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Back to the milkman, a positive deluge, social media support and a scan in the offing.........

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 It’s Saturday morning, Peter has gone off to work - it’s nice and quiet in the house and I’m back to writing my blog........  I say it’s nice and quiet - however - I am in our loft bedroom and the rain has not stopped as long as I’ve been awake to hear it (2 o’clock, 5 o’clock......... fill in the gaps). I’m wondering if we should be building an ark? I feel so sorry for people who have been affected by flooding - losing their homes and precious possessions to dirty flood water - not much worse than that (apart from fire perhaps? And we do have friends who lost their house in a huge fire, due to the demented elderly neighbour’s hoarding and incapacity, tragic).  Be thankful for small mercies I say!  I have ventured down to the kitchen and eagerly discovered today’s delivery! Well, two deliveries actually...... I have had the very first drop by the milkman! Don’t think I’ve seen a milkman since the nineteen nineties! Well - my milkman is apparently called Michal, and ...

Lots of old blogs migrated - getting the hang of it now! 2018 - what fun that was! Blogs are all in the wrong order chronologically........

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What happens when..... you’ve been diagnosed with cancer - everybody gets in touch regardless of how busy they are! Just had the best time with my baby cousin Ruthie..... my namesake (middle name) and my familial doppelgänger. South Bank beautiful in the Autumn sunshine...... pizza Express delicious, glass of Pinot Grigio went down a treat too. Thank you London - for being beautiful! 6 notes APPOINTMENT So impressed with this rapidity! Appointment at the Chelsea Marsden next Tuesday? Yay for the NHS!!!! 6 notes INSOMNIA! 3rd night in a row....... Thank goodness for iPlayer, all4 and generalised catch up..... ooh and books, and social media...... And a comfy bed..... Why do brains work multiple times faster at night? I certainly didn’t notice this when I was rostered to work at night - or on call for home Births. Bizarre things......brains. Ok. Bake Off 😊 8 notes A lazy day Today I worked out how to write a blog (I think) and spent a morning doing it. I also managed a spot of filling a...