Windy Wednesday

We had a spectacular storm here last night lasting for over two hours, that was two hours of rain, thunder and lightning. The lightning, however, continued for around another three hours.

I knew a storm was coming because I had a headache and felt jumpy all day.  I have always reacted to approaching storms in this way.  I was just glad it arrived well after I had another visit to the surgery. I hate being out in storms, really hate it.  That stems from a school friend, way back  when I was about eight, who was killed by lightning. 

I had to stop the cream I was given last week because it seemed to make matters worse,  the split skin under my breast became much more inflamed.  So I started treating it with Aloe Vera which helped a great deal but did not stop the weeping.  I decided another visit to the surgery was in order.  I saw a lady doctor and she said it has been mostly caused by the radiation making the skin weaker, plus perspiration and generally all I have been through which has made me very run down.  The skin could not take anymore and has developed a bacterial infection.  So now I am on a different cream.  Let us hope it works although I have been told it will take a while due to the location.

After the storms has come the sun again but the wind is so strong, my hanging baskets are twisting and turning alarmingly.  If it gets any worse  I shall take them down until it abates. A couple of the smaller trees are almost bending double.

Him indoors is out buying paint.  He finished our sunlounge inside and out and it looks so much better and brighter.  Now all the guttering needs to be done.  Yesterday he rubbed it all down and cleaned the gutters out, now he wants to start painting.   Most of the neighbours around here have changed their old metal guttering to PVC but we simply cannot afford it.  We had a couple of quotes and nearly fell over with the price.  So we have to make do and mend.  I suppose we really should have thought about it when Mike was still working but it is easy in hindsight.  Oh well, tonight is lottery night.  You never know!  Although I think it is hardly likely that we will even win ten pounds.

Leo is definitely a house cat.  The back door is open all the time now but he only wanders out occasionally, never more than halfway down the garden and after about ten minutes he comes back in again.  At least I will not have to worry about him wandering.  We are having him neutered when he is six months old.  He might not be a wanderer now but when the old hormones kick in he would certainly go looking for any likely ladies.  Without "the necessary" he will not feel the inclination and it will also prevent him for "spraying" in the house.  Poor little thing, if only he knew what was coming.   Him indoors says it brings tears to his eyes just thinking about it.

Other than that, there is not much news at this end.  I have to go and lie flat on the bed for at least half an hour at a time at intervals during the day and the evening to get the air circulating around my poor boob.  So boring.  Cannot read flat on my back, cannot see the t.v. and there is only so much radio that I can take.  There is not a lot you can do lying flat on your back.......................well there is something you can do in that position as we all know -  but we won't go there!!!!

Well, it will all be worth it if this new cream and the airflow does the trick.  Hopefully when I can get more active again, it will also help my blood sugars.

What a good job we got the planting done before this happened. 

Think of me lying staring at the ceiling.

Love,