After the glorious weather last weekend, I am rather glad that the temperature cooled down this week, not least because it gave me the impetus to get on with jobs that really needed doing. Its been a short week but a busy week. I kicked off on Tuesday with the ususal trip to the gym and then afterwards I nipped into Asda to stock up with some supplies. I seem to spend an alarming amount of time shopping in this store, not to mention money. After lunch which was noodles in a lemon grass and chilli sauce I went upstairs to start work on the accounts. I happen to glance out of the window and saw that there was an ambulance parked across our drive totally blocking in my car; I was curious as to who the ambulance was for. Emma's car wasn't there, next door the other side were all out so it could only be for Sandy's house. I stood at the window and after a while, I saw Sandy being wheeled out in a wheel chair attached to a drip and and an oxygen mask.
Of course, as soon as the ambulance left, I went straight across the road to find out what had happened. Lisa was shaking like a leaf and told me that Sandy had been in the loft trying to retrieve a suitcase and had fallen off the ladder. She'd fallen frontwards and her knees and nose had taken the brunt of the fall. Lisa said there was lots of blood. Poor Sandy; it was such a shame because Sandy had the week off work and she and Lisa were planning to go down to Cornwall to stay with Sandy's mum.
There wasn't time to do accounts in the afternoon because Sue called and we arranged to meet up at Kingston for coffee. I say coffee, actually we went to the M&S café and Sue brought me a pot of tea. I am always happy to meet up with Sue but it's very difficult for her to get out because she's caring for Alan and worries about leaving him, even for a short time. But I think it does her good getting out into the real world and away from the sadness, even if only for an hour here and there. Sue gave me a bag of books and I gave her some ciggies that I brought back from Gran Caneria. It was nice to catch up with her, albeit briefly, her life is not a barrel of fun and hasn't been for a quite a few months. Sue says that Alan is deteriorating more each week. The hospice nurses are able to manage his pain to some extent but Sue says that he isn't very comfortable. Poor Alan; Poor Sue. Life is so damn unfair.
I popped across the road in the evening just to see how Sandy was and was amazed to find her bandaged up and stretched out on the sofa eating a Chinese takeaway. She was very swollen (face and legs) and bruised and her nose didn't look too pretty but luckily no broken bones. I think when the bruises really come out, she will look like she's been in a fight.
I was at the gym bright and early on Wednesday and as soon as I got home, I went straight up to the office to do accounts. Four hours later with only a short break for lunch and my accounting was done. It's true to say. that Phil does the lion's share of end of year accounts but my contribution this year was surprisingly easy and I wondered why I had procrastinated so much. Easy accounts, makes me think I had it easy in 2010 and I couldn't help but go back to The Naked Bloggers 2010, curious to see what I got up to last year. And the answer to that, is not much in the way of flat stuff. I painted Christine's house in Downs Barn in June, I did a quick make-over in Oldbrook when Harriet moved out last July but al-bar a couple of bits on our house, that's about it. But it will be different this year. As soon as we get back from holiday I will have 2 flat refurbishments on my hands.
Even though I took Phil's car over to Cowley's in Whaddon first thing on Tuesday morning, I didn't get it back until late on Wednesday afternoon. Why it took 2 days to do a straight forward MOT I don't know but I mustn't complain too much because we always get a courtesy car. Cowleys have a Ford Ka which they loan out, Phil always gets this when he takes the Land Rover but I always get an old ropey, dog reeking Land Rover. This makes Phil laugh because he knows how much I hate driving big 4x4's and I do, I absolutely hate them, unless its snowing. Anyway, thankfully the Land Rover passed the MOT.
Thursday's are never very pleasant in our house. Phil is always hungover from his Wednesday night out with the boys and yesterday was no exception. It was like waking the dead and I'm amazed Phil got to work on time. I got us Fish and Chips for lunch which is his treat and seems to cheer him up a little. When he got home from yesterday he was very reluctant to do the bike but he did his hour. Phil doesn't like to talk on Thursdays. He ate his mackerel salad for supper; spent an hour on his book and then it was early to bed. I wasn't far behind him.
Phil has gone into work today, he could have had the day off but with a couple of short weeks and time off for our holiday, he decided he may as well go in. Its not so bad because he is finishing at lunchtime. Well, today is the big for Will & Kate and I guess most of the nation will be watching them get hitched. I am not a royalist, I have got some cooking to do so I suppose I'll have the wedding ceremony on the telly in the kitchen but I will not be glued. Luckily, even though it is a bank holiday, my gym is open so I'm off there right now. I am very late this morning, god knows why I have been awake since 5am.
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