3 Too Many

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein

Happy Birthday Sarah – little Sis

A day off work, and no sleep in – up at 7am.  Got to keep routine.  Not feeling to bad again today.  Pains and aches are low so that is a good thing.  Downstairs to make a cuppa tea, take meds and check emails.  Get ready to face the day then and say bye to the family as they head to work and school.  Sit down to trawl through emails –  amazing how many stack up over a weekend! 

Put a load of washing on, fold some other dry stuff, you know the common domestic stuff.  Then walk up to the garage up the road to collect Bessie (the VW Beetle) as she went to get a WoF on Saturday and packed a sad (as 41 year old cars do occasionally) and refused to start.  Nausea is starting to hit in waves today, and unfortunately in a terrible look of a drunk on a Saturday night I had a little spit on the side of the road.  Sorry I couldn’t help it.  And it was in the gutter between two parked cars and only little.  It’s not my usual behaviour. Get to the garage and have a yarn to the guy that works there.  He gives me a set of jumper leads and a battery to try to start her.  I don’t use them as a few subtle words about her pedigree and a turn of the key and she fires up and keeps running.  Take the jumpers and the battery back to the guy and he is surprised.  He puts it down to the knack  – I still am a firm believer that it is what you tell the car that makes them start   Anyway, drive her home – I know naughty eh – it is only 2kms and a straight road.  She doesn’t miss a beat.  Get home and into the garage.  Not working on her today, as not in the frame of mind. 

Decide while the weather is okish, and I enjoyed the walk, (apart from the interlude, and that has settled again),  that I’ll walk up to the chemist and supermarket to get repeats for my drugs, drop off some I don’t use, and maybe attempt to pick out some food for lunch.  Get some stuff and my scripts and have a lovely 4km return walk.  The nausea almost does it’s thing again, but I managed to restrain the ejection this time.  Get home and take some of my really strong anti-nausea drug.  Make a bagel with tomato and honey smoked chicken on it – I can almost taste it – almost!  The last mouth full was a struggle but at least it is some food.   Sue arrives home and has some lunch then we head off to Moffats Flowers to get a bunch for Sarah’s birthday. 

Jacob calls saying that he can’t get across the motorway road works as they have the normal paths blocked off.  We leave Moffatts to go and rescue him.  Find him and check that he is telling us the truth, which he was, and head home.  Sue calls Fulton Hogan (who are doing the road works) and tell them whats happened.  They are going to investigate and make sure it is not blocked again.  The only option for him to get across was to g alongside the 2 new roundabouts sectioned with cones that cars take at speed.  Not an option for our lad thanks.  Pat on the back for the lad in sitting tight and calling for advice/help.  The Chorus man arrives to cut us over to Telecom (btw – phone number hasn’t changed).  Then head over to Sarah and Richards to have dinner with them.

Have a lovely evening with Sis and Rich and Majenta (Jayden is out at youth group).  Have great yarns about things.  All are looking really good.  Sorry for dozing off guys – I really can’t help it sometimes.  Head home about 9 as the boys need to get some sleep as they have school tomorrow.  Boys in bed, I feel nauseous and do the blog.  Watch a little TV then meds and bed.  No Milo as I can’t stand the taste of it so water tonight.  I guess that make it W&D time now!  Trust all have had a fun Monday and made it through the start of the week.  Ready for tantalising Tuesday.  Take care all.

Kia Kaha.