Happy Monday!
1. Last week we finally got Ma an NHS appointment for her brain issues. The dr was lovely and confirmed a progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) diagnosis. The doctor didn’t sugar coat it for us, movement, balance, vision, speech, and swallowing and it will also affect her reasoning. It sucks and PSP, unlike Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, is a fast disease and the average time of death from diagnosis is about 5 to 6 years. Mum has handled everything this past year, including this news with such grace and resolve, I am in awe of how she has and continued to cope. She has always been the person I most admire and this hasn’t changed that. This space started as a place that I use for me, a sort of diary and motivation when I’m at my lowest, I try to be careful about what I share about other people, and while my mum is has always been present here because I spend so much time with her, I’m not going to share much more than I have about her condition, because as we have been saying for a while ‘autonomy is important’ and that doesn’t change because Mum is ill. It will change a lot of how I live and I will probably talk about that!
2. The sudden return to British weather has been shocking but welcome, especially now I have a new raincoat but even I have been taken aback but the amount of sunshine and rain at the same time has been happening this week!
3. With the situation with Mum, everyone keeps talking to me about how I have to find time for myself and not do too much for Mum. I’m not discounting that advice but I’m going to do as much as I can for Mum for as long as I can. We are a long time dead and I’m going to spend time with her while I can. I am making sure that sleep is a priority but I am also making sure that I have time to do things that are good for me too. Which is why I was so happy to spend time with Sue and Kathy this week and some rainy allotment time. Rest doesn’t always look like doing nothing!
4. Sometimes in a bad week, seed mail is the best mail.
5. There is a new nosy cat, in my road, I had to spent some time chucking them out of my flat this weekend as they kept rushing by me as I opened the front door
I hope you have the best week you can!
Nic Dempsey 
Ooh I like the look of those radishes! What seed company are they from?
She Grows Veg (https://shegrowsveg.com). They do a lot of colourful veg seeds!
Thank you! Some really interesting squash seeds that I have never heard of before 🙂
Sorry to hear about your Mum’s diagnosis. That’s tough for both of you. As you know going to the plot is the best kind of doing nothing!
Thank you, it’s not the news we wanted, I think Ma would have preferred the brain tumour she was worried about! I have made Sunday on the plot non negotiable because I need the mental rest that being able to accomplish something does for me!