A day in the life of

20/02/2007 by Gudrun.

It was not exactly a typcal day, as I was able to “sleep in” until 7.30am, instead of my more usual waking time of 6.30am. So I was more rested than sometimes, when I first brushed my teeth and then did my video exercises. I need a bit of a wash after getting all hot like that! then I got dressed, and again the day was untypical, because D made us a lovely cooked breakfast, and there were 3 of us to eat it, as M has been with us more or less all the time since 21st December. So all I had to prepare was the grapefruits and the drinks. More usual was that afterwards D read me the day’s Bible bits from the “choice Gleanings” callendar, whilst I first did the washing up and then sat down to do some knitting, all whilst listenning carefully.

The 3 of us then loaded up the freelander with most of M’s things that he has had here all this time, and went out to Dobbies, where M wanted a “green plant” for his study. he chose one that was nearly 5 foot tall, and it was quite hard to get into the car, and I had to steady it all the way to Glasgow to M’s flat, where I carried it up the 61 steps, whilst D carried all the rest, as M is still not allowed to carry anything after the op which was the reason for his prolonged stay with us. D and M then re-areranged M’s bedroom with D doing the heavy stuff and M saying where things should go. I, meanwhile sat in front of M’s huge new TV and relaxed! When that bedroom was all sorted to M’s satisfaction, we all got back into the freelander and went to a Tesco Extra, which took much longer to get to than the tom tom said it should! We went to “lunch” there, but were sadly disappointed with the range, quality, and quantity of food available. nevertheless we tanked up, and then did M’s shopping to fill his fridge ready for him to return to his flat next week. That meant, of course, returning to the flat afterwards, and only then beginning the trip home. On the return trip we had a serious discussion about the upbringing of young children these days, and I have to admit I believe “things were better in my day”.

Once home it was time to prepare the evening meal, to which our other son, C, had been invited as well. We had only returned home well after 4pm, and C arrived  spot on 6pm as always, so it was good that D did most of the vegetable preparation, whilst M showed me “on line” what IKEA could offer to make my rather cluttered and disjointed study into a haven of order.

The meal went really well, the chicken was made to look rather silly, and only the mashed potato had any left overs! Whilst “the men” were still chatting over their puddings, I decided I had better pnone Mother, who lives 5 miles away, and whom I had not visited today. She was MISERABLE… as usual. She was miserable today because she knows herself to be a burden to us. And she wanted me to deny this and tell her how much I love her and love running circles arround her. But she knows I will not lie. So I changed the subject. I have had so much practice at this sort of thing, that I am quite good at it! I then tackled the clearing up with a vengeance, and so got it done much faster than I might otherwise have done.

We finished the day with several bits of TV, all previously chosen and “taped” on the DVD hard drive. It had been a good day, all in all!

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