The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

Onebrokelady

I set my alarm today to make myself get up at a decent hour. I was going to see my mum so didn’t want to be going too late. She had asked me to get her some bits in town so I did that on my way over. I bought us a custard doughnut each because she loves them so we had that with our coffee. A few weeks ago I met her in town to buy her Christmas cards and when i got there today she said she couldn’t find them anywhere so when I left I had to go back to the shop and buy some more which I will take over next week, she will probably find them in the meantime 😀

After I left mums I slowly walked back into town to get my shopping, I only needed a few bits so it didn’t take too long. I didn’t get back until nearly 5pm though due to a combination of being busy in town and then the traffic was bad so the bus home took ages. I finally made it back when DD2 phoned me for a quick chat as she was walking home from work. We are meeting up on Saturday come hell or high water 😀 I bought her an advent calendar and it’s still at my house so she has a lot of catching up to do. 

I’m not sure what I’m going to be doing tomorrow I will see how I feel when I wake up. I do have a bra to return which I should have done today but I couldn’t face the shop today so I might do that. I also need to go to The Works to look at a set of books that DGS1 was looking at for Christmas then that’s his presents done. I just need to get a couple more bits for DD 1 and some PJs and socks for DD2 . We have a tradition where we each have a new pair of PJs at Christmas. My son in law is easy because he liked the idea of having money so I just need to get him something little to unwrap. I’ve been very disorganised this year and have left it all very late. I’m feeling festive I just don’t want to go Christmas shopping 😀 I have also been buying food items everytime I go into town so I don’t have to do a massive shopping trip, I’ve got the main course to take to DD1s house but I’m panicking in case it snows or floods and we can’t get there so I’ve now bought the trimmings to go with it in case the weather plays up and we are stuck at home. We will eat it another day if everything goes to plan. I’m not going mad on sweets and chocolates this year either becasue I want it all gone by New Year so I can get back to healthy eating again

milann

We always go to my dds which is 300 miles plus away. It’s a standing joke that I always have a small ‘emergency turkey’ just in case for any reason we can’t get there. There have been a couple of close calls - one year Ds was collecting us at 5.30 am…..pulled up whilst we packed the car and it wouldn’t start again. AA (or whoever he was with) had us on the road with a new battery within half an hour of phoning 👍 Then we needed it when Christmas was cancelled at the last minute. So I’m totally with you on having your back up ready 👍 

foxgloves

To be fair to yourself, @OBL, you have had a lot to deal with this year, as well as feeling poorly for much of it, so it's not surprising that you aren't feeling as organised as usual. Hopefully you'll be feeling a bit more normal next year, so will be able to pick things up to put away for Christmas when you see them. It's lovely hearing you sounding more like your old self.
F x

Onebrokelady

milann said:

We always go to my dds which is 300 miles plus away. It’s a standing joke that I always have a small ‘emergency turkey’ just in case for any reason we can’t get there. There have been a couple of close calls - one year Ds was collecting us at 5.30 am…..pulled up whilst we packed the car and it wouldn’t start again. AA (or whoever he was with) had us on the road with a new battery within half an hour of phoning 👍 Then we needed it when Christmas was cancelled at the last minute. So I’m totally with you on having your back up ready 👍 

Ahh yes the legend of the emergency turkey , I actually thought of you when I decided to sort out a back up plan 😀

Onebrokelady

foxgloves said:

To be fair to yourself, @OBL, you have had a lot to deal with this year, as well as feeling poorly for much of it, so it's not surprising that you aren't feeling as organised as usual. Hopefully you'll be feeling a bit more normal next year, so will be able to pick things up to put away for Christmas when you see them. It's lovely hearing you sounding more like your old self.
F x

Yes my poor brain is a bit fried at the moment so I’m trying not to stress about it too much. Last night was awful, I went to bed the had to get up to check which presents I’d bought because it was keeping me awake 😳😡 I’m not doing this again next year that’s for sure. 

Onebrokelady

Today I was knobbled by my energy levels so didn’t go anywhere. I got up and had breakfast then watched a couple of YouTube videos before deciding I was too sleepy so I had a nap with the cat on the settee. I work up at lunch time and really fancied an omelette so I made myself one and it was so nice 😍😍 I haven’t had an omelette for so long but was really craving it. It also used up three eggs that needed using up so that’s good.

I then had  a tidy round the house and made todays deep clean job my grill pan and top oven, I say deep clean but it really doesn’t get that dirty because I only use it as a grill, the top oven is mostly used at Christmas to keep things warm while other things are cooking. I then remembered I had to wrap my friends Christmas present to give to her tomorrow in case we don’t meet next week and it was lucky I did because I’ve been telling everyone that I don’t need wrapping paper this year and I’ve just run out 😳 I decided to wrap my mums and DD1s presents as well so I don’t have to do a load in one go but that’s all I could do due to a lack of paper. I will buy some more tomorrow and wrap the DGSs presents when I get home then I can do DD2s on Friday or Saturday 

I spent this evening watching some lovely slow living getting into the December spirit videos which have made me feel quite relaxed. One of them was set in the Cotswolds and it was so beautiful 😍

I finished the second sleeve on my jumper last night so now just have to do the neck, I hate doing the neck due to having to pick up stitches 😀 it always turns out ok but I find it a pain, I can then sew  it all together and it will be ready to wear 😇

Also today I had a little meander on instagram ( truely wasted the day 😀) and discovered that lots of kindle books had 70% off so I got footed it over to the kindle store and bought myself a Christmas murder mystery by the author who writes the books about Vera. I’ve never read any or watched the tv series but this one sounds good and the reviews said you can read it as a stand alone so that’s my next read 

Edit to add = The book is called The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves 

Sunshine_girl2

Glad to hear you are pacing yourself , but still managing to get out and meet people and do things. Is your dolls house done up for Christmas now ? 

Onebrokelady

Sunshine_girl2 said:

Glad to hear you are pacing yourself , but still managing to get out and meet people and do things. Is your dolls house done up for Christmas now ? 

Yes the dolls house is decorated. I was going to really add more to it this year but I haven’t got round to it.

Onebrokelady

Hi everyone I forgot to update yesterday 🙄I didn’t too much apart from meet my friend for what should have been lunch but the cafe has run out of anything suitable  for vegetarians so I ended up having a packet of crisps and a cake with my coffee. We had a good catch up then though and swapped Christmas presents just in case we don’t meet next week. 

I came home and decided that Thursdays catch up job was to clean my front door because it was filthy after all the horrible weather. My window cleaner used to do it but I haven’t been able to replace him yet. I was also going to do the living room window but it’s quite big and I didn’t want to over do it.

Today I was supposed to go into town to do some bits I can’t do when I meet DD tomorrow but I was so tired I just couldn’t be bothered so I stayed at home. I’ve organised to have my flu and covid vaccines on Monday so I can go into town after that and do the things I was going to do today then . I pottered around at home today instead, I was going to go out and clean the window but then realised it’s Friday the 13th and there’s no way I was going up a ladder on that date 😂 I did do a craft thing though. Yesterday  I dried some orange slices in the oven so today I went and cut some ivy from my garden and I made a garland with it. I’m not sure where it’s going to end up but at the moment it’s in the kitchen and it looks very festive 🙂 

I messaged my rheumatologist last week to update him on how I’m doing at his request and he messaged me back today to say he will send a treatment plan to my GP so they can prescribe the rest of the steroids for me. I phoned the prescribing team today but they can’t do anything until he requests the meds. I have an appointment booked for the 19th which I was going to cancel because I don’t need it now but the prescribing team told me to use that appointment to sort out my prescription so I’m going to do that next Thursday. It’s a bit of a waste of an appointment but I will run out of steroids on the 20th so I need it sorted out. Hopefully he will have written the letter by  then and I can go and get them the same day.

I also need to phone my boss to arrange my return to work, I haven’t heard from work this week so I think I had better phone them on Monday or they won’t organise anything. I spoke to one of the matrons to let them know I would be back on Christmas Eve and she just talked like they were expecting me to just go back on my normal shift so I told her I would need a phased return. 

I also asked if I could avoid working the 27th because it would have been my Dads birthday and the family are scattering his ashes but she said I would have to ask one of the others to swap shifts with me as I am working 9-5 that day  so that’s why I pointed out I would be doing a phased return so wouldn’t be working 9-5 actually 😡  she is one of the newer younger matrons and they don’t  know how the sickness policy works  but if she thinks  
I  can go back to a full shift after five months off work she’s crazy 🙄

Anyway I’m not going to the scattering of the ashes now so it doesn’t matter whether I’m working or not. It will only be my mum,my sister and her partner and the nieces so I’ve decided that seeing as they didn’t speak to me at the funeral I’m not putting myself through that situation again especially as I would be on my own. I could tell mum was worried about it and was trying to put me off so I’m not going. They are going for something to eat afterwards so I might ask mum to text me when they have left and if I’m still at work I can walk to the crematorium to see where his ashes are ,it’s just down the road from the hospital then I can get a bus into town to go home. I don’t particularly want to work on his birthday but haven’t got a choice 😟 I have to draw a line under the whole situation now because I can’t do anything about it so that’s that 

Willowtree222

I'm so sorry and your mum trying to put you off must also be quite upsetting. 

Its interesting that you go back and they immediately expect you to come back full time. Obviously that won't happen. 

Hopefully the medication will be sorted out soon.