A sad week

By -
Our week has been dominated by sad news. Following on from the terror attacks in Paris, there has been the death of Jonah Lomu here, and in England Nicky’s friend Jane Rhapson has been taken by cancer. The mood has been lightened by some of the media coverage of Jonah’s life. The comment which has stayed with me has been attributed to a coach talking to his team: “Rugby is a team game so all 14 of you pass the ball to Jonah.”

The rest of our week has been decidedly ordinary in comparison. Things have been steady at the library, which makes a change from being manic. My back has improved each day and though still not right, it is so much better than a week ago. I have also had some work. We have had a few evenings out with Nicky at prison prayer group and life group, and me at my Deep & Meaningful MeetUp group. The summer however seems to have buggered off and been replaced by cold wind and rain quite often this week.

We had an enjoyable late breakfast on Saturday morning. Nicky was at BHB quilters in the afternoon and I started reading the latest Robert Galbraith book, Career of Evil. Stella and Steve came over for Scrabble just as Nicky returned from quilting. They just had the one game as we were due at the New Lynn RSA for dinner with Nikcy’s prison prayer group for their Christmas social. Dinner at the RSA is a canteen-style affair, with good value no-frills food. We had good company and an enjoyable time.

I decided not to go the the Red Bull Trolly GP in the domain today because of my back. I can still only tolerate standing for short periods of time and I didn’t want to compromise my recovery. Nicky cut the grass when she got back from church and then we went off to the cinema to see the latest James Bond film, which we enjoyed. The evening has been communing with the tellybox and Nicky has made a mountain of muffins for events coming up this week.


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