It's Saturday and we have had a quiet day as daughter and toddler went out to lunch with her brother and Sister-in-law. After doing the supermarket run daughter and toddler came in and went out again to a birthday party meal with her boyfriend and his friends. Toddler was crying a lot when she left which is very very unusual as she normally just waves goodbye and is happy with us. She still has a bad cold so perhaps that's why. OH has caught it and so has daughter so 3 sick here and hoping I am not going to catch it lol. Daughter is out for the night and then off to work in the morning for the day. Her new job will be 5 mornings a week starting in September, so a childminder will do 3 mornings and me the other 2. I hope she gives up the Sunday shift from this job, as then we can go away for weekends without leaving her in chaos for childcare.
Talking about going out, the other night when we went to the opera I had my bag searched on the door by a security guard! I opened my bag and he shone a torch in it and had a quick look in all the compartments. I have been to the opera several times but not had this before. However, this was the norm when I was a teenager going to the local discos in Bristol, where I was working at the time. But, those were the days when the IRA was active, and Bristol did get bombed by them in Park Street if I remember rightly. This is the first time I have had my bag searched since then, so it seemed a bit unusual to me. Perhaps this is still happening in your towns or maybe in the clubs (which I don't frequent anymore.)
Called in to see Amy tonight for an hour as she rang me at 11 pm last night and said she felt ill. I think she may have an abscess as she has swollen glands and bad toothache. Says she feels floating and very tired. She did manage to get an emergency doctor's appointment for 11.45 pm tonight so hopefully she will get it sorted out. She phoned them at 7.30 pm and the doctor did ring her half an hour later. A doctor's appointment at almost midnight is a sign of the times we live in now. I can remember when doctors did house visits if you were really ill at night, and how Dr Roberts came to see me every day when I had measles as a child. He would always have a cup of tea with my gran. Then your doctor was a family friend - now you are lucky if you see the same one twice and home visits are virtually unheard of even for sick babies and children. How does the song go 'Miss Polly had a dolly' - Umm 'The doctor came with his cap and his bag and knocked on the door....'
It definitely doesn't say ' You can have an appointment in 4 - 8 hours time at a local deputising centre usually attached to a hospital. This may even be several miles from where you live. So wrap up baby and kids who are really ill and off you go in the car, taxi or bus, and catch whatever everyone else has in the waiting room while you are there!!!
OK, so we are now officially going to exit the EU. Everybody knows this now, so why is it constantly on the TV news, and on line news? Really fed up with seeing it over and over again. It's boring and repetitive, and surely something else is happening in the country that is worth broadcasting? Life in general and crime cannot have all come to a standstill just because of Brexit! I do hope they are not going to waffle on for the next 2 years or so about this, as that is how long they say it will take to sort everything out.
Bye for now All the best x
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