So much for my "back later" this morning. It seems to have been non-stop today! Then this evening I went to meet up with some old friends. The friend from Devon who came to dinner last night came and picked me up and we went to a local pub and met up with another two other friends from College and another mutual friend who I hadn't seen for ages.
We sat outside and had a lovely meal. This pub has a large play area (I was very tempted by the slide!) and there was a small group of children who will definitely have sore throats tomorrow, but they were very sweet and kept coming and talking to us. It was quite warm, and no rain so far. Plant - if the rain gets to you could you please send some on down to us, please? And Grauntie if you've had rain today, I'm sure you don't want even more tomorrow, so you could send yours over as well - pretty please?
Clover - how is your lady? She must miss her sister, and I wonder if the days go slowly without having her to care for.
Gem - your poor DD. I wish I could wave a magic wand for her to make her better. Please tell her we're all thinking about her. How did S's audiology appointment go today? Have they given her new hearing aids, and retested her hearing? It's awful that she has had to wait so long and there's still no improvement. I know you are already encouraging her to go privately, but please tell her I was getting to the stage where I didn't want to go to certain places or meet up with certain people, or (especially) groups of people because I knew I'd struggle to follow the conversation, let alone join in. Now I have no problem and in fact of the 5 friends at dinner tonight, 3 of us had got hearing aids and one, like S, is struggling. I showed her mine and how I can control them from my phone, and she couldn't believe how tiny they are.
Plant - at least the deer don't want custard with their cooked plums.
I'm glad your tummy's better, but I hope that isn't a sickness bug going round that the GGCs have got.
Oma - it's amazing how well little Fin has recovered from such a poorly start in life. He sounds quite a character already. He's going to keep his mum and dad (and his Auntie Oma) on their toes.
Lizzie - your neighbour's daughter must be feeling awful with all this heat, plus worrying about the pregnancy generally after have so many miscarriages. You wonder how people can keep going through all that heartbreak. I hope she's and her baby are ok.
We sat outside and had a lovely meal. This pub has a large play area (I was very tempted by the slide!) and there was a small group of children who will definitely have sore throats tomorrow, but they were very sweet and kept coming and talking to us. It was quite warm, and no rain so far. Plant - if the rain gets to you could you please send some on down to us, please? And Grauntie if you've had rain today, I'm sure you don't want even more tomorrow, so you could send yours over as well - pretty please?
Clover - how is your lady? She must miss her sister, and I wonder if the days go slowly without having her to care for.
Gem - your poor DD. I wish I could wave a magic wand for her to make her better. Please tell her we're all thinking about her. How did S's audiology appointment go today? Have they given her new hearing aids, and retested her hearing? It's awful that she has had to wait so long and there's still no improvement. I know you are already encouraging her to go privately, but please tell her I was getting to the stage where I didn't want to go to certain places or meet up with certain people, or (especially) groups of people because I knew I'd struggle to follow the conversation, let alone join in. Now I have no problem and in fact of the 5 friends at dinner tonight, 3 of us had got hearing aids and one, like S, is struggling. I showed her mine and how I can control them from my phone, and she couldn't believe how tiny they are.
Plant - at least the deer don't want custard with their cooked plums.
I'm glad your tummy's better, but I hope that isn't a sickness bug going round that the GGCs have got.Oma - it's amazing how well little Fin has recovered from such a poorly start in life. He sounds quite a character already. He's going to keep his mum and dad (and his Auntie Oma) on their toes.
Lizzie - your neighbour's daughter must be feeling awful with all this heat, plus worrying about the pregnancy generally after have so many miscarriages. You wonder how people can keep going through all that heartbreak. I hope she's and her baby are ok.
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