The difference the weather makes to my mood is shocking. Having the sun shine on Saturday was some of the best medicine ever. We got up and I wore my summer dress. (Just waiting for Debs to pick herself up off the floor after reading I wore a dress...) Having the sun on my arms was wonderful. I would've loved to have been able to have run about barefoot on the grass, but being rolled around by Mand was just as lovely.
We went into Boston without an agenda or shopping list. Well, we did want to pick up a feather duster for some of the older cobwebs in the house that don't have spiders, but we forgot it anyway! We took it slowly and it was fantastic. I enjoyed being out and about.
When we got back Mand rung her mom as we decided that we were going to kidnap her and Ken and take them to the coast on Sunday. They both need the fresh air. We don't know how long we have them for in this world, and we want to make their time as happy and fun-filled as possible. Then my mom rang and since our last contact (Thursday) she had decided to put the house on the market and has seen the perfect bungalow for her Phil and the dog near Newmarket that they want to move into immediately. They are so serious that Phil was already in the garage clearing out and my mom had started packing... The estate agent comes today and my mom said she's going to tell him the house needs to be sold within the week or else...
After listening to my mom's [not sure what the word is but I want a happy jolly version of tirade] about the wonderfulness of the bungalow for nearly an hour, it was time for the football. Mand and Beth have convinced me that I am a Chelsea fan when I didn't really have an affiliation before. Unfortunately, the rest of my family are ardent Villa supporters. The bating on Facebook had already begun, especially after Chelsea thrashed Villa 7-1 recently in the league. Mand had her lucky Chelsea shirt on inside out (it has to be that way), her match bottle of honey beer, and the lungs of an opera singer! I coped for the first half - and agree that the ref was blind and should've given Villa a penalty, but then I had to go and lie down.
I didn't sleep as Mand was in fine voice with her frustrations with the second half. So frustrated was she, that she got up to come and see how I was and go to the bathroom. Sod's law has it that as she did this Drogba scored. Chelsea then scored another twice and Mand started singing "We're on our way to Wembley" as she walked through the house. I pointed out they were already at Wembley as that's where the semis were being held this year, but she said it didn't matter she can still sing it anyway! Realising that she was now full of so many beans that the Mexican jumping bean factory would be contacting her for extra stocks, I got up and managed to half dress myself and got myself into the front room under my own steam. Okay, it's only about 20 metres, but it's a huge thing for me.
To celebrate we decided to go out to the Italian in Boston. Despite it being full to the rafters, they made room for us. We had the most amazing Bruschetta to start. The tomatoes tasted so fresh and there was at least 3 tonne of garlic mixed in. I had lasagne and Mand had Spag Bol. Usually we are more adventurous in our ordering, but I adore their lasagne as the pasta is homemade and there's always at least 7 layers of scrummyness and we knew that this would probably be the last time we came here. When the blood tests come back, even if Coeliac isn't confirmed 100% I am cutting gluten out of my diet as I know it does bloat me and makes me very poorly. But tonight we wanted normal pasta and we ate it in abundance! What was also amazing was the fact that it only came to £25 for everything including the drinks!!!
When we got back, Mand showered me and used the exfoliating gloves to rid me of my rough skin. She had to be careful because of the patches of raw skin I had from the ECG machine. We're hoping that I don't scar. She massaged my back to try and get rid of the knots and smothered me in the lemon flavoured body lotion from the Body Shop - the most amazing smell. She looks after me so well. She wanted me to feel like a princess and sleep well. I didn't sleep very well, but I definitely felt like a princess. Thankfully she did sleep for a while, until her carpal tunnel woke her up. I'll be pleased when she has that fixed on Friday.
Even though the weather wasn't as sunshiney on Sunday we still went down to see Pat and Ken in Spalding. I know it is hard for Mand to see the deterioration in her mom and dad, but we are determined to see them as much as we can. Mand did a tip run for them with some green waste and then we headed off to Baytree so they could get some plants. Despite wearing his shirt, jumper, fleece and coat Ken found it too cold so we couldn't risk the beach. It was lovely spending time with them. When we got back, Mand did another tip run and we then sat and drank tea chatting with Pat in the kitchen whilst Ken slept in the front room. We picked Beth up from her dad's at 6:15 and headed home for an evening of family time snuggled up on the sofa together and chatting and TV half paying attention to!
Seoladh beannacht an ghrá, solas agus sonas.
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