Humorous Blog Post.....???

There are few things that Jill and Stirling Moss have in common. They are both English. They are both married to wonderful people (well actually, I'm not sure if Stirling Moss does have a wife) They are both bald. They are both very well known in their own sporting circles. They both have driving licences....and that's about it. They are NOT both racing drivers....but Jill doesn't appear to know this last fact. The arrival of her mobility scooter seems to have affected her brain....and we've spent the day going up and down our lane visiting neighbours. Jack also "road tested" said scooter in the field...and Thomas is trying to work out if he can double the speed by adding a second battery.....but don't tell anyone.

As predicted, there was at least one close incident involving said scooter and a car. Jill was coming down the road at a spot near Rosel Manor where the visibility isn't great. It's generally known among "locals" that at this particular place one has to cross the road and go with the traffic, and not against which, as we all know (!!) is how you should travel. Jill, accompanied by two of our trusty nurses and the two dogs, hadn't made the crossing at this dangerous place....and a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, and with no visibility, nearly had a close shave. The driver of the car wasn't impressed, and much colourful language was used, including quite a short response from Jill. How do I know all this? I know because I was in the car! I'll say no more....other than we have had a discussion about road safety.

(They were driving too fast... and we were going to cross over, but we were chatting, and anyway... it's good to practice emergency stops...) .  ;-)

Jill has had a good day....and she has told anyone who cares to listen this evening. Yesterday wasn't great....but today has been fine. The new "freedom" that she has had from her scooter now has her planning all sorts of trips. Where could we go? Which tracks could the scooter negotiate? The scooter apparently has a range of 18 miles....so goodness knows where we might end up. The very nice people at occupational therapy have also been busy thinking about Jill, and suggesting other activities she might try. Certainly one that we are going to have ago at is Beach Ability....those wheelchairs on very big wheels that can go over soft sand. If you're thinking of going on the beach at Longbeach at 11:00 on Saturday morning you might want to change venue.....we will be there so watch out!

On health related issues there have been a couple of updates today. Jill's "reservation" to have her port removed has been changed. We now do blood tests tomorrow and the Port-a-Cath removal is happening early Thursday.

On bandana related issues we can report that Customs have released Jill's highly dangerous Chinese clothes purchases, so we now have at least two more colourful headgear to choose from.

That's enough of an update for today...so I'll sign off because Jill has some photographic evidence she needs to add before this post hits the interweb. Laterz reader.

Tuesday helpers.... taking a five minute respite from " cleaning duties" ... Invitation making instead!

LOVED IT.... 

And again this afternoon..... 

Such a good day... and of course AB arrives tomorrow....lots of new jobs in store for her!