Day 85 > SATURDAY 16th JANUARY Another lateish start, but I need more supplies so walk the couple of miles down to the supermarket again, which isn’t a huge chore as it’s lovely & sunny, but walk back through the centre of Columbia rather than via the old town & discover the market’s on today. No […]
Day 84 > FRIDAY 15th JANUARY Walk to the local Covid testing site, but alas it’s only for local residents, so I walk into ‘town’ – another couple of miles – but today it’s raining & very British outside. I have a waterproof jacket so after stopping & marvelling at the somewhat surreal sight of the world’s […]
Day 83 > THURSDAY 14th JANUARY Not up till way after 9.00am & in no mood to rush. Tired actually, but I make a coffee & catch up slowly on all messages. Finally out by lunchtime & have a little walk around old historic Columbia -which is beautiful & the sun is shining brightly. Lovely. Stop […]
Day 82 > WEDNESDAY 13th JANUARY First morning on my own. Quiet. The Airbnb is very still & I rise slowly & walk to Publix supermarket for supplies – two miles there & two miles back is just pushing my definition of ‘walking distance’ eh! – never realised bananas were so heavy! Foggy. Surprised. I didn’t […]
Day 81 > TUESDAY 12th JANUARY D-Day – My Departure Day I greet Mum in the kitchen & make a final full-strength coffee for us both. She again touches on what a sad day it is, but I counter with be-it holiday or permanent she’s welcome to visit me anytime – it’s au revoir not goodbye – […]
Day 80 > MONDAY 11th JANUARY It’s my last full day at Deweyland. Yikes. I only confirmed this to Bob yesterday, & have left it till today to give Mum the definite date, as although between a rock & a hard place I didn’t want to risk her repeatedly getting depressed with the news that I’m […]
Day #79 > SUNDAY 10th JANUARY Church – hoorah! Leave at 8.00am & Bob is dribbling with his mouth open snoozing on his throne in the den & Mum is still in bed. Nice. Lovely drive today as although temperature is lurking around freezing it’s a stunning blue sky day & a pleasure to be out-out. […]
Day #78 > SATURDAY 9th JANUARY My day starts with a bit of a panic as I receive an Email confirming that my USA visa runs out soon. Very soon. In 10 days soon! Eek. I confess I’d completely forgotten about the 90-day limit on visiting the US of Awesomeness, so I need to move at pace […]
Day #77 > FRIDAY 8th JANUARY Mum is sharp as a pin this morning whilst making coffee. We have a lovely catch-up & she tells me they need to go shopping for some stuff – a big Costco shop. I decline Mum’s invitation to join them as I need to book flights & get my plans […]
Day #76 > THURSDAY 7th JANUARY Lovely walk with Mum – sunny again – & we ran through her assessment meeting today, as she was stressed about it; ‘View it as an opportunity to air any issues you may have Mum, for example, you’ve literally just told me you fear for your future, so run this past them […]