Christmas

With Dad in hospital at the City Hospital we invited mum to join us for Christmas Day dinner, which meant that we were hosts to 3 of the boys’ 4 grandparents. After the meal mother, Andy and I set off and visited Dad while the others stayed home and played board games.

Boxing Day -- again, mother and I visited Dad. On Wednesday’s visit he hadn’t appeared too bad, but on subsequent visits it was obvious that he was hallucinating and talking rubbish. Andy took his Gran to visit on Sunday and it seems that he is now responding to the antibiotics they have him plugged into, so he appears to have turned the corner again and is looking as if he’ll recover.

Boxing Day saw both boys and their girlfriends keeping us company together with Dave, Carole, Giuseppe and Danny. Not as flamboyant a “party” as we usually put on but good none the less. Sufficient food and drink, board and fun games, light music, karaoke and a sing-along with Mark playing his acoustic guitar (without amplifier as we’d omitted to buy the essential lead to connect guitar to amp). Enjoyable, yes, very enjoyable.