Hello everyone.

Tweet

So we are coming into February already and l have not really had the time to get here to say hi/wish you Merry Christmas/Happy New year. So I am wishing you it all now. Simply put we have been rushed off our feet not because of us but because of others. My daughter had covid over Christmas and was very poorly indeed. We could not put ourselves at risk so the only way we could help was by cooking lunch and dinner for them all. Once it was cooked we would ring my son in law leave it in the porch all packed up for them. She is fine now but still gets tired. We felt so sorry for the kids but helpless too. They seemed happy enough and we spoke to them several times a day via video. It was hard for me to see my daughter looking so ill but trying to boost her confidence that she looked a bit better each time l spoke to her but in reality she did not and looked quite ghastly very grey but l never let her see my concern. The little old lady one of our ex neighbours 30 years ago became very ill and we ended up getting her admitted to hospital. She was very confused and the hospital warned us that she was so poorly that at one stage it could go either way. At one point she was refusing treatment from the nurses and Doctors so l had to put my bossy hat on and read her the riot act! Thankfully she took notice. I asked them to let us know in plenty of time before they discharged her so we could make arrangements for her. They gave us 4 hours notice on Christmas eve then sent her home!!! 2 hours later she was back in hospital having fallen and split her head open. She has no family apart from a cousin who is 96 herself and lives hundreds of miles away and is ill herself so we have had to organise power of attorney to manage her affairs. We managed to get carers to look after her and organise all her medical care, finances etc etc. All l can say is Amazon has been a God send. My elderly aunt & uncle also had covid they live about 90 miles away so l have been organising stuff for them too. Things are beginning to settle as they are all on the road to recovery but it has been frustrating trying to organise everything for them all. We did not get much time for ourselves to be honest. It would have helped if l was able to drive so l have had to use public transport to organise things and sort things out too. Not only that l started getting terrible pains and was unable to sleep. The Dr has given me some very strong painkillers which worked initially for 4 hours so l could at least get a couple of hours sleep. Oh and other things going on but not to be all doom and gloom the future is looking brighter hopefully now the vaccine has started to be rolled out. I have to say l was quite disturbed to see events unfolding in Washington. What shocking behaviour! So friends onwards and upwards there is a glimmer of hope and light at the end of the tunnel. I hope you are all well and keep safe and a very belated happy New Year! I will try to catch up with you as and when l get the chance! Photo of devil child looking positively angelic. I can assure you hard habits and all that and some of her hilarious awful behaviour has returned. She is quite hysterical!