However, I was woken at 7:00am by one of the carers saying the ambulance had arrived late last night, and as Mum wasn't in pain, they hadn't admitted her. Phew! What a relief! I did wish they'd left telling me for another hour, though!
It was good to get up early and have a coffee with Keith in the kitchen. Sophie left for work at 8:00am, and I caught up with the blog. It was a lot cooler today, and there was a delicious breeze coming through the back door. It was lovely to feel more energetic!
I had an appointment at the Back and Body Clinic at 11:00am, and Keith was going to drop me off, see Glen in Moulton about a pre-holiday service for the VW and pop to Aldi to buy more water as we drank so much yesterday in the heat.
I wasn't seeing Gabriel today, and had a consultation with Ben, who was lovely. I did miss having Sophie with me, though, and hearing the banter between her and Gabriel! Ben talked about the tendon and made me do a couple of exercises to see what range of movement I had with my knees. He wanted to rule out any other problems that could affect the tendon. He then made me lie down and manipulated my hips, which he said were OK.
I was made to turn over, and he applied one treatment of the shockwave therapy. It hurt as much as last week, but it was bearable. He then used a massager on the back of my left leg, which was very relaxing. He recommended I buy a heel lift for the trip to Berlin and said I could use Co-Codamol for the pain. Sophie had written out our itinerary on Monday, and we will make use of the excellent buses, trains and trams in Berlin, like we did in Vienna.
Keith was waiting for me, and we went to Riverside as I wanted to get the heel lift for my trainers. I texted Sophie to ask if she wanted to meet for lunch, and she agreed. I spent another small fortune in Boots, and we walked to Next to meet Sophie.
I was expecting the Costa in the shop to be heaving as it's half-term, but it was pleasantly quiet. I bought lunch, but Keith only wanted a pot of tea as he had the rest of yesterday's prawns to eat at home in a sandwich. Rather him than me! I only ate half of my meal last night because I was worried about Sophie, and because it was tasteless! We sat and chatted, and I told Sophie about my appointment, telling her I'd been thoroughly checked over!
After we'd eaten, we amused ourselves by sitting on all the sofas and chairs in Next, and I had a play with a rise-and-recliner seat. I don't think I'm quite ready for that yet! We said goodbye to Sophie and headed home. As I was hanging the washing on the line, Mooney appeared, and we had a major love-in. He is so sweet! He loved rolling around in the grass, one ear cocked for all the bird sounds about. We have baby Jackdaws in the house next to us, and I could hear the young squawking for food! I sat with Mooney for a little while and then went inside to catch up with some jobs.
I spent a good hour preparing tonight's dinner, and I do wonder how the contestants on MasterChef manage to prepare and cook their dishes in the short time allowed. Do they have someone helping? I grated ginger (next time we're going to get a jar, it's so fiddly!), garlic, chopped up broccoli and spring onions, and cubed chicken breasts. I then made a sauce of honey, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar. This was a recipe for Honey Glazed Chicken that sounded delicious, so I was hoping it would work out well (and I wouldn't end up poisoning any of my family!).
Sophie came home with a long list of things she needed to do, and I started on the dinner. I had to coat the chicken in cornflour, which made it lovely and crispy, cook the veg, and then amalgamate it all together and add the sauce. We ate it with deliciously sticky Jasmine rice and prawn crackers. The sauce wasn't as thick as I would have liked, but it was still lovely, and Sophie had enough for two lunches. I'll definitely cook it again, but maybe lessen the wet ingredients.
As Sophie was washing up, she spotted a strange cat in the garden! It was Milo, a big tabby who lives down the road, and he had come along to drink the water we'd put down for the birds! He drank and drank, which was slightly worrying as cats don't normally drink a lot. Gomez had made one of his rare appearances and stood stock still in the garden as he suddenly realised there was an intruder in his territory! Sophie picked Mooney up, who, when he eventually noticed Milo, let out a growl!
We went into the garden, and Milo ran out, which freaked out both of our cats. It set the tone for an unsettled night, when Gomez kept being spooked by people. Twice, Sophie had him in her arms to bring him in as it was cooler, and twice he struggled to get free and ran off.
We watched an episode of MasterChef after dinner, and there are now just four going into the finals next week. Sophie and I have made predictions as to who will win, and I think we're both sure it will be a close-run contest!
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