MAD FRIDAY RUSH!

Hello my dear journal friends,  this is the first time I have sat down all day.  I`ve been up since before 7am and I`m exhausted.  This morning I was going into town with Jim as usual for a Friday morning and then on to Kwik-Fit to get the car exhaust changed.  While I was getting ready thios morning it dawned on me that today is the day I have my hospital consultation, how could I forget that?, but it had completely slipped my mind.  We went into town as usual but couldn`t take our time as usual, We moved quickly on to Kwik-Fit where we had to wait for an hour before they could fir the exhaust.  Then we rushed home and Jim made me a ham roll which I had to eat on the run and then get ready for my appointments.  I had to have physio at 2.15pm and then wait while she filled in a report for the consultant. She also had a look at my thumb joint that has been very painful recently and gave me a splint/support for it, and some advice as how to manage the arthritic pain and exercises to do.   Then I hurried over to the other side of the hospital in time for my appointment at 2.45pm.  It was a full waiting room and there was standing room only. Thankfully I didn`t have to wait long and I got in to see the consultants registrar.  He told me that I can avoid more surgery for the time being, and after he spoke with the consultant who agreed with him, he asked me to come back again in three months.  He did go into detail as to why I`ve had so much pain since the operation, and why it is taking so long for the feeling to return to my fingers, something that none of the other doctors have done.  I feel much better having spoken to a doctor who is so reassuring. I feel very positive about it now.

Jim has spent the afternoon in the garden laying the paving slabs.  He is doing really well but now he is running out of sand and he started off with 900 kilos,  now he has to order more, so he will come to a standstill until it arrives.  I think he needs a bit of a rest though so it won`t hurt him.

Looking out of the window I see that it starting to rain.  That will save me having to water the flowers tonight...one job less to do!  I just hope it rains all night and is fine tomorrow, when we are going to a friends for drinks in the evening.  Kerry and Slava are coming with us as Kerry still enjoys and evening out even though she has to drink orange juice.

I have to go, and get tea ready now as the worker is hungry!  I hope you all have a lovely weekend and a nice relaxing time, Bye Bye for now and take care ;-)

 

CUTTING REMARKS

~  How could I possibly have a relationship with a fifty-year-old fossil?  I have a beautiful boyfriend of twenty-eight.......why should I swop him for a dinosaur?  ~

Carla Bruni on Mick Jagger

~  How is it possible to play the harmonica professionally, for thirty years and still show no sign of improvement?  ~

David Sinclair, The Times, on Bob Dylan

~  He`s the Walt Disney of street poets - useful a social commentator as Donald Duck.  ~

Chris Rea on Bruce Springsteen

~  Unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer.  ~

Bing Crosby on Elvis Presley

~  The boy`s got more plastic on him than a Co-op bag.  ~

Melody Maker on Michael Jackson

~  Michael Jackson`s album was only called `Bad` because there wasan`t enough room on the sleeve for pathetic.  ~

The Artist Formerly Known as Prince

~  If music be the food on love, why do the Eurythmics insist on serving up spam and chips all the time?  ~

Pauline, Pluto