Things returned to normal this morning, and I took myself off to work. Keith was leaving the weekly shop until tomorrow because we're out tonight for a meal at The Lamplighter with Mike.
Today wasn't as busy as Monday and Tuesday, but our website went down, which didn't help matters! We seem to be having problems with our IT systems at the moment, so that makes things tricky! I powered through the emails, wrote some of the moan report and left at 2pm.
I drove home under heavy grey skies and picked Keith up for a repeat of yesterday afternoon. This time we didn't bother with the multi-storey and Keith dropped me off before heading for the smaller car park where he joined the queue.
I went up to the ward and was shocked when I first saw my Mum. She was very pale and had puffy eyes, probably from the anaesthetic. She was pleased to see me and I found the bag of shopping in her cupboard to show her what I'd bought. She now just needs her glasses so she can read the magazines I bought for her!
I asked one of the nurses when she could go back to the care home, and she said a couple of weeks, which was a shock. I know my Mum hates hospitals as much as I do, so I'm hoping she can be out before then.
I stayed until 4pm, and there was only one other woman on the ward, who was sitting with her daughter. Another woman in the same boat as me! I had brought Mum's phone in for her, so I said I'd call her tonight and stayed until visiting time was over.
On the way out, I called Keith, and he met me where he'd dropped me off. He hadn't been able to park in the car park at all! Back home, I did the usual evening chores, pushed the vacuum around, and changed for our evening out.
We met Mike at the pub and had a good chat over pre-dinner drinks. Sophie wanted to pay a deposit for her office's Christmas party this evening, so she did that and bought another round of drinks. We chose nachos with beef to share as a starter, followed by burgers for all of us. We were stuffed at the end of the meal!
We said goodbye to Mike and headed home in the fast-fading light. Tomorrow is Friday and another week is over!
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