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Yeah, yeah, I'll get back to work in a minute... I've got quite a bit to do on the various translations but I didn't manage to motivate myself to do it - or some of it - over the week. It's so boring and badly written :#
Have just had a chat with my mother. She's not too bad, although her old aches have come back now she's a cashier. I didn't say it was her own doing as she'd probably deny it.
Since my grandmother has been put on anxiolytic she's 'calmer'. (You think!) The doctor thought she was weak and might need to go into hospital on Friday but the blood test came back ok. I reckon the apathy has to do with her feeling down, with the added inconvenience that she's mislaid her glasses so can't see much at all. There's a new lady who's moved into the home who's got a bit smitten with my grandmother and who gives her hugs and kisses. That's nice. At least she has some human comfort. I always found it so sad that people stop touching you when you get old, because you don't look so nice anymore.
The driving nonsense is improving. I contacted a guy in Bisteur. He used to have an automatic but stopped doing it as there's not that much demand. He mentioned the guy in Oxford and the one in Banbury but those are the 2 who won't come as far as Bisteur. He was keen not to leave me in the lurch and offered to give me a free lesson in a regular dual control car so we find out if I really can't do regular cars att all. If it doesn't work out, he said he could teach me in our car (but there's no dual control...). It's nice to have finally found somebody who cared that it was also a problem for me, not just for them. I'll have my free lesson on 8 May, be warned!
Once I finish that translation, I'll have a bit of time to do some of the other things I like: read, write, sew and revamp the doll's house we bought for G. She doesn't know we have it as it needs a lick of paint and new carpet/flooring and wallpaper. We've bought some wallpaper and we have paint. I'm pretty sure I'll find some fabric that can be used in lieu of carpet if necessary. I'm also planning to make some Barbie clothes for my cousin's fifth birthday. We found a naked actionman in our garden (must have belonged to the previous owners) and he could do with a pair of trousers and a T-shirt. I've got an itch to try to make fruit and veg with salt dough to go with the house, a bit like that but small:
Have just had a chat with my mother. She's not too bad, although her old aches have come back now she's a cashier. I didn't say it was her own doing as she'd probably deny it.
Since my grandmother has been put on anxiolytic she's 'calmer'. (You think!) The doctor thought she was weak and might need to go into hospital on Friday but the blood test came back ok. I reckon the apathy has to do with her feeling down, with the added inconvenience that she's mislaid her glasses so can't see much at all. There's a new lady who's moved into the home who's got a bit smitten with my grandmother and who gives her hugs and kisses. That's nice. At least she has some human comfort. I always found it so sad that people stop touching you when you get old, because you don't look so nice anymore.
The driving nonsense is improving. I contacted a guy in Bisteur. He used to have an automatic but stopped doing it as there's not that much demand. He mentioned the guy in Oxford and the one in Banbury but those are the 2 who won't come as far as Bisteur. He was keen not to leave me in the lurch and offered to give me a free lesson in a regular dual control car so we find out if I really can't do regular cars att all. If it doesn't work out, he said he could teach me in our car (but there's no dual control...). It's nice to have finally found somebody who cared that it was also a problem for me, not just for them. I'll have my free lesson on 8 May, be warned!
Once I finish that translation, I'll have a bit of time to do some of the other things I like: read, write, sew and revamp the doll's house we bought for G. She doesn't know we have it as it needs a lick of paint and new carpet/flooring and wallpaper. We've bought some wallpaper and we have paint. I'm pretty sure I'll find some fabric that can be used in lieu of carpet if necessary. I'm also planning to make some Barbie clothes for my cousin's fifth birthday. We found a naked actionman in our garden (must have belonged to the previous owners) and he could do with a pair of trousers and a T-shirt. I've got an itch to try to make fruit and veg with salt dough to go with the house, a bit like that but small: