Monday - My usual carer was on holiday, so her replacement arrived to make sure I was up, showered, dressed and breakfasted (or at least had a cup of coffee) ready for the day. Not much hope of it today as the medication I am on makes me feel nauseous and exhausted all the time. It is supposed to lessen the risk of an angina attack, but it seems to do this by lessening my ability to be perpendicular for more than five minutes at a time. Eli and I had lunch at Mamas restaurant before doing some shopping and visiting the library to borrow a Japanese language course. I have been learning Japanese for a while. When we got home I got into bed and played computer games.
Tuesday - The carer arrived very early this morning but I did not really want to get up.. these pills are the absolute pits. However.. after a while I did get dressed and Eli and I went into the city centre to pay some bills and do some shopping. We had lunch in the Old Arcadian. On the way home Eli picked up a new computer game and then we had a quiet time together for a couple of hours. We headed to Brunton Park for the football match against Yeovil, which Carlisle won. We try and go to as many home games as we can. We have season tickets and we are going to Wembley on the supporters coach. It will be a very early start as we put the clocks forward that weekend!
Wednesday - Eli went to do my banking and pay some bills. I didn’t feel up to it so I stayed in bed. We had lunch at home then at 3pm I went to the Doctor as I needed a repeat prescription. I was feeling a bit better so we went into the city centre via my other daughter’s house to drop off some post, bumped into my grandson on the way. We did some shopping then looked around for some jeans for Eli. Several shops later.. still no jeans. She couldn’t find any that were affordable or that fitted well (or both). We were exhausted so we popped into Subway for a break (and so as not to need to make tea later). We must REALLY have been tired. We fell asleep by 8 o’clock!
Thursday - Eli and I met up with Chris and Sarah for lunch in Woodrow Wilson. The very friendly waiter made us smile. The food was good and so was the company. Went into the city centre to try and find Eli these elusive jeans. TKMaxx came up trumps .. two pairs were suitable and purchased. Also cat food and litter and sundry shopping .. then into New Look for a blue t-shirt for Eli to wear to the Johnsons Paint Trophy Final at Wembley. Naturally, they had an offer on so we ended up buying 3 pairs for £12! Not bad. My grandson came round after school as his Mum was out walking the husky puppy, and as it was raining, he stayed with us until she came to pick him up.
Friday - This morning we are broadband enabled.. eventually.. after much muttering and grumbling and re-reading of instructions and plugging and unplugging.. my iMac is now ourMac until we can get Eli’s computer attached to the router. Finally... emails load before you can make a cup of tea, facebook updates more than once an hour and twitter is as quick as it sounds. Progress... I think. My weekly carer came to take me out in the car, so I went to get an ethernet cable, then a much deserved coffee and cake. It gave Eli some quality time with my computer. Now that we have a fast connection in my room, I may get to see more of her. Happy days! The only thing that worries me now is.... what’s she going to burn for supper?
