After the hubbub of people in the house yesterday, I am craving a day of peace and quiet – just the wife and I, 1 dog and a blazing fire. I’m feeling unsociable today!
My wife is going swimming with our granddaughter this morning, so she is out of the house by 9.30am. It’s a cold and miserable day here in Southrepps – 2º Centigrade, heavy, dark clouds and a fine drizzle. Perfect weather for walking the dog, so (of course) that’s what I do. I follow up this act of bravado with a log splitting session in the back garden, and bring in a basketful of logs for the fire, which I’ll be lighting a little later on.
I get a morning of peace and quiet (just me and the dog), but this afternoon we go to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital to visit my elderly neighbour who is still being treated for an infected leg. I also need to help my wife drop her car off at the local garage this afternoon, where it is being repaired next week (the windscreen wipers have packed up – not an ideal situation in this weather!), so we do that on our way to the hospital.
My neighbour seems to be in good spirits, and is keen to get himself out of hospital as soon as possible. We take him a couple of packets of ginger nuts, a book to read and a newspaper – that should keep him quiet for the next 24 hours or so.
We get home at dusk – just enough light for me to take the dog for a quick walk so she can do her business. Then I light the fire while my wife prepares our dinner.
After dinner I decide to self medicate with a little cannabis – my tremor is better than it was yesterday, but still being a bit of a nuisance in my right arm and leg. Dystonia in my right foot is pretty uncomfortable, too. Dyskinesia seems to be about the same as it has been for some time now.
We settle down to watch another Patient Zero Productions documentary, which we were discussing with the film crew yesterday, about money and debt, entitled “Strawman – The Nature Of The Cage“. Fascinating stuff!