The day started well, with a telephone call from the pharmacy. This allowed me to drive down to the shop and use the words “Incontinence Advisory Service” for the second time in three days. This time there wasn’t a crowd of people listening, so it was a less embarrassing experience than the first time.
I am now fully equipped for the next eight weeks and, as a result, feeling relaxed.
After that it was time for a trip to the jeweller’s. I don’t need any jewellery, watch batteries or repairs but I don’t really need an excuse to gossip and drink tea. With my current set-up I am able to drink tea without worrying about the consequences. It was a relaxing interlude, as it’s part jeweller and part antique shop. As I think I’ve said before I feel at peace in three places – church, antique shops and bookshops.
I also feel at home in “all you can eat buffets”, as you can probably tell from the self-portrait, but for some reason I’m never made as welcome there as I am in the other places and don’t feel so comfortable. The staff always seem edgy when I walk in…
The last visits of the day were to drop off some Easter cards. It involved more tea and a look at several gardens that I used to look after. One of the ladies showed me her 80th Birthday Album. She had spent the week in Whitby with her children and grandchildren. It looked like a good time was had by all, and the Birthday Cake was made by Botham’s teashop. The picture on top was a view of the Abbey framed in the Whitby Whalebone Arch.
Whalebone Arch – Whitby
As a result of getting out and about I feel much happier, even if the weather forecast is not good.
In fact, with all this tea and visiting I’d go so far as to say I feel very Jane Austen.
And did the Incontinence Advisory Service advise to you have some incontinence or were they generally against it?
From our brief conversation I feel they are generally in favour and are not prepared to give me a choice. Having seen some of the stuff in the catalogue I’m keeping a low profile and hoping they won’t try the full range on me…
Medical catalogues are always frightening.
I am hoping to avoid the “clamps”. 🙁
Darn, I wish I had seen that whalebone arch. It really is quite splendid. So glad to read you are feeling better and can drink tea to your heart’s content. Because let’s face it, tea makes any situation better 😉
Yes, there is little which is not improved by tea. Well, Anglo-American politics perhaps… 🙂
Sigh.
🙂
Glad to see you are feeling more relaxed
Thanks Derrick. 🙂
Gosh, it’s decades since I last went to Whitby… I seem to remember crossing the harbour in a boat with my sister one evening… in the days when children were allowed to do such things alone.
So glad that you have all your supplies now and can enjoy bucketfuls of tea without fearing the consequences.
Yes, I’m very relaxed now. 🙂
Glad you are now enjoying your tea with confidence, Quercus! 🙂
A beautiful sunny day here today. Fixed the lawnmower and had quality time in the garden.
That’s almost a haiku.
Beautiful sunny day
The lawnmower fixed
Work threatens…
🙂
And threaten it did! I took the mower for a “test drive” and it worked. 🙂
That whalebone arch is really magnificent.
It has presence – both magnificent and sad at the same time.