Well the good news is that I am much better after an excellent nights sleep. Yesterday was astonishing . So many offers of help and general good wishes came my way that by mid day I was already feeling easier. It is still pinching a bit but this morning it’s clearly on the mend . ...so far.
Last night was catch up time on the TV. During the week I had recorded various programmes to watch on Saturday night because I seldom find anything riveting at the weekend. Sitting watching quietly on my own with a glass of wine in front of me is a great pleasure these days.
A friend whose husband is currently away rang me up to say how wonderful it was to be able to watch what she wants on the TV. This was a new experience for her but I do recognise it. What I used to watch with David is quite different from my solitary choices now.
Last night, still nursing my bad back I watched another episode of the barging saga with a glass in one hand and the remote control in the other. I am becoming a very self indulgent old woman!
This does not stop me from praying for all those people in Whaley Range who are spending their nights out of the village where the huge dam is a threatening factor as the rain continues to fall. I know this small area . It’s close to several beautiful moorland walks. I have stood on the bridge looking down at the contained water in the past , now threatening homes and all the belongings of the inhabitants.
To have to collect your essential items into bags is something I hope never to have to do. Keeping old photographs, would be my first priority I think but just collecting enough medicine and clothing would be very hard on those waiting to see if the village is going to be under water soon.
I’ve heard nothing about this situation on the radio this morning so I’m hoping the expected rain didn’t fall.
What a world we are living in. I know a lot of people who snort at the idea of global warming... but I think that if this is something we are doing to ourselves then it must be time to stop doing it. Surely?
1 comment:
Glad that your back has improved, but taking it easy must still be on the agenda.
Control of the remote control is held by my spouse and she chooses some quite strange things to watch, many of which involve cooking strange concoctions that she would never prepare herself. Having trained as a chef she is highly critical and I receive a running commentary on the faults that she detects.
Sometimes, when she is in the garden I turn over to watch something I have recorded, which she has the grace to watch with me. But we are soon back to either food or crime or travel, which seem to involve food as well.
I should be a fat old man, but thankfully have managed to maintain a steady weight, which as a diabetic, I need to do. Low Carbs, High Protein is the way forward for me.
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