A Slight Change in Routine

Margaret continues to be quiet and peaceful most of the time. This enabled me to tidy up the garden and mow the lawns on Sunday.

Monday morning Margaret woke up in a nice mood and after breakfast surprised me by saying that she wanted to go out. I suggested that we went to Civic, our local shopping mall, look around the shops and have some lunch. Normally I hate taking Margaret around the shops as she wants to buy the most unsuitable things, normally clothes or shoes which she can't wear or pretty objects which we don't need so I was being quite brave.

I think that Margaret wanted to use her new disabled car sticker which we have changed from red to blue. The latter allows unrestricted parking , where legal to do so, and parking in special areas set aside for wheelchair dependent people. When we arrived at Civic all disabled parking spots we full so we had to park a little way from the shops in a normal parking area.

I spent about an hour wheeling Margaret around and apart from looking at some pot plants she really did not want to buy anything. She seemed to enjoy just being out among people. Afterwards we went to the Civic Tavern for lunch. This has a pub style Bistro serving a restricted menu but Margaret enjoyed an "All Day Breakfast" and I had fish and chips. Margaret had some sparkling wine and I had a light beer. We got home about 2.00 pm after an enjoyable, for both of us, outing. I think the spontaneity of the outing made it special.

Since then Margaret has been very quiet. I had to return all her library books as she couldn't concentrate on them. I have got her two short, large print romantic novels set in rural England a hundred or so years ago, She likes these as they are uncomplicated and she gets through them quickly.

This Saturday we are going to visit J and B at their new retirement villa and also see their new dog. Margaret says that she wants to say goodbye to Pancho their old dog who we have known since he was a puppy and is now over fourteen years old. This will also make a change. Margaret can only make about four hours with out resting so it will be a short visit for afternoon tea.

I have just rescued Margaret following another little accident.