Awake and up all night

I really feel for you. Sometimes enough is enough.

I was just saying elsewhere, the notion to 'keep fighting' can be more for the loved one's relatives and friends than the patient. Sometimes people need to pause, rest and just 'be'.

Good luck.

Hello Gill, I've been watching Japanese films (with subtitles) for the last few evenings. Today's was a tear jerker 'Voices in the wind.'  Yesterday's was 'Only 7 Days to Live.'  

Regarding chip shops, The best one around here is run by a Chinese family. I nearly always have saveloy & chips with a curry sauce dip from there, but mushroom fritters and chips are my favourite. The closest chip shop which has them on the menu is a good 35 miles each way trip, but worth it. On the rare occasions that I order fish, it is usually plaice that I prefer, with a slice or two of lemon.

I hope you and OH are coping with the heat. My abysmal productivity has fallen to zero during most of the last two weeks. Oh. Not quite zero. Yesterday I hoovered up a dead spider from my bedroom carpet. It was just where I sit on the side of the bed to take off socks etc. There's nothing worse than getting a dead spider stuck between one's toes....I can barely reach them. Off to bed now. Another night with the fan blowing all night.  Ray xxx 

Morning Ray  

Thanks for your post hon, and I'll reply now as I woke up about 30 mins ago - hopefully you're fast asleep. 

Nope, I'm not coping at all with the heat as it's turned me into a monster! I didn't post here on  Tuesday (?) as I was too busy ranting about everything, storming around and flinging myself in the chair to stew before starting up again about other random things. Part of it was OH's fault, well he provided the trigger, but he's coping admirably in the soaring temperatures as one of his conditions means he doesn't react to heat as he did before. I feel bad about that but at least I'm consistent with my loathing for summer and love of winter - you'll never find a post of mine declaring differently. Ray, I made a supreme effort and calmed the hell down the whole of Wednesday, and smarmed round OH to make up for my diabolical behaviour. All's peaceful here for now.

I've never had plaice as I don't think it's a thing round here in chip shops, but neither are savaloys any more and I love those. Morrisons sells them and although tasty they're just not the same as savaloys of old, which I'd wolf down with gusto!

Japanese and South Korean films are firm favourites with us but always on so late, possibly due to their content. Old Boy, with the octopus scene, springs to mind. Yuck! I wonder if that spider in your bedroom was the one you wrote about a week or so back and has finally croaked? Poor thing.

Don't do too much today hon, and hog the fan instead. Shopping calls for us as the foul heat hasn't managed to quell our appetites and goodies need to be replaced! Big hugs xxx

Haddock and chips with mushy peas and some curry sauce.I go on Yorkshire airlines for money  You get entertainment too m A man putting a ferret down his trousers. Luxury.

I'm with you there Gill  Find this heat oppressive. Definitely like a cool bedroom. We're very lucky up here with our fish and chip shops.

Sorry to hear about your father in law. The question of whether to keep fighting or say enough is enough strikes at the very heart of that primevil force within us to survive.Nobody is prepared for hat decision.It seems people are living longer and longer. My father in law is 91. But it's no fun living longer in pain and discomfort. All my love to you ️

Greetings our kid  

We're just back from shopping, courtesy of a very short haul by Yorkshire Airways. We got slapped and shouted at on boarding and a curled potted meat sarnie was thrown at us - to share.

The air-con was wonderful, kindly provided by ferret guy who was twirling the little fella round by his back leg. The inebriated Cap'n brought us unsafely down in someone's back yard and we were booted down the gangway by Brenda and Maxine, our attentive air hostesses.

It was fair grand Uki, and highly recommended xxx

LUXURY.

Love your post. Tears of laughter flowed.  xxx

Afternoon Raymondo

If you mean the airline post, I can't take any credit for that as I just put my own slant on a skit that's been around for years. Put it down to boredom hon, as there's nothing constructive I can do with that damn ball blazing away in the sky. I mean, there's triffids to chop in the garden but I'm not going out in that again for any price!

Hey, I hope Sonia's ok as she's been quiet for a couple of days. Do you think it's down to the heat as she doesn't like it either. Let's hope so.

I hope you're ok too my lovely, and haven't come across any more spiders just yet. There was a fair sized one in our sink but I ushered him into a glass and put him in the garden with the triffids xxx