Scooter madness...

“We should all start to live before we get too old. The " if only ", " what if ", " I wished I had " and regrets may be a part of our lives but it is never too late to change that.”

Good Morning World... Fri 29th, 6.07, 11dg with a patchy high overcast blue sky. They do say rain, heavy at times... we will see. I am sitting in bed this morning trying to muster enough strength to get up and start the day. The last two days have been long, very warm, and extremely strenuous, mentally and physically.... not really for Mum other than the fact that she has to listen to me, but running alongside her mobility scooter, varying between 5-9 kmh on the roads around Wanaka has completely done me in. For we girls it is a 6.3 km walk to go from where we are to Mum and home again every day, then you add the scooter instruction trips in and out of town on top of that....Made a mental note to self after Wednesday to ensure I was wearing flats as you do !!! So, I think we have a good route ridden, discussed and ticked off for safety.. into town and then out of town... yip tick tick tick... then after we returned home from the optometrist and had finished lunch, Mum decided to go out on her scooter to visit an old friend. Fantastic, my plan may be working.. Mum taking the initiative to get out and about and do things.. Mel, Poppity and I are heading briefly same direction with Mum, then we turn left direction our house. Out of Meadowstone Villas, onto road, we turn to go right and Mum buggers off straight ahead... I am speechless, mouth open looking at Mel saying WTF... after all my discussions with the naughty old thing she takes a road that we consider to be a very unsafe route... jeez, here we go round the mulberry bush... sprint power engaged to catch up and yes there was a little calling!! Her reason for the chosen route was it was a shorter way to go rather than heading down the discussed safe route and coming back up the main road to destination.... Do I give up ? I almost did then. My questions to her were a tad sarcastic perhaps. All in all it is a great way to be seen around Wanaka.. running after a bloody mobility scooter on the road... Murphy's Law is there is always at least a handful of people who poop and wave madly at me, just when you would prefer incognito. Today Mother has hair appt day and refuses to ride her scooter as it musses the "do".. fine, she will be in a taxi for this. We will be taking a break from all of it as we start preparing food for the luncheon Monday, and the Poppet can have a simple day here in the house quietly with us. One week left in Wanaka... where has it gone ? I think I am living before I get too old... but too old for what you ask.