Day 187/188

I know i know another two days!!

Yesterday started fairly well. I went to Cambridge and after a long consultation they said i was suitable for laser treatment on my eyes. Appointment booked for laser surgery on the 17th of this month.

Well Mikey another something new!!! i am trying.

We couldn't believe the cost of car parking at Cambridge. £21 for 5 hours thank goodness we used park and ride.

Mikeys friend has lost her battle and we do feel very sad. Our next door neighbors son is now in critical care following a really bad bleed.
Both boys next door have also been unwell for several years and we have been friends since we all moved here together in 1996.

Initially we though it was a bleed from his lung but it was found to be an aortic aneurysm which ruptured. Lee has had piece of muscle taken from his throat to patch it and is now on ventilator and sedated in the hope that he will recover.

I spoke to his parents last night and we just supported each other. The question remains, why do they have to suffer so much. We don't know. His mum and dad are like us, they know that if he recovers in a few weeks it will be another infection and so it goes on. There is no hope like some people have with an illness just an inevitable end, some time. Its living with that that's so hard.

What this has done to us is remember all the times we had with Mikey and to discuss how we felt. Most of all how the time passes so quickly.

It seems five minutes since Mikey would come hope from school, get on his bike and go and play cricket. That was 12 years ago. I expect the next twelve years will go past before we know it. We will be pensioners. How scary is that. So if we want to do things it has to be now.

Today we got confirmation of Mikey and our burial plots!! its taken since August. We were told at the time the council were slow but even we didn't think it would be that long. There is room for Tom as well if he chooses to lay with us. Enclosed was a map showing our plots so this weekend i will wander down Eastwood and check it out. At least we are on the end of the row right next to the path. Lovely!!
Do i keep it clean and maintained now? i expect so so i will be off with my bits and bobs and give the plot a once over. How odd is that!!

It has been a lovely day, the sun has shone and once again we can feel spring in the air. The buds are really showing now and some even sprouted out to become little leaves!! a few more weeks and the whole landscape will be different.
The herd of highland cattle just of the bypass looked wonderful today. Their coats long, thick and red were outstanding against the green of the fields. We should take the time to stand and stare.

My sisters have been very quiet the past week or two so i must give them a ring to find out how their diets are going. Ha i bet they have lost pounds. My diet has gone west! i keep saying it but i really must get a grip because its not long now till we go to London. Yippee all being well i will not have to wear glasses.

Tim's had the day on the garden and i have to say it looks much better. I thought he may have found a sheltered spot and caught a few rays but no time for that he said!!

Work continues to be very hectic and i have this week to meet my own targets!! lets hope i can.

Tim told Tom about my eyes and he said whats next the face lift. Tim said no she cant afford it now cos of her eyes!!! I just said that's for next year!!

My hair continues to grow and i can now tuck it behind my ears! so get two elastic bands round the length at the back. Ooh may be bunches. Do they call them that now??

Its really late and i have heard next door come home, i hope all is well. To bed because Tomorrow is another day.