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[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, I probably shouldn't, as it was a dry, if overcast and cool day, but I blitzed a load of chores in preparation of my day off tomorrow, went a bit far and did the chores I'd allocated for Thu too, so now don't have anything to do till Fri!! Went for my prescription after work and she remembered my name! She struggled to find last weeks at first, so went to log on to make sure they'd been approved, and she was stood that close while I was going on my app I wanted to elbow her and remind her about personal space. Also got my delivery of wax melts, I was struggling to find a clean liner, so put one in without, they do burn quicker so you can smell them quicker without, but then there is the pain of getting them back out!

[Alicia]

It's funny how so many people think DECLARING a pandemic over actually makes it so, when what they really mean is they can't stand to be careful any more, so everyone can just go ahead and get the disease often and put up with it. And if you get Long Covid this time, too bad - we're going to pretend that doesn't exist, either, and give you a pep talk and no benefits because we know you don't have enough energy to DO something about our appalling lack of compassion.

Good for you remembering to maintain distance - you can remind other people gently, or move back yourself if possible - and I'm still wondering if the one time I left the house is going to come back to bite me. It was good to get out to brunch last Saturday with our caretakers/assistants, but scary to realize we were in an enclosed space with far too many other diners, and about a 2% masking rate. And NO distancing, of course.

It would be easier if the virus were large and neon-coloured.

[Jim]

What we're finding in the UK is that the isolation and lockdown may have resulted in more deaths than covid did. The jury is still out but because many people seem to have thought the NHS was off limits to them, they're now dying of things that could have been treated if they'd seen people earlier. Also we're having a lot of children go down with more severe versions of the stuff they should have met and built up immunity to a couple of years ago.
Similarly we're just discovering what damage we did to children's development. And the Swedish figures show that, actually, the sort of lockdown we had didn't make that much difference.
I don't think the UK would walk into another lockdown . I suspect it would be a case of isolating the vulnerable and doing what we could to get vaccines etc.
I think in the UK for the vast majority of the population, the pandemic is over. People have said, "Putin cured covid". I suspect in the US you won't have seen the cost of living rises with domestic heating tripling in price, whilst a lot of basic foodstuffs have gone up a third in price etc.
The main changes I've seen is that you'll see some people who have a cold but have to be out will wear a mask.
I think some doctors surgeries still hand out masks to people going in. I'm not sure if hospitals do any more.
There are still a lot of meetings happen on zoom which was probably inevitable and pushed forwards by covid.

I know a couple of people who have compromised immune systems and so still isolate, but they had to isolate before covid because a cold or flu might kill them. So their lives haven't really changed. :-(

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, not quite the day off I had planned, but nice nonetheless. Had to wait for friend's smart meters to be fitted, so the plan to go out for breakfast meant we didn't get there till 12! And then didn't have time to go for the walk we really wanted, but we did watch the Happy Valley final. We hoped to have time for a walk after she collected the kids from school, my plan was to do my nails in that time, but instead I decided to check out the new zero waste shop, had to walk past my hairdresser to get to it, and keep forgetting to ring for an app, so called in, they were quiet so had a nice chat with hairdresser about books, then was impressed with the new shop, and the staff were nice and friendly, so had a chat with them too. Going to try the organic veg, it probably won't be cheaper, but I could get 2 carrots, 1 potato, 1 pepper and 6 mushrooms, so won't waste as much, and I could pop a couple of times a week if I felt I needed more. Decided to post wax melts for cleaner and do a quick walk round the park in case friend didn't fancy another walk, cleaner was just arriving home, so ended up having a chat with her too, so hadn't finished walking round the park when friend rang to say she was home! We ended up going to Lidl, was happy as it looked like they'd discontinued something I can only get from there, but it was back on the shelf today, so picked some up just in case it was old stock someone found! Got home, redid my nails, must post a pic, it's so bizarre the difference between them over clear/white and over black, green is now purple, purple is now blue!! Didn't get to finish my book though.

I have to wear a mask at my doctors, and they do keep some for people who haven't realised (as I found out recently, when I forgot), my local hospital still has hand sanitiser and mask stations at the door (they didn't allow you to wear your own), but no longer have a man standing there enforcing it, but most people do wear one (think seeing staff wear one helps), the other clinic I went to didn't require it till you got to the ward, which was on the second floor!! As it was a clinic rather than hospital, it wasn't as busy.

[Alicia]

Jim wrote: "What we're finding in the UK is that the isolation and lockdown may have resulted in more deaths than covid did. The jury is still out but because many people seem to have thought the NHS was off l..."

I had surgery Sep. 26 at Stanford. I got the first surgical date they would give me, and was scared it might turn out to be impossible (if I were too fragile) or postponed because they didn't get the results of tests they piled on me the last couple of weeks before.

Stanford wouldn't let my husband stay in the building, not even in the cafeteria, that day. It was battlefield conditions, but not postponed. The limits worked.

If everyone didn't fight the restrictions so hard, they would have become normalized by now, with people masking, distancing, and being careful with each other as the new status, much the same way people in Japan have worn masks in flu season forever without anyone commenting.

People are still getting the long version - and physicians are gaslighting them and telling them it's all in their heads, as if millions of people were in hysterical collusion not to have to work.

We could have waited it out, taking precautions, until more final vaccines were delivered. What we got instead was the spoiled child version of events. And a huge bunch of older people who won't be there for their families, and, as usual, no one giving a care for the disabled or already chronically ill. We have learned nothing from the 1918 flu.

[Jim]

The saying in this country is that the middle class hid and the poor fetched them stuff.

It's worth looking at this
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entr...

It looks at deaths within industries

For men who were the ones who were most likely to die

restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors (119.3 deaths per 100,000 males in that sector; 26 deaths)

metal working and machine operatives (106.1 deaths per 100,000 males; 40 deaths)

food, drink and tobacco process operatives (103.7 deaths per 100,000 males; 52 deaths)

chefs (103.1 deaths per 100,000 males; 82 deaths)

Basically most of them are the ones who kept working so people could buy takeaways and suchlike

[Alicia]

The ones whose professions made social distancing and masking and frequent handwashing and being in well-ventilated areas much harder.

Possibly some of them also thought they were healthy and sturdy and didn't need to take the precautions lesser mortals did. Or that their freedom was curtailed by such bookish requirements.

When they were actually at higher risk, and should have taken MORE precautions. I mourn for them.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening all, had a bonus at food club again, I've been enjoying cucumber since I got some for my cheese and biscuits the other month, but the last two times I've been to Lidl they haven't had any, but I got 2 at food club! And we got a sweet treat on top of our normal selection today, choice of chocolate muffins or ice cream. Had another frustrating amazon delivery, I was sat working when I saw that my parcel had been delivered, so thought they might have just left it on the doorstep, but no. So I checked ratty neighbours doorstep after last week, nothing, so I went to the neighbour who is my back up and yes, they'd taken my parcel in! They were surprised to see me, they assumed I was out. After work, went to co-op and bumped into ratty neighbour who said she'd had a card through that her parcel had been taken to neighbours house, so I asked if she was expecting one and she said no, so I said it was likely mine, as I hadn't had a card to tell me where my parcel was! Really not sure why I came home with easter treats though, it's only Feb!

Playing Devil's Advocate here Alicia, but I'm not convinced it would have been a good thing that certain restrictions were normalised, seeing the effect it's had on my niece and nephew, they were shielded from when my niece was 5 months old to 1 year old and it has affected her confidence, being off school for so long in a house without easy access to ways of learning affected my nephews education and my friend was only saying yesterday about the effect on her kids.

[Jim]

No, they're male, working class, and expendable. They had to keep working because otherwise nice people would have had to put themselves at risk :-(
The entire food chain continued working. Our entire industry, everybody in it, just kept going. You cannot do the sort of work we do wearing a mask. Similarly you cannot socially distance when there are three of you working on a caesarean on a cow.

[Alicia]

Jim wrote: "No, they're male, working class, and expendable. They had to keep working because otherwise nice people would have had to put themselves at risk :-(
The entire food chain continued working. Our ent..."

Very unfair to them - and they should have been compensated for taking those risks far more than they have been. And for their families, if something happened to them. 'Nice' people aren't displaying nearly enough gratitude and appreciation. And now the same workers are being gaslighted if they have lingering effects, after they took most of the risks. I know a lot of UK people with ME, and they're pointing this out, how people who are sick are being offered debunked psychological (but cheap) 'support' instead of real help that acknowledges that they are now ill.

As for the maskless, I was thinking more about ours; I have no knowledge of yours. Was 'freedom not to mask' as big a thing over there?

[Alicia]

Desley, I'm just worried that, in the fuss about losses - very real and significant educational and family losses due to isolating and masks - we might forget that there were no vaccines recommended for the kids for a long time, and that we won't know for years which effects of getting sick will linger in our children.

As someone who got sick 33 years ago with something similar, and never got well, I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Maybe the huge inconveniences spared some kids the loss of the rest of their lives. It's too soon to know about that part. And we lost way too many of their grandparents.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, nice day at work, caught up on quite a bit. Then went for a walk with one of my work friend's, she's having some issues and needed a chat, we were out way longer than I expected, but it made her feel better, and was nice to not be clock watching and just chat. We picked a reservoir she's never been to, and we were lucky enough to see a deer. Was really nice showing someone a place for the first time when it's a place I love and been going since a child. Did mean I got home too late to go to the chemist and do some of my chores, but hey ho, there's always tomorrow!

[Jim]

There's always tomorrow, and if one day, there isn't, somebody else can do the chores :-)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Afternoon, I got up this morning and did all the chores, including my usual Sunday ones, as I had my 4th Covid jab today and I'm normally off after them, so this time I was determined to do nothing after it in the hope it helps reduce the side effects. Got my prescription (missing daily meds isn't a good thing for 'oh well, always tomorrow'!), went to go and get my new wax burner, parked up, saw I'd had an e-mail and it was from the company saying the market wasn't on, so had an hour to kill! Ended up getting a drink and cake, then sitting in the car reading, and went in for my app early! Apparently the new booster is completely different to the other 3, so will be interesting to see how I am. Did some food shopping on the way home, so I don't have to leave my house, put clean PJ's on and don't intend on taking them off or leaving my house till I go to work on Mon morning! Might not post tomorrow, as I won't have anything interesting to say!

[Jim]

Hope you're OK with your booster. None of my four covid jabs have had any effect on me (other than hopefully immunising me from covid) and the last one I had a flu jab at the same time, different arm

[Aryama]

Well i wanted to ask a ques ?
What do you all feel how much time will it take for a book's 100 copies sold ? (Genere : Spiritual and cosmic )

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I know I said I probably wouldn't post today, but am incredibly bored! I've only had a sore arm and a bit sniffly, but didn't want to do anything in case it was the rest that was helping! So I've forced myself to stay on the sofa all day and not find things to do (I know I mention chores a lot, but most of the time I'm half hearted about them, so always more I could do). I won't be in a rush to do all my chores on a Sat morning to get a free weekend, although might try it again in the summer when I like to be outside walking and reading.

[M.T.]

I had a horrible reaction to my first covid shot, but it transpired I was full of antibodies at the time and had caught covid at some point. Since then it hasn’t been so bad. I’ve been having flu jabs too because of Mum.

Hope you are all dandy today, I have had a bit of a score, found a load of stuff outside a house today with a label saying please take this away and got a some 1960s and 70s vintage Christmas decorations, along with three baubles that are either from the 30s or 50s, because my grandmother had some the same on her tree and those were partly from when Mum and my uncle were young and partly from when my grandmother was a child. I’m not sure which were which but I reckon they’re probably all 1930s or 40s so they’d be Mum’s era.

It’s a gorgeous day here and it’s half term so we’re going away, otherwise, what with it being 5 hours each way, we’d never see McOther’s parents. I have rather a lot of admin to sort out before we go so I shall be doing that.

Happy Monday everyone …

[Jim]

Aryama wrote: "Well i wanted to ask a ques ?
What do you all feel how much time will it take for a book's 100 copies sold ? (Genre : Spiritual and cosmic )"

Whilst it's not my genre, I suspect quite a long time. Depending on your marketing, several years if ever? You are hitting a small sector of the market, and unless you've already built up some sort of following (I assume there are forums etc for this) you have to ask how many people will even find your book, never mind be incentivised to buy it. I'm not knocking you or the genre, the situation is even worse with genres like Sci Fi and Fantasy where there are even more writers and books leaping up and down trying to attract attention and screaming 'read me'

What have you done to 'market' your book?

[Jim]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I know I said I probably wouldn't post today, but am incredibly bored! I've only had a sore arm and a bit sniffly, but didn't want to do anything in case it was the rest that was helping! So I've f..."

seems pretty sensible to me.

[Jim]

M.T. wrote: "I had a horrible reaction to my first covid shot, but it transpired I was full of antibodies at the time and had caught covid at some point. Since then it hasn’t been so bad. I’ve been having flu j..."

Happy Monday and congratulations on the baubles

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, felt OK when I got up and went progressively worse as the day got on, was even losing my voice at one point! And was a long frustrating day to make it worse! Agreed to do an energy saving session this evening, then didn't get home for the start of it, as had to go to Lidl for things I either couldn't get/forgot from Aldi on Sat, you can tell I wasn't in the mood, I only got one extra thing than I went in for! At least I'm WFH tomorrow and off Wed, at the moment I'm actually quite glad my friend now can't do anything on Wed, I might need another sofa day! I did have a bit of a funny end to my work day though, I tried ringing someone, left a message with reception, spelled out my first name and the response was 'oh, Beverley' - really?? I don't recall saying the letters B or V as part of my name!!

Aww, how lovely MT. Do hope you get to enjoy half term.

[Alicia]

I have just started a happy Monday - so I'm smiling.

Not a good start - I'd been battling bad aftereffects from a new med I won't be able to continue taking all weekend, and didn't get to sleep until 4am (sadly typical for me lately).

And then the first thing I opened in my email was a note from a Goodreads reviewer apologizing for being on travel and not getting to reading Pride's Children: NETHERWORLD, which he'd agreed to review, and ending with

"It's SOOOOOOOO good! I will write a glowing review when I'm done."

Life just got better.

[M.T.]

Alicia! Yay! That's grand then but I'm sorry about the sleep and the meds.
Desley, sounds like you need to take it easy on Wednesday, sofa beckons I reckon.
Jim, thanks.
Went to Sudbury today and had a little pootle round. Was delighted to hear that my insurers are happy for me to use my mechanic of choice to fix my car and it's all booked for while I'm away skiing so I won't need the hire car at all.
Then I received a letter from the tax office telling me I'd over paid my tax and that I should apply for a refund which turned out to be very straightforward and easy on their website.

All in all a good day, I reckon.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening all, feel quite achy today, so sadly think my day off will be a sofa day - am hoping it rains too! Good job I have plenty of entertainment!

Sorry to hear you've been having bad side effects to a new med and won't be able to stay on it Alicia, but glad that you will be getting a good book review. That does sounds like a good day MT

[Alicia]

Thanks, Desley.

Happy day, MT.

The upshot of the med: after centuries (2) of being told to drink more water, and keep hydrated, I have now been told by my doctor to drink no more than a liter of water a day. Quite a change. Have continued the constant sipping, but have changed each from a big swallow to a microsip. Not much happening yet, but no med side effects, so we'll see. Limiting something so basic is hard, but it is also possible I have gradually increased my water intake because I thought it was a good idea to keep the kidneys flushed after the surgery. Maybe I've overwhelmed the poor things.

Easy try.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, that certainly was an interesting day! Woke up at 5.45 feeling rubbish, and thought 'can close my eyes for 45 mins', woke up again at 6 and remembered that I wasn't in work today, so got up, made a drink, fed the cats, took a painkiller and went back to bed, got another couple of hours sleep. Had a phone call from podiatry, they'd had a cancellation for this afternoon and wondered if I wanted it, so I said yes. Unfortunately my telephone app was late, so I only just got to the app on time! Nurse seemed a bit put out I was reluctant to have a rheumatology check up, so I pointed out that as much as I appreciate them checking in, having seen a rheumatologist in Dec and spoke to a rheumatology nurse in Jan, plus changing my meds, I was running out of things to say!! The podiatrist I saw today was the first one who didn't look at my toe and agree to remove it, he tried to tell me it could just be managed with filing, despite the fact I was told about 6 years ago that I could keep going for regular cuts, but it was only going to get worse and would need removing at some point. He eventually agreed to put me on the list, but because of my Reynaud's, they wont do it till after May, but it's a longer healing process with the phenol on, so hopefully it won't affect me going to Jersey. As I was in a different town and on leave, I did a bit of shopping on the way home, got a lovely new fluffy cushion to help making chilling on the sofa more comfortable. Came home to my new wax burner and melts (although lucky to get them, Evri just left them on my doorstep!). Do feel rubbish now though, my back is quite sore today, but more where my lungs are than my normal back pain, hope I'm not getting a chest infection or bronchitis.

Good luck with drinking less Alicia.

[M.T.]

Ditto on the good luck Alicia. I hope it works. Desley, Sounds like you had a bit of a day of it but I hope the cushion helped.

I backed my car into a wall so not a great day for me. Only upside is that I didn't break the wall and I can have the car fixed when they do the insurance job on the front. No point doing insurance on this one because I reckon it's about £400 work and my excess is £300. Ugh. It's hard being a moron.

Drove past a massive crash on the motorway on the way dow. Flipped Discovery and Horse Box. They had those green canvas screens out that they have at the races if a horse breaks its leg so they'd clearly had to kill the horse. It made me cry. I blame that for hitting the wall, although it was sun glare too.

On the up side. Neighbour's wall is falling down at Mum's and it's our wall. I was worried that I was looking at a £10k bill for a flint lime mortar wall but neighbour knows how to do it and is happy to fix it himself for the price of the materials. I could have hugged him.

So there's that ... and they told me my Dad was a lovely man. Which I know but so many of the memories are dementia that I sometimes forget ... I really miss him. It feels very lonely sometimes, this caring for people stuff. Even with bro and the McOthers.

Mixed day then. Off to scotland tomorrow. Better go pack. Evening all

[Alicia]

M.T. wrote: "I backed my car into a wall so not a great day for me. Only upside i..."

Walls seem to be in your near future - silly things.

I think you need to put a thick layer of bubblewrap on your car, to be removed only when you particularly want to show it off. Let me know if this suggestion is helpful - I have many more. :)

[M.T.]

🤣🤣🤣 yeh bubble wrap might work. 🤦🏽🤣🤣

[Alicia]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Good luck with drinking less Alicia."

Well, so far I've found out that I better not eat the bacon that was the only thing that made last night's chicken dinner edible - I couldn't control the extra thirst, and ended up with more water down the hatch than what I was aiming for.

Should have thought of it, but it was very tasty, and my food is distinctly not lately, so my iron discipline failed. I didn't expect quite such a dramatic response as I received, though. "You will drink now or I will kill you," is very hard to resist.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

You aren't having much luck with cars at the moment MT! At least you damaged it before it got fixed. How sweet of neighbours to point out something nice about your dad that probably came at a really good time with all the stuff you are dealing with.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, crazy busy day, and tomorrow wont be much better! Went to food club to find they are moving, so had to check with friend if we can still go, randomly it's going to be in a school but it's open 11-1, which seems really bizarre, surely that'll be disruptive? We've decided not to keep going, it'll be a push doing it in my lunch hour. Shame as I only paid my annual fee in Dec.

[Jim]

Having something like that in a school must be a 'security' nightmare. The last thing you want is random people wandering in and out of school

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Yes I can't understand the thinking behind that at all!

We survived Storm Otto, we got up to 59mph gusts which wasn't too bad. I think everything that could blow off the roof already has done so. I've had to have three tyres replaced on my car, to be fair they're probably the original ones, but it didn't have a huge mileage when I bought it and I don't do much driving myself, just into Edinburgh when himself doesn't fancy the train and the occasional trip up to Aberdeen. He thinks I hate driving - actually I don't, I quite like it - it's the other bampots on the road I'm not keen on! :D Although it would be nice to have someone else to drive ME somewhere, for a change.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, had good intentions when I woke up this morning of doing some chores, then having a walk, but when I sat down to have lunch, I found it very hard to get back off the sofa, so I stayed there for a couple of hours, then the sun came out and found enough inclination to leave the house. Didn't plan on hitting my step count, but managed it, had a nice chat with the bloke who owns the candle shop and saw a heron, so glad I went. Just done another nail experiment, mad how two tone nail varnishes look like entirely different colours over black.

No, it seems very bizarre to have over 30 people turn up to a school, unless they have a completely separate entrance that they will be using (as we get fresh and frozen food, it has to have storage facilities). I suspect they will get less people, you had to live a 10 min walk from the current place, so if people use it who don't drive, they won't be able to go, plus people like us who think it's just that bit far at that time of day. Glad you survived the storm R, I know what you mean about driving, it's why I'm not a fan of motorways, it is nice being driven places.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, had a good day, had an eye app, but I didn't know if it was the iritis check up I should have had in Dec, or the scan the rheumatologist requested, got there and got sent to a suite I don't normally go to, so figured I'd gone for a scan and was a bit surprised when I got called in a room with a slit lamp (used to check iritis), so I told him I wasn't sure what I'd been called for and he said he'd see if they could do the scan while I was there - you are supposed to have your eyes dilated, which I said I couldn't do, but they offered to try anyway, so I could get both done in one app. He did warn me that they don't often get a clear pic without dilating drops, but he was pleasantly surprised that they got a clear pic. And was only there 45 mins for both tests, I've waited longer than that just for a check up!

[Alicia]

Glad those are both over for now. And for once you got out of there more quickly than usual.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, was cloudy most of the day, but went lovely about 4pm, so I went for a walk after work, didn't get out long enough to hit my step count, but it was nice to see what I think were snowdrops, crocuses and pansies flowering, as well as stroking a few dogs, one of them clearly loves fusses, when I passed them coming home, she stood in my way so I had to stroke her! I was peering through the fence trying to see the heron, a dog walker asked if I was looking for deer, I said no, and she told me a different place they like to hang out, might have to investigate at some point. Had another energy saving session when I got back, so took the time to read, but gave up on my book.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, not all that great a day off, was initially going to go out for breakfast with friend, but she overslept, so we ended up just going for a walk. We went to investigate where the dog walker mentioned and saw a heron in the field on the way to it, then an assortment of ducks in the pond she actually mentioned. Then another friend came round wanting help setting up a new phone and e-mail address.

[Jim]

That's the joy of being useful :-)

I think you're right to give up on books as well. If it doesn't grab you after so long, don't waste time on it

[M.T.]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Evening, had a good day, had an eye app, but I didn't know if it was the iritis check up I should have had in Dec, or the scan the rheumatologist requested, got there and got sent to a suite I don'..."

Nice going on the double Desley. I also give up on books from time to time as well, life is too short to read books you don't get on with.

Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "Yes I can't understand the thinking behind that at all!

We survived Storm Otto, we got up to 59mph gusts which wasn't too bad. I think everything that could blow off the roof already has done so. ..."

I hear you re the bams driving other vehicles. I see an awful lot of terrible driving on my trips to Sussex each week.

[M.T.]

Bit of shit week. Was going to the Abba thing with a friend on Sat. Tuesday she got in touch to say her OH, who has cancer, was in a hospice and she might not make it. He is a friend, too and he died yesterday morning. I'm just fucking gutted. As a couple they are two of my favourite people. It's so, so rare to find people who are like me and who get me, totally. They both did. I cried most of the way to Sussex yesterday. It's like the light's gone out. The world is a piss poor place for his passing.

On the up side, I'm less wobbly now and she is coming to see the Abba thing after all because he told her that if he happened to be dying that day he still wanted her to go. Have decided I must bring a small bottle of champagne so we can raise a glass to him. We will probably both cry but that's OK.

So everything's a bit lacklustre for the moment.

[Alicia]

M.T. wrote: "Bit of shit week. Was going to the Abba thing with a friend on Sat. Tuesday she got in touch to say her OH, who has cancer, was in a hospice and she might not make it. He is a friend, too and he di..."

I am so sorry about your friends - what a kind husband!

But there aren't enough of the people who really get us, ever. Many fond memories.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, was a nice bright day, went to post key for cleaner at lunch, and decided to walk round the park while I was out, wasn't quite as warm as it looked! Glad I did though, bumped into Bert and his owner, don't think I've seen them since my toe nail op, definitely not this year, and was only thinking about them the other day. She seemed genuinely happy to see me, I wasn't sure it was her at first until she waved, I felt quite touched actually. We saw some crocuses flowering and she said there are daffodils in the park, will hopefully get chance to look tomorrow, or walk the long way to the hairdressers on Sat.

So sorry to hear about your friend MT, how sweet of him to want her to go regardless, I think taking a bottle of champagne will be a nice touch.

[M.T.]

Thanks folks and yeh, he was a lovely chap. Very amusing, too with a lovely dry sense of humour. I can't believe I'm never going to hear him ripping the piss out of me again. Weird. Might not manage the half bottle but if I don't I can probably steer us to a bar at the shopping centre in Stratford and buy us a glass each.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, had some light drizzle, but luckily dried up long enough for me and work friend to go for a walk at lunch, she's been on hol, so wanted a catch up with her. Thought I needed cat treats from Home Bargains, so thought I'd take my cardboard to the tip, filled the car, then opened the wardrobe to get some more cat biscuits and found another 6 packs of treats, so nearly didn't go to Home Bargains! Then went and did a bit of food shopping, so have hit my step count. Cleaner has been today, so chilling in my nice cleaned house.

I think you definitely need to make sure you raise a glass to him x

[M.T.]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Evening, had some light drizzle, but luckily dried up long enough for me and work friend to go for a walk at lunch, she's been on hol, so wanted a catch up with her. Thought I needed cat treats fro..."

the cleaner sounds like a brilliant idea! :-) And yes, the champagne is packed! I also have coffee for later, too.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Evening, had my hair done this morning, then went to show friend, had a chat with her, and then we went to Lidl, as I managed to forget two things from Aldi yesterday! Glad friend needed enough to drive round, as it had gone quite cold, after a nice start.

She text me after I posted yesterday, my toilet brush broke, she did offer to buy me a new one, but I told her when I used it last, I thought it was looking a bit tatty, so buying a new one was already on my list so not to worry, so she said she'd buy me a treat instead, she's a lovely person, and even if we just bump into each other on the street we have a good chat. I was going to stop using her after I gave up my voluntary work, but someone on a different group pointed out that if I could afford it, I should continue, as it's paying someone a wage. Maybe Irish Coffee MT? Or is that pushing it a bit?

[Jim]

It's never the wrong time to buy somebody an Irish Coffee :-)