To wherever it may lead

It was a nicely productive day on Thursday.

Started with an early trip to the tip to get rid of a huge bag of garden waste and a couple of bulky but broken electrical items, so it was good to do that bit of decluttering. Plus, the tip shop was closed for a delivery so no chance of buying more stuff to fill those new gaps*g*

From there we called in to see my in laws for a bit, then it was onto the hospital as James had a physio appointment. Unfortunately, his appointment was for 11am, which is a horrible time in terms of parking, and we had to circle the whole site for nearly 30 minutes before a lovely lady pointed to a free space in one of the car parks we'd already gone through three times.

Each time he goes to physio, I expect James to be discharged, but nope again. While his elbow break has healed beautifully, he's lost muscle in his shoulder and still can't bring his hand to his mouth without propping his arm on a surface, or bringing his mouth down to his hand. So, more exercises to do at home, and he's back in a month, and will apparently need to keep going until that muscle is back.

Left the hospital and headed into town as I had an eye exam booked for 12:30. I only wear my glasses when reading books, but had noticed recently things were getting a bit fuzzier reading without them, so figured I should go for a check-up.

Turns out my right eye has got worse, but the other is still the same. So, new reading glasses for me. But what you don't want while sitting with the optometrist is for her to say, 'well, this is rare and don't worry, but….' Turns out I have a very narrow drainage channel around the iris of my right eye, while increases the risk of Angle closure glaucoma. Everything is fine pressure wise right now, but she gave me a leaflet about symptoms, saying if I get any of those to go straight to the eye infirmary, and I'm now on annual eye checks, which I guess is a good thing.

Rosie finally sent the change of day survey, but along with those came some suggestions to express interest in other options, which sound great if they happen. Included in that, actual cooking demos, well-being walks and various other exercise options. I ticked an interest in all except for badminton, which just sounds like a disaster in the making for me if I tried it.

Then she emailed again yesterday to say the class Monday coming is also cancelled as she's off on annual leave. Which is a shame after also being cancelled this last Monday. But, it can't be helped and as she's getting married later this year, I suspect this is the time Rosie's booked for her hen do.

Yesterday was forecast for heavy rain showers all day, so we decided to go to the cinema. Saw The Salt Path on a 11am morning showing, and really enjoyed it. Left Odeon and went to Subway for dinner, then checked the cinema listings again and saw a screening of Karate Kid -- Legends, was about to start, so went to see that too. The film hasn't been getting good reviews, but I actually liked it, even more so as a load of young teen boys were watching too, and they all started applauding at the end, which made me smile. I also saw the full trailer for the new Downton Abbey film, and I'm looking forward to seeing that later in the year.

Today we've driven to a jumble sale as Cat Lady Kay from Consett Cats had a fund-raising table there, and we wanted to support her. I only bought a book, but left a donation, so it was worth the drive.

This afternoon I intend to catch up here, and feed the tomato plants. Then, more binge-watching of Mobland later. What a show that is, it's got me gripped.

In the space of a few minutes I got an email from Rosie saying class was cancelled today. A message from Kayleigh saying she'd taken Bodhi to nursery, and it was actually closed for a teacher training day, and one from James saying he'd slipped in the toilets at work and banged his head.

So, now I have a free morning but am both expecting a request to Bodhisit, and for James saying he's coming home.

The slip in the toilet annoys me. The disabled toilet James uses also contains a shower the staff can use, and when people do so they never seem to mop the floor properly and leave it slippery, which is a disaster combination. It'll all officially get written up, but whoever decided to put an open shower in the disabled toilet is an idiot. It's not like it's a cubical either, it's literally a shower in the corner of the room surrounded by a curtain.

It was our wedding anniversary yesterday. We don't celebrate as such, but did go out for Sunday lunch to Prego and as always the food was delicious. Apart from that it was the usual grocery shopping and getting ready for the week. I was looking at some of our wedding photos that came up on my phone memories, and so much has changed since then, including the loss of mam, my FiL and nanna. I still laugh at nanna being in every photo, she planted herself in a comfy chair and wasn't about to move, no matter what family grouping was being arranged. But, she was late 90s then, so deserved that chair. I do miss her, she was one of a kind and such a wonderful woman and nanna.

Saturday we went back to Beamish and did the last part we've never walked before. What we didn't know before heading there was it was a big transport event, add that to it being a sunny, warm day and one of the last days of the school half-term holidays. Well, it made for a very busy Beamish. Thankfully, with it being such a big site people spread out and there were only crowds and queues around the main shops/cafes, so we bypassed those altogether. We did get to ride on the steam train, which was a 30-minute queue for a five-minute ride. But, it was fun, and not a hardship to wait.

Saturday evening was the season finale of Doctor Who and all I can say is, I wasn't happy. I watched all the Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith eps, then stopped watching until Ncuti Gatwa who reignited my DW love. So yeah, I didn't enjoy that episode at all, for many reasons.

And, there's the message from James to say he's been sent home. Nothing from Kayleigh yet, so one of them must be off today. Now, lets hope I haven't just jinxed myself.