“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
Good Morning World... Thurs 21st, 6.41, 13dg with a grey broken cloud morning over the lake. Forecasting spotty morning showers... I do wonder what stripey morning showers would look like !!! Heavens, the social merry-go-round is certainly keeping my head in a spin... I said to Mel and Mum yesterday that Thursday is a down day, I am not doing anything, going anywhere, seeing anyone, cooking for anyone, just stopping for the day. Well lies sort of, as I do have a long awaited hair appointment with my fav hairdresser of all time... Smiley face. So, Tuesday was a day to sit down and write a book, with full colour photography. Headed out of the house with Poppity and Mel in tow on a gorgeous gorgeous bluebird day at 9.45 direction Mama's villa on the other side of town. Purpose was to give my Mother some much needed confidence building driving lessons on her mobility scooter. Jeez.. jeez.. what is it with dear little old souls and the full speed ahead button. Got my Mother onto the scooter, adjusted the mirrors so they were used for looking behind L and R rather than admiring herself, and off we all went heading back into the town for lunch. Me walking alongside, at what I felt was a good safe 5 kmh not too fast and not too slow talking her through the operation of the lever control. We had an interesting time getting into town but did make it finally.. problems start when you have your hearing aids turned off you cannot hear your daughter when she is calling you !!!! Lunch eaten at Lago's on the lake front, then Mama decided she had a handful of shopping chores.. fine. Done and dusted, but not without first having my feet run over and being squashed against the stone wall, Bless. Then the time came to head direction home to the Villa. We had decided to try a different route with less footpath/road crossings as Mum does have a little issue with the gentle feathering of the fast and slow hand lever. The trip home was lake front... beautiful views on such a lovely day. Good speed control until she decided to adjust the H / L speed switch and off she shot at which stage I was running to keep up... Mel had stopped as the Poppet had had an explosion and was calling me back to help... Mum was driving off at speed into the sunset, with hearing aids off and I am shouting full voice to stop her and get her to come back. Picture me.. pretty summer dress, little pink open toed shoes running like a lunatic between Mum and Mel in 28dg heat...The Poppet was washed off in the lake and redressed, Mother received a frank discussion about her responsibilities as a road and foot path user and I then looked heavenward. Goodness only knows what the public thought of the show. We left Mother safely in her Villa at 3.30pm and Mel and I headed straight to the nearest lake front bar to steady ourselves. Exhausted... full stop. That evening it was little black dress time for a birthday gathering and re-uniting with many old friends. Fantastic evening... Thank you all. Yesterday was a day back on the pavements to Mum's, lunch cooked. I had hoped we could do a little practise running around the complex, little and often so it becomes second nature on the mobility scooter, umm no. We then headed home 1.00 to prepare for a pot luck in house with more friends... another fantastic evening. Tired. Enjoy the budding concert pianist recital...
Good Morning World... Thurs 21st, 6.41, 13dg with a grey broken cloud morning over the lake. Forecasting spotty morning showers... I do wonder what stripey morning showers would look like !!! Heavens, the social merry-go-round is certainly keeping my head in a spin... I said to Mel and Mum yesterday that Thursday is a down day, I am not doing anything, going anywhere, seeing anyone, cooking for anyone, just stopping for the day. Well lies sort of, as I do have a long awaited hair appointment with my fav hairdresser of all time... Smiley face. So, Tuesday was a day to sit down and write a book, with full colour photography. Headed out of the house with Poppity and Mel in tow on a gorgeous gorgeous bluebird day at 9.45 direction Mama's villa on the other side of town. Purpose was to give my Mother some much needed confidence building driving lessons on her mobility scooter. Jeez.. jeez.. what is it with dear little old souls and the full speed ahead button. Got my Mother onto the scooter, adjusted the mirrors so they were used for looking behind L and R rather than admiring herself, and off we all went heading back into the town for lunch. Me walking alongside, at what I felt was a good safe 5 kmh not too fast and not too slow talking her through the operation of the lever control. We had an interesting time getting into town but did make it finally.. problems start when you have your hearing aids turned off you cannot hear your daughter when she is calling you !!!! Lunch eaten at Lago's on the lake front, then Mama decided she had a handful of shopping chores.. fine. Done and dusted, but not without first having my feet run over and being squashed against the stone wall, Bless. Then the time came to head direction home to the Villa. We had decided to try a different route with less footpath/road crossings as Mum does have a little issue with the gentle feathering of the fast and slow hand lever. The trip home was lake front... beautiful views on such a lovely day. Good speed control until she decided to adjust the H / L speed switch and off she shot at which stage I was running to keep up... Mel had stopped as the Poppet had had an explosion and was calling me back to help... Mum was driving off at speed into the sunset, with hearing aids off and I am shouting full voice to stop her and get her to come back. Picture me.. pretty summer dress, little pink open toed shoes running like a lunatic between Mum and Mel in 28dg heat...The Poppet was washed off in the lake and redressed, Mother received a frank discussion about her responsibilities as a road and foot path user and I then looked heavenward. Goodness only knows what the public thought of the show. We left Mother safely in her Villa at 3.30pm and Mel and I headed straight to the nearest lake front bar to steady ourselves. Exhausted... full stop. That evening it was little black dress time for a birthday gathering and re-uniting with many old friends. Fantastic evening... Thank you all. Yesterday was a day back on the pavements to Mum's, lunch cooked. I had hoped we could do a little practise running around the complex, little and often so it becomes second nature on the mobility scooter, umm no. We then headed home 1.00 to prepare for a pot luck in house with more friends... another fantastic evening. Tired. Enjoy the budding concert pianist recital...
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