeks - I forgot all about having another appointment, with another Consultant, yesterday !!  So - that threw me out, a little.... never mind, there was some good news.

For the first time in forever, my pills have been reduced & (at last) I don't have to take so many.  Ok - it's only one less pill - but, it's a start & that's brilliant as far as I'm concerned !!  If all goes well, as the year goes on - I can come off a few more !!  We will see how my body reacts..... all in good time !!

Anyway - I was a little 'out of it' yesterday.... so, I decided not to post... but, I'm back today !!  Oh well !!

Today - well, we were at the post office at 9am (posting off the package) and then we hoped to go straight into town, pay some bills & do a little shopping.  Things didn't as we hoped & we landed up coming back to the house, until about 11.30.  i won't bother you with the details, but - "the best made plans" & all that !!

So - it meant we didn't reach town until way after 12 noon..... & made it to ASDA a bit later....... and heck, it was crowded out !!  I know it's Easter & there are a couple of days when the shops will close - well, only on Sunday - but, to see the crowds, you would think everything was shutting for the whole week !!  It was bad - I really hated it - too many people !!

But - we did our shopping, came home with a car full of food, which might last a few days (we hope) & then I sat back & had a rest.  B went across the road - to visit the lady who came here a few days ago - and now, the ladies of our house, have headed off, back into town.....

ME is going to visit her boyfriend for the night & B to get a hair cut.  She goes to a ladies house & has it done there........ it's the same lady who has cut her hair for several years.  The only difference now - since having her children - she works out of her own home, instead of a shop !!  Never mind - B will be home in an hour or two I guess... I'm not sure exactly when.

J is upstairs & keeping an eye on me - to make sure I don't come to harm - which leaves me here typing these words...... nice & quiet !!  Well - unless you don't count the music !!  At the moment, I'm playing a 2011 concert by Deep Purple, from the 'Montreux Jazz Festival'.  I picked up a copy yesterday - it's pretty good, tho' some of the 'orchestration' is a little too much for me !!  It's all music tho'.... soooooooo........

I have a Led Zeppelin concert from today (April 5th).... this time from Baltimore, in 1970.  It's on 2 Cd's & the tracks are:

CD 1

1) We're Gonna Groove
2) Dazed & Confused
3) Heartbreaker
4) Bring It On Home
5) White Summer - Black Mountain Side

CD 2

1) What Is & What Should Never Be
2) Organ Solo - Thank You
3) Moby Dick
4) How Many More Times
5) Whole Lotta Love

I'm not sure if it's a complete concert - but the bit I have is pretty good !!  As usual, don't buy bootlegs - a lot of this material is available on official Cd's & DVD.... buy that instead !!  More another time....... onwards..

I thik J is going away this weekend... to visit with one of his mates... so, as B is going to visit her Dad tomorrow - I will have the house to myself for a few hours or so !!  It will be a quiet day in the homestead !!  I will be here, having a rest & playing as much music as I can.... just... well, because I can, I guess !!

If all goes well, we will be at Church on Sunday.... I know it's 3 days away.... but, I'm thinking a head & I forgot today was a Thursday !!  It feels like a Friday or Saturday to me....... mainly as we went shopping today !!  It's thrown my body clock all out of kilter !!  Never mind...... at least it's a plan & I hardly ever have one !!

Still - for now I will away & watch the 'news' on the good all BBC........  We had a load of riots here last year & today some girl was found guilty of taking part.  Ok - so, lots of people took part - the difference is - this girl is the Daughter of a millionaire - not the average "jobless idiot" who the Government would have you believe were behind all the trouble !!  It just goes to show - deep down, money doesn't count for much if your children don't act as they should.........!! If you understand what I mean ?!  Oh well........

I will away.... until next time.

Bye Bye