One day nearer my holiday...

[sylvi]

Hope sunday morning finds you all well. The progress is slow.I saw the psychio friday and he is pleased with my progress considering i'm only four weeks out of surgery. He has given me some more exercises to do. I find my muscles ache and boy do they ache, i forgot how hard it has been to do them. In the long run it will get easier i know that,i just wish it was quicker. I know i can hear you say be patient,i am trying really i am.

One day nearer my holiday. we go on saturday and for the first time in my life i haven't packed a bag. Hubby says we will get it sorted so to stop worrying. Thats like telling the sun not to rise. I have clothes laid out in my sons bedroom,but i'm not sure what exactly i'm taking though.As for for shoes well the skys the limit,i have shoes of all different styles and i don't know which pair to take and which ones will be suitable to wear with a wonky leg. Decisions decisions why can't life be a lot easier. One thing i know is my laptop is coming with me. Hubby has already said that it is coming.

We have the drs tomorrow to get our drugs sorted out for the holiday and other issues we have to see him about. Then it will be a trip round bedworth to pick up anything else we need. Then wednesday i am getting my nails done and i'm seeing my rheumy so that is another ruled out.

I hope the weather picks up for all of us this week.

sylvi.xx

[Hidden]

Hi Sylvi - yes I'm like you I start packing week's ahead! But I always end up with too much - and the few weeks traveling on my own were a lesson in less is more because I had to haul it all on and off buses myself and ended up compromising my poor lower joints for this so next time I'm really going to travel light as I packed far too many leggings and shirts and then got some extra stuff and had to borrow my son's hold all because the case (extendable!) was too small even when extended!

Re footwear - just keep it simple to get on and off and go for practical if I were you. I really hope the weather picks up for all our sakes - especially yours when on holiday. TTx

[Hidden]

Hi Silvi and Tilda. This is for all of us who have been or are going away.

Just In Case

"I'm going to the sea for a weekend,

in a couple of days I'll be back,

so I'll just take my little brown suit and a blouse

and a beret and carry my mac.

But what if the house is a cold one,

the house where I'm going to stay,

no fires after April, no hot drinks at night

and the windows wide open all day?

I'd better take one - no, two cardys

and my long tartan scarf for my head,

and my chaste new pyjamas in case they decide

to bring me my breakfast in bed,

and what about church on Sunday?

I could wear my beret and suit,

but if it were sunny, it would be a chance

to wear my straw hat with the fruit.

I can't wear my little brown suit, though

not with the straw and the fruit,

so I'll just take a silk dress to go with the straw

and a silk scarf to go with the suit.

I'll just take my jeans and that jumper

in case we go out in the car,

and my Guernsey in case we go out in a boat

and d'you know where my swimming things are?

D'you think I should take that black velvet

in case they've booked seats for a play?

And is it still usual to take your own towel

when you go somewhere to stay?

I had thought of just taking slippers,

but they do look disgustingly old,

I'd better take best shoes and sandals and boots

for the church and the heat and the cold.

I daren't go without my umbrella

in case I'm dressed and it rains;

I'm bound to need socks and my wellies

for walking down long muddy lanes.

I'd rather not take my old dressing gown,

its such a business to pack,

but s'pose they have breakfast before they get dressed

I'd have to have mine in my old mac.

I'm going to the sea for the weekend,

in a couple of days I'll be back,

so I'll just take my little brown suit and a blouse,

two cardys, my long tartan scarf,

my chaste new pyjamas

my straw hat with the fruit,

my silk dress, my silk scarf,

my jeans, that jumper,

my Guernsey, my swimming things,

my black velvet, my towel,

my slippers (no one need see them)

my sandals, my boots, my umbrella

my socks, my wellies

my dressing gown, no, not my dressing gown,

Ok my dressing gown,

and a beret and carry my mac.

By Charlotte Mitchell

[sylvi in reply to Hidden]

Love this... xx

[caggy in reply to Hidden]

Love this; I can see all of us weary these! and giggling in the process.

[Hidden]

Are you going anywhere nice Sylvia hope it will be nice and warm to help your pains.

[sylvi]

We are going to coenwall. xx

[Hidden]

The weaather is picking up from mid week x

[sylvi]

I hope so summer,we could do with some sun to help our weary bones.xx

[Judi]

Hi Sylvi, you sound like I used to be. Then I realised that making a list was more productive and packing the day before was easier. Also reminded myself that there would be shops where we were going if I forgot anything.

If we were flying somewhere my suitcase had half of OH's suff and his had half of mine. Meds and a clean pair of knickers were in the bag I carried on to the plane (flying wasn't a very often thing). Did a week in Venice 2 years ago for our 40th anniversary and the look on the faces of the airline staff checking us through customs when we were flying out was a picture because of alll the meds I was carrying !

Hopefully the weather will be all rained out by the time you go.

Judi xxxxxxxxxxx

[sylvi]

Judi just got back from the drs with all the meds we need for cornwall. Hubby is going to take the wheelchair back today and then this afternoon we are going to sort everything out that we need to take. I'm still next to useless,i am shattered just going into bedworth. That is my trip out for today now i will rest for the rest of the day. I hope the rain will be gone as well for all of us as it has been hard for us with ra.

sylvi.xxxx

[sciqueen]

Hi

Bring comfortable easy to get on & off shoes. I take it you will be bringing your scooter?

Make a to do list and then check of with hubby to ensure hes packed every thing you would like to bring. This will give you more input into the packing.

Good luck at the gp and rheumy. All remains for me to say is:

Safe and pleasant journey down and enjoy your hols.

Joanne

[sylvi]

Joanne,that is a lovely reply. I am taking my scooter and we have sorted out the shoes,yes they are comfy ones. I've got loads of clothes and hubby went through them yesterday and cut themdown to size a bit. I bet even now i will be taking too much.

I have got to feel better than i do now as i have had a bad night. I came down here once during the night. I think i did a tad too much walking yesterday and i'm paying for it today. Not only that but my ra has decided to come out to play and i have had my gloves on during the night. It looks like i will be sitting here doing nothing again today. It is a good excuse for resting up anyway because if i don't i will pay for it on the trip down to cornwall.

sylvi.xx

[caggy in reply to sylvi]

Hi Sylvi, they say the change is as good as a rest! and cornwall is beautiful just to look at, so relax, take it easy and everything will work out ok. My friend is of to Tenerife but she won't put me in her bag as she says I'm too much of a liability! she's right there. Don't forget the SUN screen, don't know about you but I seem to get burnt just looking for the SUN! must be the meds; everything else is!

[sylvi]

I haven't packed the suncream yet,i'm not too worried as i can get some easily when i'm down there. I'll just be glad to get there. I will rest easier when we're there. I wish i felt better than i do at the moment. I see the rheumy tomorrow so i will be better placed to go away and rest.

sylvi.xx

[Sops]

My philosophy is one can never pack too much!

Enjoy your holiday

Sopx

[KittyJ in reply to Sops]

Sops this post is 8 years old 😊

[Sops in reply to KittyJ]

Oops have lost my reading glasses Sorry x