Greetings World's !!
How is your bit of the Universe treating you - this fine day day ?! I'm doing relatively Ok, at this end of the keyboard..... just a little pissed off, nothing too serious. No !! That's a lie - it is serious... to explain.
Today is a Wednesday... the middle of the week..... and, for the last 5-6 hours, I've been waiting for the nurse to show up. It's time for another dressings change !! If that wasn't bad enough - B & I were going to go, into town - to do a bit of shopping & to visit ME.... I wanted to see Bruce - the M & M's new kitten !!
Unfortunately, because the nurse has yet to make an appearance, B has had to go on, alone - in order to catch the bank, before it closes.... I could of waited here, maybe for another 30 minutes or so, but - even after that, there is no guarantee, that the nurse would be here !! Sooooo B - My Wife & Dearest Friend - has left me here..... hopefully, the nurse will get here soon - I'm really fed up of waiting around !!
At least, by leaving now.... B should have time to get things done, with-out having to rush !! I don't always like going out - especially into town.... but, today, I was really looking forward to the trip & seeing the kitten !! There will be other days - I just wanted to go today.... that's all !!
Anyhoo..... it's not such a big deal - but, I am fed up of waiting around..... I have no idea, when the nurse will eventually get here, it could be a hour or so yet !! Time will tell, I guess....
I am not looking forward, to this dressing change.... the old wound has been hurting bad & - from what B has told me - it's a bloody
mess !! So - I'm guessing, it's really going to hurt, when it actually comes to taking the old stuff off !! Oh well - ain't life grand ?!
Earlier - around 11am - we had a guy come over, to do a survey..... nothing too exciting. He had to check for old asbestos type material, in the houses construction. As I said to him - we have lived here, since 1998 - and so far, none of us have keeled over from living with the stuff !!
Give him some credit tho' - he was really good at his job !! He must have taken about 30 samples, to have tested. He said there was nothing too major.... nothing to worry about, as far as he could see, but.... he took the samples, just incase !!
At least, he was on time.... he was here, more or less, at 11am.... give or take a couple of minutes. I was hoping the nurse would be here, around the same time... nevermind - I'll get over it.... maybe !!
As for the rest of the family.
ME - our Daughter - is at her house, waiting for B to arrive. Her partner - M - is working, so I'm guessing he will be home a bit later. That just leaves our Son - J - who, as far as we know, is over in Wales..... I'll leave it at that !!
So - with the house, to myself, I'm playing another Grateful Dead concert....
This one is from August 13th 1975, at 'The Great American Music Hall'. I have no idea where that might be - but, I'm sure one of you, my readers, will let me know !! Anyhoo - the tracks are:
CD 1
1) Introduction - Help On The Way
2) Franklin's Tower
3) The Music Never Stopped
4) It Must Have Been The Roses
5) Eyes Of The World/Drums
6) King Solomon's Marbles
7) Around & Around
CD 2
1) Sugaree
2) Big River
3) Crazy Fingers/Drums
4) The Other One
5) Sage & Spirit
6) Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
7) U.S. Blues
8) Blues For Allah
Ok - as far as I know, this has to be a bootleg... or, at the very best, an official live recording. I really know very little about the thing !! Anyways - don't buy bootlegs, buy the official stuff instead !!
Actually - looking at the cover artwork - it says it's on "Grateful Dead Records".... so, it might be official - I really don't know !! It's a good recording tho'.... worth having in the collection !!
Today is a very special day.....
It was on July 16th - many, many Moons ago - that B & I first met !! I'm not going to embarrass B, by putting in just how long ago, it actually was, but, with many hills behind us - we are still together !! I know it's not really what some people would want..... but, we are hanging in there !!
So - to mark this day, in history...... I got up quite early, put the kettle on & made B pot of her (pretty disgusting) tea..... I gave it to her, on a tray - with a newly cut sprig of roses, which I cut myself, from out in the garden !! I'm really pleased.... mainly as B also remembered what day it was.... so, that kind of made it all, a little bit more
special !!
I can still remember that day - even if it was a goodly number of years ago !! It's something you never really forget - one of those "Hallmark" moments..... oh well !!
Later on, this evening, one of the Missionaries is coming around, to say a "goodbye" - he has come to the end of his 2 years, as a Missionary & will be heading back to Spain, in the next few days - I guess, I don't really know !!
He wants to stop by... and introduce us, to his Mum & Dad, who are over here to, sort of, collect him & help him with his journey home !! It's hard to believe, that we haven't seen him - well, for at least 18 months.... so, it will be very special to see him again !!
Sooooo very much has happened, since he was last here.... I hope he won't be in too much of a hurry, to leave. I want to know how he has got on, over the last year & a half !! Bless him...... he & the other Missionaries, all work very, very hard.... it is not easy for them !! It will be good to see him & to wish him well !!
Complete change of subject.... the NFH !!
The NFH.... or, if you're new to my posts (where have you been ?!) the "Neighbour From Hell" has just come home.... I won't say that she is loud - but, I can hear her, over the top of the music... which is almost turned up to 11 !! Honestly !!
Ok - I do have the doors & windows open.... but, there is no need to be that loud !! I don't know what she is moaning about today - probably having another shouting match, with her Husband !! Actually - that is wrong.... she shouts at him.... he just stands there & lets her get on with it !! There is no "match" part to it.... she just shouts & shouts !! maybe I should turn the music up a bit louder..... then, of course, I won't hear the nurse.... who, I hope, will be here soon !!
I know I don't type very fast - but, it's now been an hour, since B left.... so, I'm glad she didn't hang around !! We wouldn't of made it to the bank.... talking of which !!
Being officially "broke"... B & I opened 2 new bank accounts. The idea being, to build up a bit of cash, just to help us out - as & when we needed it. Well, today - despite being told how wonderful, these new accounts are.... well, in a nut-shell, they're kind of crap !!
I tried to do a bit of "telephone banking" - only to be told, the thing - that I wanted to do - couldn't be done, with the accounts we had !! In other words - having gone to the bank & wasted a goodly bit of our time, sorting these things out.... we can't do the stuff we thought we had signed up for !!
I just love banks - I really do....... They were more than happy, when B put £500 into her account - but, today, when we wanted to move things about - we were told "No - sorry, you need another type of account !!" Nevermind.... I can't win them all - but, just once in a while, I would like to be a close 2nd !!
Right - my plans for today.... none at all, really !! I can't do very much, because - until the nurse actually gets here - I really am stuck !! I just love it really.... the one day, that I needed her to be early, she hasn't shown up..... oh well !!
I must away.....
I thank you all for logging in & taking the time to read my words...... until next time...
Bye Bye
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