TUESDAY 14th JUNE . . . Groundhog Day morning with Bob rising around 09:00 & Mum at 09:45; they both seem stressed today but I, for once, am a picture of calmness & reason & leave them to each other. Mum seems very agitated with Bob – I think it’s because they’re moving yet again to […]
MONDAY 13th JUNE . . . Normal start to the day with Lia & I enjoying coffee in the garden before she sets off for work at 08:00 & I hammer away at a laptop until the Deweys surface; true to form, Bob appears just after 09:00 – I make him coffee & he installs […]
SATURDAY 11th JUNE . . . Saturday passed in a blur of work & household bits ’n’ bobs which had escaped being done during the week, but I arrived at the designated collection spot to collect Morecombe & Wise at 14:58 exactly – just to see them walking into the hotel. I tooted, Mum waved […]
FRIDAY 17th JUNE . . . Busy day with work on Friday & the Dewey Hotline remains silent all day until I return home around 3.30pm; where I find Bob ensconced with an own-brand Tesco cider glued to his throne in front of the TV, & Mum sitting on the sofa with him when I […]
JUNE 5-8th . . . The Deweys arrive as planned at silly o’clock on Sunday 5th June – I shan’t go into the faff involved in queuing for the best part of an hour before finding & scooping them up from where they actually were compared to where Bob said they were, but eventually they […]
OCTOBER . . . The month starts quietly as my repeated calls to Deweyland & messages to Bob on Friday 1st go unanswered, & I was out all day on Saturday wandering around Heraklion, but during the evening, back under the cover of WiFi, Gina tells me that she would be driving Mum & Bob […]
WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS . . . Busy month – need to split into three sections now! Wednesday 22nd sees no further contact from the U.S. of Awkwardness, but I do have a lovely chat with Jane just recounting all & ensuring we both are singing from the same hymn sheet in regards […]
MORE SEPTEMBER . . . Busy month – need to split into two sections! I’m up bright & early on Saturday 18th as it’s Crete Day! HOORAH! I slept surprisingly well, all things considered, & do all the necessary & in the 20 minutes I have spare before the taxi arrives I message Bob, as overnight […]
SEPTEMBER . . . Blimey, where did summer go?! WEDNESDAY 1st The month starts quietly – no news on Wednesday 1st. Nothing. Nowt. Nada. Rien. Bugger all. No follow-up from anyone. That is until Bob pings through a message about heart issues & dementia: According to the Drs notes after the surgery Susan has Bradycardia […]
AUGUST . . . Family chatty on 4th August & Mum is not herself. She’s in pacifying & pleasing mode – trying to keep both Jane & I ‘happy’ & paint the picture of lovely fluffy clouds & all being wonderful – but it is coming at the price of truth. There’s a lot of BS. […]