Tuesday 21 January 2014

The best made plans

Oh to be on the water... happy days. We will go boating again!

Whenever I’m worried, I walk. It doesn’t make the anxiety go away, but I am too restless to stay still. Right now, as you can imagine, Moll and I are walking miles – ironically, I don’t think I’ve ever felt fitter. So while it doesn’t help me put on the weight I lost, it does keep me sane.

Isn’t it strange how the one time I made plans, it looks like they're not going to happen. For instance,

We were going to have a weekend away in January.
Postponed due to illness.

I was going to have a weekend away in February with Av in Shaldon.
Again – on hold due to hospital date TBC.

I was going to have a week’s holiday in March.
Again – on hold due to hospital date.

On the other hand, I’m telling myself, it doesn’t mean that these won’t happen, just not now.

On the plus side, dear Al (of the wonderful Dragon boat Snap) came down for a few days and on Monday took me for lunch at the Gylly café in Falmouth. He’s a tactile fellow so it was lovely to have some hugs and he always makes me feel special – both of which are much needed. It was wonderfully sunny so we sat outside with Moll and put the world to rights. What a lovely fellow he is. Topics of conversation included sailing (of course), racing, Snap, illness, depression, emotional blackmail, his ex wife, his current wife, etc - in other words, we covered everything.

That evening we met photographer Sally and her partner in Beerwolf, a wonderful place that is a bookshop/bar/pub and I found a Collected Works of John Betjeman for £5. I snapped it up, thinking that if I’m going to be incapacitated for a while I’d better start planning what I’m going to do or I fear for my sanity.

My new computer has finally arrived and Andy’s coming to set it up for me next week. This one is so slow it’s driving me mad…..

I had a lift to Paul’s party last Saturday with someone I don’t know very well. She’s travelled a lot in the past but now has a Proper Job and her husband has just retired as a headmaster. At one point in the evening she leant over and whispered, “This is the sort of music to listen to when you’re stoned.”

I grinned, surprised, as this didn’t fit with the idea I had of her. But having talked more to her, I love her approach to life. She's spontaneous, not afraid to take risks and was the first to offer help while I'm off work.

I sense a kindred spirit.




12 comments:

Dc said...

Appointments just seem to take forever don't they when all you really want is some reassurance or confirmation of what is going on.

Flowerpot said...

DC - they've been very quick actually. Scan on Friday and follow up appt the following week, so I can't complain.

Akelamalu said...

All those trips are just postponed not cancelled permanently, they will happen. Sounds like you have found a new friend! :)

Flowerpot said...

Ak - yes I hope so too on both counts! x

Sally said...

I'm sure all your trips will happen, maybe one with J too?! Sending you love xx

Flowerpot said...

Sally - yes maybe!! Love to you too xx

Kim @ Him, Him Me said...

how great to make a new friend

ADDY said...

I hope brighter days and holidays will be on your horizon soon.x

Flowerpot said...

Kim - yes I'm always in favour of new friends!

Flowerpot said...

addy - thanks - I hope so for you, too. x

Rena George said...

Looks like you'll have a lot of holidays to catch up on once that surgery is behind you, Sue. Maybe that's not a bad thing to focus on.
I loved both those articles in Cornwall Today, by the way. Two very inspiring pieces. Rx

Flowerpot said...

Thanks Rena - so glad you liked them! Sx