Starting with some good news - Mark has started at University. He has been home both of the last 2 weekends to have his linen done after we helped him move in the weekend previous. He has a nice room in the on-campus accomodation and has settled in well. Still trying (not very hard I must add) to find somewhere to store his scooter on campus. His girlfriend Eleanor was home from her University last weekend so we had them both here Saturday night - they went out at 22:30 and got in at 03:19 - Doh! Kids! Who'd have them?
Father took a bad turn last Sunday 7th October and mother called out the paramedics to him. The distric nurse had already been out to him so we all waited while the paras called her back. She decided he had to go to the city hospital but he's too large for the 2 paras to move so we had to wait for another crew to turn up and help. 3 hours from the time the first crew turned up he's of in the ambulance. That night he was so bad that it took the constant attention of 3 doctors to keep him alive and he was so bad they couldn't move him to intensive care. Somehow he survived the night and he is medically much better, however, he just isn't with us in this world - talking gibberish, can't remember what he ate for dinner or tea..... It's very upsetting. Tonight as I drove mother home after visiting she admitted that she no longer has a husband, she just has a man she cares for. It's her I feel for most - she deserves better. It tore her apart when he asked why they'd not let him die, he thought it was time he went.
But life goes on. Suzie has returned to work after several weeks off work with stress brought on by work. She is on a phased return so won't be full time for a few weeks yet, but, she is back to herself and her old cheeky ways. She has been spending a lot of time walking mother's dog for her and that has really done her good. She's lost a lot of weight which I find disconcerting but she seems happy to have lost it - she's now just under 8 stone (circa 110 pounds).
Andy has bought a BMW 325 to replace his first car (a Vauxhall Corsa). We have to go down to Bristol to pick it up on Saturday and he should notice the difference as this has around 170 bhp compared to the 80 of the Corsa. For a few weeks he'll be running around in the Corsa while he does a few "modifications" to the BMW but then the little car is to be sold.
And I'm here for everybody. I ring round the family to keep them updated with dad's situation. I fetch and carry folks as they need it, and finance kids that can't remember their PIN numbers to get cash out of the ATM hole in the wall. Currently I'm getting up at 5:30 daily to drive to Milton Keynes for work - an hour and a half each way each day, mainly motorways, it's a real drag and so tiring. I used the motorbike for the trip last Friday - that was fun. Then I got a few hours to spare on Saturday afternoon so when for a ride-out to Leicester, calling in at MCA and bought some new motorcycle gloves ready for the winter. I'd have liked to have bought some boots but couldn't find a really comfortable pair - my old ones are really comfy - they just squeak as I walk which is embarassing and anoying in equal measure.
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