Happy Tuesday!

Yesterday was the first May Bank Holiday, last week, we had ridiculous weather for the end of April but it got cooler over the weekend. English weather!

On Monday, I potted some tomatoes and then went to a funeral, it was for Richard’s mum and I’m really glad I did, it’s not so common anymore to turn up for funerals but if you can it’s important. It was at Mortlake, the last time I was there was for my Dad’s funeral, so that was a bit weird.

Under usual circumstances and afternoon in a pub by the river would have been fantastic, especially as the tide rose and our path was cut off.

Tuesday, I had intended to be in the office, but I’ve had a return of spending the first couple of hours of the day throwing up and then I miss the commute window and it’s easier to work from home! But I’ve had a productive work week despite the day and a half spend not working this week, so all good.

The second half day holiday was to take mum to the doctors, it was lovely to have a doctor that listened and confirmed that Ma is doing everything right. She send Ma for an x-ray on her hand, which we managed to get done straightaway (and it seems just to be a flare up of her osteoarthritis, so she’s going to need stronger painkillers because it’s really sore) and a neurology referral. Apparently, the average wait time for neurology is 12 weeks so I’m expecting that the appointment will probably be on my birthday, because Ma being in the hospital or injured in early August seems to be the pattern of my 50’s but I’m just pleased that something is happening.

Over the weekend, I went to Mum’s for our usual Saturday, we shopped, I did some of the housework Ma has problems with (although I’m not convinced that she’s making it up as she hates to clean floors almost as much as I do!

On Sunday, I sorted out the house and made sure I had food sorted for the week and hit the plot in the evening! In fact, given the weather, I spent a lot of time last week, watering the plot! Monday was more plotting and a bath for sore muscles..

Plans for this week very mild, office Tues to Thurs, it’s reporting week for me. I’ll go to Ma’s Wednesday evening and even though it’s cooler, there will be watering of the plot as we aren’t getting rain for the foreseeable future..

Have a good week!