Another week, another Monday! Where does the time go? Well….hospital visits have figured quite heavily for September and I have already clocked up orthopaedics and gastrointestinal, with urology, rheumatology and my GP all coming up in the next week. What a thrilling social life I lead!!
There have been a couple of great trips out this week – I wrote about the ball at The Oval cricket ground hosted by my old school in my last post, but hubby and I also went to see the live cinema screening of the RSC production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Absolutely hilarious! It wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, particularly if you are a Shakespeare purist – but it is set in current day Essex styled “Windsor” with lots of leopard skin, gold chains and botox! The cast are superb and bring an old tale right up to date as the wives of Windsor show their strength as they turn the tables on Falstaff. I haven’t laughed so much in a long time – and it isn’t often that it would be the Baird who I would say this of.
I want to do something a little different with Monday Magic Blogs this week. Over the last year I have been nominated for various awards and tags by some lovely blogger pals, and i am very aware that I have failed to get my act together to join in the communal fun that these awards can bring.
Firstly a huge thanks for these nominations go to:
Wendy at Picnic with Ants and Michelle at Jumbled Brain for tagging me for the Three Day Quote
Tasha at Pain Warrior Code for the Mystery Blogger Award
Alyssa at Fight MS Daily and Tasha at Pain Warrior Code for the Liebster Award
Ali at Notebooks and Glasses for Behind the Illness
Terri at Reclaiming Hope for The Sunshine Blogger Award
Gary at Fiction is Food for The Blue Sky Tag
……and I really hope that I haven’t missed anyone out! I have also added
Caz from Invisibly Me and Sheryl from A Chronic Voice – they may be pals I have forgotten on the nominations list, but they are definitely bloggers who have offered me a huge a amount of personal support, sharing and kindness!
I will try to combine some of the challenges in these posts to write a little about myself (at the risk of boring you all silly), but meanwhile I want to share some blog posts with you from these inspiring bloggers! So without further ado grab a cuppa, turn your phone off and sit back to enjoy these posts….
https://picnicwithants.com/2018/09/13/i-dont-mean-to-fighting-depression/
https://www.jumbledbrain.com/2018/08/20/simple-bug-vs-brain-injury-disaster/
https://painwarriorcode.wordpress.com/2018/07/11/hang-on-in-there/
https://fightmsdaily.com/2018/09/11/never-stop-believing-in-hope/
http://notebooksandglasses.com/2018/09/16/september-link-up-party-with-a-chronic-voice/
https://reclaiminghope.blog/2018/09/17/on-a-weather-break-be-back-soon/
https://invisiblyme.com/2018/09/11/september-pain-awareness-month/
https://www.achronicvoice.com/2018/09/15/singapore-chronic-illnesses/
I hope that you enjoy these – Sheryl’s pictures of Singapore are wonderful! Please like, comment and share these posts!
Have a great week,
Claire x
I know people will say I should go to A&E and hubby has threatened that he will take me if it doesn’t calm down…..but we zebras have high pain thresholds and I’m not sure I can face hospital. I did visit my GP last week, who told me off as I had self diagnosed the pain around my eye to be migraine related. She did point out that as an ENT/head and neck nurse in a previous life, it should have crossed my mind that I have a sinus infection – so I came away with antibiotics and finally some iron, for an ever decreasing haemoglobin. Six more pills a day to add my collection!
Four years ago we would never have dreamt that life would have changed so much as hubby was driving miles to work six days per week. Yet here we are, hubby at home as my full time carer, a house husband (he hasn’t quite got the hang of housework – cleaner to be engaged!) and a sports teacher. We may be considerably poorer in a monetary sense – but I have never known him to be so relaxed or fulfilled! The dogs and the kids adore him and rumour has it that he scored a goal in the staff v year 6 football match this morning. He probably won’t be able to walk this evening…..
My own week felt pretty action packed too as friends and family rallied round knowing hubby was missing my birthday – I have been wined and dined and spoilt rotten. Incidentally it must mean something that National Martini Day fell on my birthday!! I have also watched more football than in the rest of my life – probably due to the politics student being home – and have become strangely entranced by the world Cup. I still have no idea of the various rules for off side, free kicks, fouls etc, but reckon I’m doing well to just know the terms. Yesterday I watched the whole England game surrounded by mainly young men at the games field of my old school – the actual event being a cricket match and BBQ. When the football draw was announced and we saw that an England match was on the day of our annual cricket match for Past versus Present, we knew that we had to screen the match. Not the easiest thing to position a screen outside in bright sunshine where four cricket teams and guests would all be able to see it. I have had dreams over the past week that the TV wouldn’t work and I feared it was premonition when I arrived to be told we didn’t have an aerial or a device to stream it – aghhhhh!!!
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