It was f’ing cold yesterday morning, like 2°, and the dampness made it feel even colder. I was up before 5:00 to light the fire in a cold house, and to feed the pets. I did dishes and some tidying until Paula rose at 7:30. It was nice to have some time to just sit and chat while she had her tea, before taking her to Silva Bay to fetch the plane back to Vancouver.
It felt good to come home to the heat of the fire, and to do chores. I did a couple of loads of laundry and a good vacuuming of the whole house. There was blue sky to the west, but when we got home it felt dark outside and so the house lights were on. Ah, Winter!
I Zoomed with Steve, and had a short nap in the early afternoon, and I watched one edition of Grand Designs, and then Her Highness and I went for our afternoon walk. It was still bloody cold, so I walked quickly as I could with two sore feet. And then I came home to build up the fire, feed the pets and then Eoin and François came to pick me up and to take me to The Surf for dinner.
We had a supremely good time at dinner. I am so grateful and happy that I met Eoin and François. They are wonderful friends and terrific people. We were thrilled last night when, after making our choices about dinner from what is, essentially, a pub menu, the waitress brought a menu of the specials. And what a menu it was! We all chose dishes from the specials, and we had a very fine dinner together.
When it was time to leave, we headed to the car—they picked me up and drove me home—it was snowing! It snowed the entire drive home and there was snow sticking to the ground, so when I rose this morning, I was expecting the worst of weathers. But no. There is not a flake to be seen.
I have eaten so much food these past few days. Today, I take back control; I will return to small servings. And I am very excited about having all My Day to myself. I Zoom with my fellow BC stutterers, but I haven’t a single other appointment or social engagement this entire week. Hurrah!
And I have another reason to be happy. Finally, after a week of pain, my right foot is healing. It’s less painful to walk on that foot today, so I am very happy. My left foot will never feel better, but I am used to the pain now. Plus, I take breaks and get off it during the day.
I need to bake bread today, but I don’t want to bake. I want to do nothing today, and that’s what I’ll do. The house is vacuumed, there are no dishes in the sink, the cattery is clean and tidy, and the recycling is sorted. I have nothing but a clear schedule ahead.
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