Reading Weekend

By -

If I recall correctly, back in the dim and distant past of a couple of years ago or more, Claire used to have "reading weeks". I could never tell the difference between reading weeks and holidays, but I am told there was one. Anyway, the relevance of this is that Nicky and I have had a "reading weekend", which is a more compact version, and we have read. We have both enjoyed a Lee Child "Jack Reacher" novel which we have not read before (Nicky is currently on her second reading), and I have also completed my first Alex Kava - another action/thriller writer, which has been enjoyable, though not as good as Lee Child.

Reading has not been our only occupation this weekend. Nicky took advantage of the last of the fine weather yesterday to do the laundry, while I did a modelling session in Grey Lynn - the first of four, all the same pose each for three hours. Today Nicky has been in prison again, and the rain arrived.

The beginning of the week started with two and a half days of glorious sunshine. The contrast of the cold air with the warm sun was quite stimulating. I saw frost for the first time while out for my walk on Wednesday morning. We had some fog for awhile mid-day on Wednesday, which was replaced by cloudy skies, which stayed with us until today.

Nicky has had another busy week at work, and two evening prayer group meetings, one of which was here. I have been house husbanding and doing a few Mac jobs. I popped in to see Claire on Friday and had a visit to the hospital (Green Lane Clinical Centre actually) on Wednesday to see a dermatologist. I have been developing some very itchy patches of skin over the last few months, and the dermatologist thinks they are a form of eczema. He may well be right because the ointment he has prescribed is certainly making a difference.

That's it for this week. I can thoroughly recommend reading weekends, and suspect reading weeks are even better.

Take care
Rick

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Challenging week

By -
Image
 It has been a challenging week. At the beginning of the week Nicky was still getting worse, so she arranged an appointment with the GP on Tuesday afternoon. The GP confirmed that Nicky had bronchitis and sinusitis, but that her chest sounded clear. With the infection being viral, there was no medication that could be prescribed, but some additional painkillers were in order to manage the symptoms and assist with the pain caused by congestion, coughing and vomiting. As the week progressed Nicky started to improve slowly. The periods of incessant coughing and coughing induced vomiting started to subside yesterday. She was able get a little more sleep and keep a little more food down. The washing machine has been very busy with regular changes of PJ’s, dressing gowns and bedding. Some of the laundry has been dried outside but the winter weather has deteriorated over the last couple of days. While Nicky has been unwell she has cancelled all her commitments. I have been running errands...
Read more

Tea and Tissues

By -
Image
 We have had a quiet week at home, doing jigsaws and listening to Harry Potter. Nicky seemed to be getting better at the beginning of the week but it was short lived. As the week has drawn to a close she has actually started getting brighter and felt like doing some things round the house. Nicky got dressed for the first time this week on Friday to go to the hospital for a blood test, and we did a little shopping on the way home. Yesterday she made a couple of lemon cakes and delivered one to Eleanor for her birthday. Nicky found the few minutes walk there and back exhausting. Meanwhile, I gradually got worse through the week until Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday I ploughed through a whole box of 240 tissues, and most of a packet of throat lozenges. Paracetamol helped with the general aches and temperature fluctuations. This weekend is the first time I have done my morning exercises in over a week, and I even managed a short amble this morning in the lovely (almost spiring-like) ...
Read more

Easter

By -
Image
 Steve continued his convalescing with us at the beginning of the week, and continued to improve each day. He decided to start the journey home on Tuesday by driving to Te Kuiti. As Monday was going to be his last evening with us he provided another take-away dinner from the Spice Guru, which we enjoyed as much as the previous one. Steve and I were a little early collecting it, so while we were waiting I was having a look at the buildings at the bottom end of Victoria Avenue and spotted this: I think Whanganui rivals Napier for the quality of its Art Deco architecture. Before Steve left on Tuesday morning, he and Nicky went to the Splash Centre to have a wallow in the thermal pool. This had been recommended by Nicky’s physio when she had seen her on Monday. Nicky had a short swim too and they both enjoyed their time. We were very pleased that Steve felt sufficiently recovered to start his journey home, as it was not good seeing him in as much pain, as when he first arrived. It was ...
Read more