A PATIENT PATIENT I AM NOT

Good Afternoon All

I hadn’t intended to be away so long but I have been sick and still feel decidedly second hand so everything has been an effort today.

I saw the Wedding Planner yesterday and managed to get a few good tips and also a booking for a post wedding brunch in March. I have also had an enquiry for a planning day but I have romantic people staying that day and it wouldn’t be right to intrude. By the time I had stripped down the suites and done a bit of sorting our I felt like the proverbial. The ferry ride was a nightmare and thankfully Cameron had been sent home from work because he is still not fantastic and he came and picked up his aged parent towing a shopping trolley. Poor Cam. It was straight to bed until the blonde came to wake me. Having a temperature can make you feel miserable in so many different ways. Sadly I didn’t feel a whole lot improved this morning but you can’t go swanning around for 3 days and then phone in sick , besides it is Tuesday and I never take Tuesday off unless I am overseas, too much to do.

I wonder how Rodney (pukeko) Delilah (Duck) and the other friend who yesterday was nameless, Jock the Cable Bay winemakers border collie, got on without me.

I can’t lie , it has been a trial today however I feel a bit more in control now so no megadance or yoga for me sadly, even I am not that stupid.

Funny how the smallest thing can give you a reality check. Last night I went to put the green bin out, I almost pulled it over. In times past it would be overflowing, it was not unknown for the most agile child to jump on the contents to wedge a bit more in. And we recycle. Last night I flipped the lid and there lay a solitary bag, my eyes filled with tears, this was the sign of our fractionated family. Not even enough rubbish to fill half a bin, poor Cameron , he has had a very solitary weekend with Callum at work all weekend, only coming home to change his clothes. Bronwynn now in London, Juliet busy studying, me working in Waiheke, Haley gone, Frances gone,Kirk gone,Mike gone. How can your rubbish bin make you feel so sad, must be because I was feeling sick to start with.

One of Mike’s close school friends died yesterday, another gone too soon. Fabbian I feel your loss, your 2 closest school mates no longer here with you, I do understand what it feels like to be the one that’s left.

Michelle (Big Girls Undies) our thought and prayers are with you and those you love as you fight the hard fight in hospital.

Sorry I sound like a miserable excuse for a human today, I’m not good at being sick, too impatient to not be able to do what I should,hopefully tomorrow will be better with a good dose of the final episode of Outrageous Fortune. We love it.

I’ll publish the recipes tomorrow, even the writing about food is probably enough to give me a dose of the vapours today.

love

The miserable one

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