September in the Rain

Tuesday, 16th September.

Pretty miserable weather today, but pleasant surprise when I went to pull the curtains in John’s room. The clematis just outside the window is full lof buds.I thought it was dead, as it hasn’t flowered for ages, so it quite lifted my spirits. I think it’s a message from John actually, as he always liked the different view of the garden from his window, especially in the latter stages of his illness. As I look out when I’m typing this, I see a faint glimpse of sun, so I may manage a wee walk later on.

“The best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley” as Rabbie Burns said. When I was tidying the front room( trying to do too many things at once as usual) my toe caught on the lamp cable, the base crashed into pieces,the bulb shattering all over the place. Picked up as much as I could and put it into a bag,went to get hoover, forgot the tube was choked and I couldn’t clear it. Had a wee seat and a coffee to calm myself down and read some of the poems from the book I’d bought at Blairgowrie. Luckily Helen came in, swept up the smaller fragments, cleared the hoover and changed the lamps over, then we had lunch. Great to have a wee sister.

After she’d left, started trying to organise the book shelves, but I should have known better! When I lifted the folders off the bottom shelf everything fell out all over the place. However, it made it easier to reorganise and that’s what I’d been intending to do anyway. Going to put stuff I rarely need on bottom shelf. Did a wee bit, then Jean phoned to tell me the eye hospital had been in touch and she’s to go on Thursday to discuss her tests. Sounded a bit apprehensive, so asked her round a wee while. Glad her daughter is back from holiday in America and is going with her.

Lilian popped in then and I gave her some apples. They’re not very good this year, very small. We talked about the soldier killed in Iraq last week. i know It happens all the time, but it really brings it home, when It’s someone whose family you know. His Granny and Grandpa both come from the Pans and I remember his mum as a young girl.Thank goodness Craig didn’t stay in the airforce!

Glad Ian Gray won the leadership contest.Let’s hope he can make a difference to the present state of the Labour party.