Friday 19th October

Friday 19^th October

Having written a daily blog since February it’s been really strange not to write anything these last three days!

So here goes the update… I saw my lovely Zumba ladies on Tuesday, and we are now all proficient with ‘Ganghnam style’ dancing- check out the You tube clip!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0a 

Also on Tuesday I was asked to play netball for the C team, only half a game which was just right for me, and despite playing as GK my least favourite position in the world (standing joke!) I really enjoyed it. The girls were brilliant and they kept the ball up the attacking end most of the time (and we subsequently won quite comfortably)

In between I met JN for lunch at Rondels, and very nice it was too- I highly recommend it! 

I did a very early dog walk Wednesday morning so I could be at Les Ormes at 9am to play tennis! We had an excellent ladies match with MP, AH and AE, and I did play a short match with other ladies afterwards. 

Did you know that in Les Ormes car park for selected customers only, you can pick up a complete takeaway meal in a cool bag? Chicken and mushroom pie (x2) potatoes/carrots and purple sprouting broccoli- all pan ready – PLUS an extremely large and extremely chocolaty cake!! That’s made you all jealous hasn’t it? - It certainly was welcomed by me and the family (Huge thanks to chef AH)

 Drove back to St Martin so I could take Jessie to the vet, fortunately daughter was all prepared, as after the visit we planned to take her on the beach. Watching Jessie run round in circles chasing seagulls was one of those ‘you need to have been there moments’:  Especially as she lapped us three times, with the seagull tantalising close but obviously never going to be caught.!

I decided that I couldn’t pass by the chance to play badminton, and glad I went as had some good matches, but being sensible left early…….

Thursday morning and after a long dog walk I headed to the Merton for a Pilates class, had just enough time to sort the dog and have a quick lunch before going into work (yes, really)This week it was skipping- with 4yr olds remember, I do like a challenge!! 

Talking of which my daughter accompanied me to our weekly dog training classes, glad it’s only for an hour, I am exhausted at the end of it, never mind the dog. If I wasn’t concentrating on what I was doing I would psychoanalyse all the other owners! Amongst them we have a beautiful lab/retriever called Elsa, another honey lab (who has a constant frown, called Claude), a very small toy terrier called Dobby(!) and another springer called MoJo!

So that brings us up to today, and it’s a rather special day, my 27^th Wedding anniversary! 

This is the past photo....

Last year the 19^th was an emotional day, the island elections- hubby spent all day stood outside the parish hall!! The year before on the 19th we had just boarded the Queen Mary, and spent five days crossing the Atlantic to New York. 

And this is the present photo....

Let’s just say I was a tad emotional today, I did think after my initial diagnosis way back in February that I may not get to see my birthday let alone my wedding anniversary (Dark days long gone).

Hubby had a meeting this morning, so I played an hour of tennis at the club, before going to the hospital for my weekly blood test.

And…… It’s good news! I did tell Nurse RF that he was not to burst my bubble of happiness today! 

My haemoglobin is up to 11.0, the highest it’s been since the beginning of May, the clotting platelets very good at 204, and the white cells 2.2, (up from 1.7) even the neutrophils up to 0.99(from 0.58).

Buoyed up by that good news I bounded back home to get in my glad rags as hubby and I were going to Longueville Manor for a late lunch.

I must say a big thank you for flowers and card from Jdlh, a bay tree and card from Pdlh, and a lovely chrysanthemum from N&P, plus lots of cards and good wishes- thank you everyone.

Update on Monday......!!

"A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. "
~Paul Sweeney ~