Saturday, July 07, 2012

Nearly Everything Done Now

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In fact so much is now complete that I will go home tomorrow night and pick up my daughter L on the way home.  That saves her a train journe...
Friday, July 06, 2012

Most things done

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Just trying to finalise my list of things to be done.  Have recorded the death, got the permission for dad to come home (well to the Chapel ...
Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Strange Day

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I have a headache but atmosphere (humid heavy) and the stresses and strains of the day have all added to things.  Mum phoned this morning an...

On Reflection

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Going out to dinner and not cancelling it was a good thing to do.  Telling my daughter in the Restaurant wasn't ideal but she went strai...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

And that's it - Dad is dead

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I arrived back home and got the call from my brother that dad had just died a short time before he called.  It is all a bit strange and a bi...

I'm a bit strange I admit

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I decided that tonight I'd watch one of my all time favourite films Delicatessen which is a pretty bizarre choice given the early state ...
Monday, July 02, 2012

Nearing the end?

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I know I've been in a strange place most of today and Flocky came and cheered me up a bit this morning but I've started to lose my v...

Nice on Flocky

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Came over and took me out for a Coffee and I wasn't allowed to pay and he added the points onto my loyalty card and paid for the car par...

A off to work

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What a day - A goes off to work - her first day in the job - I am feeling nervous for her but I'm sure she will do just fine.  I'm l...

Hopefully I'm not as paranoid as I seem

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I find it increasingly difficult to not be blowing between high emotion and stony cold logic, between being in a totally confused state and ...
Sunday, July 01, 2012

Her Big Day

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First day at work for my first born :-)  I'm delighted for her as she has worked so hard to get her Degree and I can only assume, as she...

A Birthday to Forget

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Mum's birthday - she doesn't want to celebrate it and she's not sure whether dad knows it is her birthday.  I did ask my brother...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Home from Home

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The home that can take dad was visited by my brother and mum this morning and they also got a call that the other home now had a vacancy and...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Quadrophenia

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Listening to this after seeing the documentary on the TV and not wanting to watch the film into the night - have it on DVD and prefer it in ...

Six Years Coming Up

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Amazing where the time has gone and no doubt I'll have more to say about that later on and nearer and after the time.  For the moment th...

Ahem

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It appears to me that the biggest problem my dad has now is his susceptibility to other things.  He now has a chest and urine infection.  No...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Doesn't Get Any Better

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Poor old dad, he's now got problems eating or drinking - every time he tries he starts coughing and spluttering and feeling sick.  The c...

My Hospital

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Is at the centre of all sorts of problems as the Trust that runs it has debts of £69M   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/93...

Bad Nights

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I think too much, always have and it disturbs my sleep plus I'm not getting to sleep and then I'm finding it difficult to rouse myse...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

A Little Better Today

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Yesterday I'd have told you that dad was just about to throw in the towel and that it sounded as if he was going to stop eating and drin...