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Date: 13 February 2006 15:53:24
Today I booked the children into the leisure centre for the day and left my sister to take care of Dad. The plan was to spend a day getting the house clean and tidy to come home to.
I failed.
First of all I went into town to pay my credit card bill. Rather frustrating as I discovered I'd taken the wrong bit of the bill with me and will have to go again tomorrow. Also frustrated to discover that I can't change Dad's "secret security number" by telephone but have to go into the branch to do that, too. Still, at least both things are at the same bank.
Then on to the doctors' to put in Dad's prescription to be done as a matter of urgency as he's run out of an important tablet. Rather worrying, actually, that he's taken to not taking some of his tablets. Had his comeuppance, though, as he refused to take his anti-nausea tablet because he hadn't felt nauseous for days... and then threw up at lunch time, to a chorus of "I told you so".
Urgent trip to Matelan in order to purchase some trainers that fit. Interesting to discover what comfortable shoes I have as I was unable to find any comfortable trainers at all, anywhere. I bought the least uncomfortable pair, and a new leisure suit for lounging around in :D
Home to find my sister waiting with a dilemma. She needs to talk to my nephew in the Cayman Islands about it and so we spent the next couple of hours installing skype and my new webcam. Woohoo - it's brilliant fun. Now I just need to stop playing with it and get some housework done! But I'm no longer in the mood - it's far too exciting!
The reason of needing to talk to my nephew is because he's a wonderful person. He's rung to leave a message and say that she and my brother in law and my dad and me are to go for a spa day together at his expense here on the Island. Trouble is, they're fully booked tomorrow and after that I can't fit it into my relaxing schedule!!! Also, my brother in law is really quite poorly and has taken to his bed. So that leaves my sister and Dad to go if we do it this time, or we could leave it and go next time she's down. Only trouble is, I'd be in school again by then so it'd have to be a half-day in the afternoon. I could live with that! A bit maddening to pay £200 for a spa break and as a result not be able to go to the one my nephew wants to treat me to!
I've packed my bags, and the Smudgelets' bags too, and am ready to go. Now all I have to do is STOP PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER AND TIDY THIS HOUSE!