Bureaucracy!!!! Living in our so called “enlightened times”, believe me it’s not easy to navigate. Made more difficult by my labile emotions which come to the surface no matter how “in control” I kid myself I am. This I’m told, will continue for ?? amount of time. Something to work through.
On a positive note, I’ve finally caught up with another special friend who is also recently widowed (not sure I like that title). Our friendship goes back to the early days/ introduction of designated Coronary Care Units in the public health system (1974). I had been seconded from the medical ward and Sue had just arrived in Australia from England with her soon to be husband. Interesting times which grew into a special friendship spanning attempts to become golfers (didn’t happen although I did perfect my swing), I think kids hampered our prospect of devoting ourselves to the game. No regrets there. We also tried the local gym but at that time there weren’t a lot of women, only sweaty muscle bound males which put paid to that. We shared many memorable times and I’m sure more to come.
It was also good to get back to our DfG sewing group. Looking forward to Saturday’s fundraising afternoon tea at Jan R beautiful home. Even better because I’ve invited Denise to come along with me.
Denise & I enjoyed seeing Christopher Robin last week. We went with the intention of seeing Ladies in Black but mixed up the times so decided to go with Christopher Robin. I needed a feel good movie and it ticked the box.
October is a busy birthday month and this week has been Jake’s who turns 7 and Shakira’s who turns 11. The big one though would have been Chris’s 70th coming up on the 22nd. We plan to have a family gathering on Sunday to acknowledge the day.
At Tuesday lunch, Toni, who had offered to give me some guidence/tuition on how to use Chris’s SLR camera, offered to come over on Friday. So as instructed, I’ve charged up the battery and it’s ready to go.
The fellas met last week for lunch and will continue to meet monthly. I’m told that an unopened bottle of red that Chris had taken previously was opened on the day.
Rolling solo local group arranged to meet for coffee yesterday so I took the opportunity to join them. They are an inspiring group of women who support/encourage each other to continue traveling alone or tag along to enjoy organised events/gatherings around Australia. They are well organised and have a very impressive well structured/resoursed web site.
Now, in daylight saving mode, I need to get out walking with and without the dog. For some reason it’s proving hard to just go! Something to work on. I could blame the weather, that would be valid but the rain has been welcome.
Joans jottings 