This morning, over my coffee, I watched last night's 24 Hours in the Past which took place in a Workhouse in Nottinghamshire. The six celebrities hated every moment of it and outspoken Ann Widdicombe was banished to solitary confinement for having the nerve to speak back to the nasty matron in charge of the women.
I found it fascinating as several of my family members in the past ended up in the workhouse, either in Dartford or in one near Rochester. The building featured on the programme is open to visitors and it would be great to go there and look around.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/workhouse-southwell/
I took Sophie to the doctors this morning, for the results of her blood tests, and was astonished to discover that she has an under-active thyroid. She was also low on calcium and Vitamin D so she's booked in for more blood tests next week. My Nan had an under-active thyroid gland and Sophie, like her, will be on medication every day for the rest of her life. It might go some way to explaining why Sophie often seems tired and listless so we're hoping that once the tablets kick in she will begin to feel better.
We arrived back at work to find it was very busy indeed. Booker had been and gone and the customers were piling in, even though the weather today has been better than yesterday. The busy conditions lasted all day which is typical as Sophie had an appointment to have her nails done in the afternoon while I had a short session at Virgin to get my eyebrows sorted!
In the evening it was bliss to relax in the conservatory, play cards with Keith and have a couple of drinks before we prepared dinner. Sitting watching the birds flit about and seeing the blue sky and clouds overhead was the highlight of my busy day!
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