Have a bad week…..

Last week generally was not very good…..  Well, Monday was OK, I think – just normal! Tuesday, choir went really badly.  I couldn’t pick up or do anything right.  It was only afterwards that I realised that the altos had overlapped the second sopranos and I had one of the loudest of those behind me…

Caring for elderly relatives

You don’t have to be retired to do this!  (I wasn’t.) I was reminded of this on our reunion weekend on hearing that several people had parents who had died during the year.  This often meant supporting the remaining parent – some of whom were doing (surprisingly?) well. There are as many different ways to…

NOT the Achilles tendon (thank you, God)

This is going to cause some of you a really big laugh – I can see it coming……. I went to the gym on Saturday, as usual and as I have been doing (with 2 breaks when moving house) for over 19 years.  I was running on the treadmill, as I have been for…..etc. etc….

Made redundant from my “Job”

I went into the Trussell Trust this week and found out that they had appointed paid receptionists, so I was no longer needed.  I hadn’t had warning of this;  it was just thrown at me when I walked in and was introduced to the new receptionist!  They found something for me to do after I…

Have an operation!

Not something you really want to do, but better to get things sorted than leave them! I found that a mole on my leg had changed and took it to the doctor.  By the end of next day I had seen a consultant and had the mole removed!   About two weeks later I went…

Moving House.

This is definitely not recommended unless you are missing the stress of your job! There are reasons you might want to move, such as wanting to move back to the town (city!) where most of your friends live and to the church where you feel at home, as I did.  If moving is just because…