Oh, my goodness. I’m back. My lap top is fixed. Seriously I have
missed you all. I was at the real stage of polishing my bronzes and cleaning
windows, that’s how bad it got. Hahaha. My very kind neighbour and friend took
my lap top in for me to our city. I was first told it wouldn’t be ready until
next Tuesday. But thankfully it got fixed right away. Now if I could see I would
jump in my car or get on a bus and get to the shop, but, as I can’t, I had to
do plan B.
Plan B was to think for 24 hours what to do. Hub suggested
to get a taxi to collect my lap top and deliver it. There was a lot of trust
around this idea as firstly I had to pay for my lap top repair over the phone,
without collecting it myself then trusting a taxi driver to pick it up for me
and bring it to my house. Well the company I trust as far as taxi’s and the repair
company are new to me, but have been going for thirty years. Though the taxi bill
was what we normally pay to come back from our town plus half again. Not sure
why, but never mind it’s here and I am so happy.
So, lots to catch up with today. What have you all been up
to? As for me, I’m still so bad with my hearing. Really awful tinnitus screaming
in my left ear and both ears blocked. I have been out a couple of times with
Wagga in the past two days and have totally relied on her to guide me.
Passing the monkeys in our local zoo today, they came to the
fence. Well, at least two of them did. And there is a new bird in the
neighbourhood. Well new to me. I have not heard it before. I really am rubbish
when it comes to bird sounds, but it had what I would call a double tweet. And it
was so loud I could even hear it. The sun
is shining it’s boiling out there but no sweet floral smells today. Lots of
overgrown shrubs and trees to tease us along our journey. Waggs is cheeky, she
avoids the low ones that interfere with her, but the tall ones that don’t
bother her, she isn’t well, bothered. So, I get them in my face…
I again have huge respect for those of you who are blind and
can’t hear. I am so dizzy with this and exhausted. You know when you can’t see,
you get tired as you concentrate and use more energy doing that, but not being
able to hear right too, is really too much.
Crossing roads has been so awful. I have just relied on
Waggs and my faith. Haha. Oh, and other
drivers to watch out. Well I made it and I’m back home.
I seem to hear far away rather than close up. So, on my way
back today, my girl stopped. I asked her to find the way, as it wasn’t in a
place where there could be a car or fallen tree or dug up path. So, what had
she stopped for? well I realised bless her, she stopped as a man was about to
cross in front of us. Very polite Waggatail, she doesn’t normally be that kind.
Well when he spoke, I said sorry, saying I didn’t know he was coming and please
go ahead? Well I waited just the right time for him to come in front of me. Not
being able to hear his footsteps and I didn’t feel his presence as I was so bad
with balance only in my head, I didn’t look drunk to onlookers, honest….
Waggs still wouldn’t move. I asked her again. Find the way,
but she refused. So, I took charge and stepped out. Only to find a man. Hahahaha.
He decided to go ahead about thirty seconds after I told him to and we both
just moved at the same time. Oh, well, looking incompetent is what I’m good at.
On we went and she was great after that. So many corners of
buildings we had to go around today. Normally I use my hearing to know when I’m
at the end of a building. Oh, it’s awful. I went to the chemist to get a spray
rather than drops today. Put that in when I returned and it’s made them worse. I
have never used the spray before. I pray by tomorrow I’m OK. The screaming is
giving me a dreadful headache.
Last night we went out with friends and our friends’ brother
and sister in law. We had a lovely evening. One of my friends had a really bad
throat. I thought, that’s all I need. But it was great to see them. And we got
on well with their relatives. Our friends’ brother is so clever. He drives a
£70,000 car and earns a fortune; he lives in Scotland and has designed their
new home which is amazing. But you know what? I really wouldn’t like their
lifestyle. But they are good company and it was lovely to have some intelligent
conversation. Though we did start to chat about politics and that isn’t a good
place to go as their opinion is at the other side of what we believe in. I know
this by what my friend has told me in the past. So, I quickly stopped the
conversation and moved onto something else. It’s called being diplomatic. A skill
I learned way back from my visits to the former USSR.
None of us could finish our meals. Really crazy I had two
starters rather than a starter and main. It was delicious. Out of six of us, no
one finished. What a waist? But good
food it was and I had some fizz and my normal lemonade. I only had fizz as Hub
bought some because it was an anniversary of ours. The day we officially
started dating. I, completely forgot. for Hub that date is more important than
our wedding anniversary. I blamed my lap top. Saying that is why I didn’t know
what date it was. Hahaha. Few….
Today our PM has given a date when she will step down. I feel
for her. She has been really bullied. Treat so badly. She also hasn’t given
what the voters voted for, and that is a shame.
Who we will end up with? Boris Johnson? Oh my God.
Well a long weekend for us, as it’s what we call Bank
Holiday weekend. So, Monday off. Our dogs are on their free run tomorrow and we
are out and about on Sunday. Can’t wait for that. Really excited about what we
have planned. Off to watch our soap now
and then chill for the night. But before I go.
Finally, here are some great links for news on RP and other
vision sight loss or blindness research.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01107-8
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