Nothing major to report but I felt the need to put finger to keypad.
This is because, we seem to have entered a strange holding period. I suppose it could be described as the 'calm before the storm'. Now that the dates for 'Melony's' removal have been confirmed and all the preliminary stuff is firmly scribed into the diary, life has taken on a faint whiff of normality. The pain is still there and the storm trooper protection for her back is still in place but, other than that, we seem to be approaching Christmas reasonable normally!
On Saturday, we went to see the in-laws. Full details of the situation were broken to them for the first time so that was a little tense. However, they reacted as they normally do; mother-in-law misunderstood everything and father-in-law just ignored it. Exactly as we expected so that was fine. After this, my wife decided she was up for some shopping so we did our first major Christmas shop. Didn't get as far through the list as we wanted but pain and discomfort dictated that we should abandon those plans but it is a start. I then did the ironing whilst she rested so that I could clear the lounge for the main event on Sunday...
Sunday dawned and, contrary to how we were feeling about it a week ago, I put up and decorated the tree and hung the Christmas cards up. The festive period has finally arrived in our house :). Over the next couple of days I shall be putting lights up in the other rooms then we will have the ceremonial decorating of the dining table with Christmas candles, runners etc. so that we can dine in yuletide surroundings.
And so, I felt that I had to write something. I know that we are much better off than many people in this world but I also know that, however little difference it makes in the grand scheme of things, when life is not going so well, doing something as simple as putting up decorations can really make a personal difference. To paraphrase a Rowan Atkinson sketch "Life is sometimes finger-licking good, and sometimes arse-wipingly bad" but it is, to some small degree, also what you make it.
Keep Loving
Glad you've trimmed up as we say in Suffolk. It does make you feel more festive/normal/in tune with the rest of the world - delete as applicable. I hope you and the missus can enjoy Christmas as much as possible. You know where we are if you need us. xxxx
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