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What a morning been flat out since I woke up doing what you
wonder well nothing exciting just went to help mum do her monthly food shopping
she needs help as she ends up with two trolleys of stuff. I was so busy this
morning I didn’t have breakfast before I left the house and didn’t have time to
have it while out so by the time I got home I was feeling hungry.
As soon as I walked in the door Tim rang and asked me to
take something out of the freezer for his tea and told me he won’t be home till
around 7.45pm so I will eat before he gets home, hell most days I eat before he
gets home as he has a habit of coming home and waiting an hour or more before
he has something to eat.
I have always been one of those people who like to eat her
main evening meal around 5.30-6pm this goes back to my childhood as mum use to
make dinner around the same time so I carried it on. In fact when my girls were
at school and I knew Tim would be working late I would often have their tea
ready around 4pm that way they didn’t come home from school and fill up of junk
food and I didn’t have to listen to them go on and on about being hungry.
Yesterday afternoon I went and had my first mammogram it was
about what I expected it to be not painful or not even that uncomfortable but
it took a lot quicker than I thought it would. I am not one who likes to have afternoon
appointments if I can avoid it I much prefer to have a morning appointment,
this also I get from mum she is the same. I know some people don’t care what
time of the day their appointment is and there are even people who would prefer
an afternoon appointment but not me. I don’t like going out in the afternoon if
I don’t have to.
The high point of yesterday afternoon was that Jessica
called in on her way home and had both my grandsons with her. The high point of
the morning was when I went over to watch Summer while Kathy popped down to the
shops, this I did after I returned from going to see my nan at the nursing
home.
Speaking of nan she was good yesterday, bright eyed and
answered when she was spoken to she even smiled a few times while we were
talking to her. It is these little things that make us (me& mum) leave
feeling good; I know many people may think that such little things are not
signs of her being “good” but they are to use………….when she isn’t good she doesn’t
answer and just stares off into space or she sleeps and doesn’t even notice us……………..but
she wasn’t like that yesterday as I said she was good………
I didn't find the mammogram I had a couple of years back to be that awful although I was pretty worried at the time. All the waiting around is worse.
ReplyDeleteI would agree that your Nan had a good day. Any day that leaves you feeling happier is a good day
I think when you see how they take a mammogram it can make you think it is going to be a terrible experience when in fact it's not at all......
DeleteI can see that a day when your nan smiles is a good day. It's frustrating when elderly people you love don't show awareness...so when they do..it IS a good day.
ReplyDeleteI eat my supper around 6 as well. If I wait too much later than that I am starving.
It is rare for me to feel starving and not because I eat often I can go all day without food and still not feel like I'm starving.......
DeleteI'm so glad you got to see your nan- she is beautiful. And good for you for getting the mammo over with.
ReplyDeleteThanks I love my nan and hate it if I don't get to see her each week.....
DeleteI'm like you Jo-Anne, that I just don't go out in the afternoons. I've always made morning appointments. Like you, I also like to have my evening meal at around 6 p.m. Then I've got the evening to relax. Funny how we're all different, isn't it?! Lovely photo of your nan, and I very much agree that it WAS a good visit. Hoping that all will be well with your mammogram. I've never had one!! Take care.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear that I am not the only one who likes to eat early and have morning appointments over afternoon appointments....
DeleteGlad nan had a good day.
ReplyDeleteI hated the mammogram I had a few years back. I was told it wouldn't hurt, but I think it does for some and not for others.
I think it may hurt more if you have larger boobs I have only a small bust....
Deleteso happy you got to see your nan and i had my first mammogram last year and didn't much like the results I have to get a follow up one in june
ReplyDeleteI get my results in about 3 weeks I hope the results show nothing......
DeleteWas lovely to read your nan was responsive. It does make a difference to all.
ReplyDeleteWhen nan is good we leave feeling good and that good feeling lasts for ages
DeleteWhen my doctor tried to use that mamogram thingie to check for testicular cancer, I screamed at him to let me alone.
ReplyDeleteAfter I started to run away, he said, "I was just using that threat to get you consider that a prostate exam wouldn't be such a bad thing."
Had to admit, he was right.
Although I did feel violated. I'm NEVER going to prison.
Speaking of violated, I'm thinking "Anonymous" needs to put his head in that mammogram thingie.
I would rather a mammogram over a prostate exam don't want anyone sticking anything up my bum........thank you very much..........
DeleteDear Jo-Anne, your paragraph about your nan reminded me of the line "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky." BEcause that's what happens with you and your mother when your nan has a good day and smiles and is more alert: your heart lifts up with joy. I'm so happy for you. Peace.
ReplyDeleteI like that line it does sound like how we feel......
DeleteI'm glad it didn't hurt. I would think it would.
ReplyDeleteYeah when you see it done on the telly it looks like it would hurt but it didn't
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