Is what her day was like today..
She had three very pleasant things happen.. and one which she could have done without.
The first was when she turned into Hans Place, a woman called out to her and she looked and then looked again in absolute astonishment!
The woman said "are you ok, for you look as if you have seen a ghost", She replied " I have, for you are a younger spitting image of my aunt who died eleven years ago".
For there, Dear Readers and cousin Bruce, was her most beloved darling Hay. They say we all have a twin, but this was quite extraordinary. No relation to Hay but forty years younger and identical.
How extraordinary, it was as if Hay had willed this woman to appear and remind her what she had said to be most beloved niece when she was dying "darling ..., I loved you the first moment I saw you and I always will, just because my old silly body won't be playing the fool with you does not mean I won't be here, I will always be here for and with you, don't forget that".. and she had forgotten it.
They parted and she went on to the doctor's surgery to see her new, never met before GP. Who turned out to be an amazing young woman, five weeks away from giving birth to her first child.
A capable and great doctor.. another joy!
They talked, she took off her sweater and then her lovely doctor said "hummmm, how long has that been there, have you seen any blood or liquid coming from it, but you might not have noticed as it is literally in the middle of your upper back".
She measured it, asked more questions and said "I want you to give me your mobile number, this way the hospital will get hold of you faster as I want you to go the hospital with it". Cut to chase, she is being transferred to the hospital's Dermatology Dept.
Oh..
Well.. onwards mes amis, is all she could think of after that news, so she caught a bus to Victoria and then changed to another for the Elephant & Castle so she could go to Baldwins the Herbalists.
If anything would cheer her up, it would be a visit to this splendid emporium, for they are purveyors of essential oils, herbs, tinctures and other such wondrous things.
And whilst she was there, she spoke with the company's product manager, Tim, and gave him a business card and generally raved about the company whose products would go so well with the whole ethos of Baldwins.
He was thrilled and he was even more thrilled when she said "yes, they do" to one of his questions!
And she hot-footed it out of there clutching her small bag of treasures, a small bottle each of Jojoba and Sesame Oil and a Soft Pumice to telephone the person whose card she had given to Tim and left a message saying what had happened. She has done what she promised she would do, now it is up to them!
Drizzle, ugh. She did not want to come home, she wanted to 'goof off' and not be herself, sometimes you may feel the same, she didn't want to speak to people who knew why she had been going to the doctor, she has put everything into motion and no more can she do until she sees the dermatologist.
What to do? Now it was starting to rain and it was lunch time! And right by the bus stop was the answer.. the Vietnamese Street Food Restaurant!
What a treat, a really huge treat as she is being so very frugal with our pennies at the moment.
Delicious meat and rice noodle soup with a salad on the side, green tea and water.
Oh, how lovely, there was that very unusual Thai Basil on the salad, oh slurp, how yummy it all was, the staff are so sweet, the food is so good, the place is so kind and welcoming, he brought her another cup of tea "on the house" when he saw she was reading. Kind man.
She pottered home slowly by bus, the tube stations were mostly on strike, she supports this strike totally. She thinks the idea of tube stations with NO humans manning them is an appallingly bad idea by London Transport.
When she got home, Tereza was just going out with a friend and came down the stairs to give her a hug. So sweet, so appreciated.
I looked at her face and thought "all is not well in the woodshed".. I will be gentle with her". She went to bed early, we have played silly games with the wooden chopsticks she brought home for me.
She misses three people desperately, those three people whom she loved and trusted, oi vey. It is a good thing there is work to do and places to go to do it.
PipPip.. Dear Readers.. PipPip.
GeeGee Parrot.
April 29th, 2014.
She had three very pleasant things happen.. and one which she could have done without.
The first was when she turned into Hans Place, a woman called out to her and she looked and then looked again in absolute astonishment!
The woman said "are you ok, for you look as if you have seen a ghost", She replied " I have, for you are a younger spitting image of my aunt who died eleven years ago".
For there, Dear Readers and cousin Bruce, was her most beloved darling Hay. They say we all have a twin, but this was quite extraordinary. No relation to Hay but forty years younger and identical.
How extraordinary, it was as if Hay had willed this woman to appear and remind her what she had said to be most beloved niece when she was dying "darling ..., I loved you the first moment I saw you and I always will, just because my old silly body won't be playing the fool with you does not mean I won't be here, I will always be here for and with you, don't forget that".. and she had forgotten it.
They parted and she went on to the doctor's surgery to see her new, never met before GP. Who turned out to be an amazing young woman, five weeks away from giving birth to her first child.
A capable and great doctor.. another joy!
They talked, she took off her sweater and then her lovely doctor said "hummmm, how long has that been there, have you seen any blood or liquid coming from it, but you might not have noticed as it is literally in the middle of your upper back".
She measured it, asked more questions and said "I want you to give me your mobile number, this way the hospital will get hold of you faster as I want you to go the hospital with it". Cut to chase, she is being transferred to the hospital's Dermatology Dept.
Oh..
Well.. onwards mes amis, is all she could think of after that news, so she caught a bus to Victoria and then changed to another for the Elephant & Castle so she could go to Baldwins the Herbalists.
If anything would cheer her up, it would be a visit to this splendid emporium, for they are purveyors of essential oils, herbs, tinctures and other such wondrous things.
And whilst she was there, she spoke with the company's product manager, Tim, and gave him a business card and generally raved about the company whose products would go so well with the whole ethos of Baldwins.
He was thrilled and he was even more thrilled when she said "yes, they do" to one of his questions!
And she hot-footed it out of there clutching her small bag of treasures, a small bottle each of Jojoba and Sesame Oil and a Soft Pumice to telephone the person whose card she had given to Tim and left a message saying what had happened. She has done what she promised she would do, now it is up to them!
Drizzle, ugh. She did not want to come home, she wanted to 'goof off' and not be herself, sometimes you may feel the same, she didn't want to speak to people who knew why she had been going to the doctor, she has put everything into motion and no more can she do until she sees the dermatologist.
What to do? Now it was starting to rain and it was lunch time! And right by the bus stop was the answer.. the Vietnamese Street Food Restaurant!
What a treat, a really huge treat as she is being so very frugal with our pennies at the moment.
Delicious meat and rice noodle soup with a salad on the side, green tea and water.
Oh, how lovely, there was that very unusual Thai Basil on the salad, oh slurp, how yummy it all was, the staff are so sweet, the food is so good, the place is so kind and welcoming, he brought her another cup of tea "on the house" when he saw she was reading. Kind man.
She pottered home slowly by bus, the tube stations were mostly on strike, she supports this strike totally. She thinks the idea of tube stations with NO humans manning them is an appallingly bad idea by London Transport.
When she got home, Tereza was just going out with a friend and came down the stairs to give her a hug. So sweet, so appreciated.
I looked at her face and thought "all is not well in the woodshed".. I will be gentle with her". She went to bed early, we have played silly games with the wooden chopsticks she brought home for me.
She misses three people desperately, those three people whom she loved and trusted, oi vey. It is a good thing there is work to do and places to go to do it.
PipPip.. Dear Readers.. PipPip.
GeeGee Parrot.
April 29th, 2014.
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