Big day
Up at 6.30 and on the road to Hull by 7.45 for our appointment at 9.20. Traffic is always a nightmare on the A15 with heavy vehicles heading to Hull and Immingham. Still, we were in the hospital car park just before 9. We were seen by one of Mr. C.'s sidekicks. The scan results from last week have not made it to his department yet (we didn't think they would!) so it was basically a non-event, the outcome being if DH is feeling reasonably OK and there are no symptoms of the aneurysm having changed in any way we should just get on with our lives! However, once the scan results have shown up and been examined by someone (Mr. C. most probably) they will write and let us know. Should take about a week.
DH didn't want breakfast before we left, but once out of the clinic he declared himself ravenous. This is a sign that his lack of appetite over the last week has been due to nervousness about today's appointment. We celebrated what seems to be goodish news with an 'Olympic Breakfast' at a Little Chef on the way home! And it really was huge! Big mistake for me though ..... been trying to diet this week as weight is getting out of hand again .... and this meal is still sitting heavily several hours later. Must find the Rennies!
So, it seems to be 'all systems go'! Spoke to DS2 about how he plans to transport our stuff out to Spain - he'd like to leave on a Thursday and return the following Tuesday so it minimises the amount of time he's away from work. The weekend of 30th September is the only time the vehicle he's using is available - he would actually leave on 28th. DD wants to come out with us to help us settle in - hopefully her OH will be sharing the driving with DS2. Co-ordinating that lot will be a task in itself.
In the next two or three days we'll have to talk to the accountant to see where he is with the latest accounts and how close we are to closing the building company, to the solicitor to get a few legal bits sorted, and to the bank yet again to find the best home for our money to keep it out of the grasp of the IR and anyone else who thinks they have a right to it. That is a priority really because we then have to let DWP know where to pay our pensions! Then we'll have to amend our english wills to reflect the lack of bricks and mortar property in the UK, and do the same with our Spanish wills when we get over there. Lots to do!
Would love to do some scrapping tonight but feel unsettled and fidgety. We should really be out celebrating our wedding anniversary but neither of us is hungry enough after that breakfast to face any kind of meal.
DH bought a double CD of Bob Newhart (http://www.bob-newhart.com/) - a really funny comedian from way way back. He performed kind of one-sided conversations such as The Driving Instructor. There are lots on the CDs we haven't heard before and they are making us howl with laughter, pretty much as we did 30 to 40 years ago. Such a funny man.
Tomorrow we plan a trip to town - DH needs something 'smart casual' to wear for an event at the weekend which came up unexpectedly after we had packed all his decent stuff away. As everything is nailed up in 4 wooden crates it's easier to buy something new than open the crates and find the clothes. I must add that we would not normally be this extravagant!
DH didn't want breakfast before we left, but once out of the clinic he declared himself ravenous. This is a sign that his lack of appetite over the last week has been due to nervousness about today's appointment. We celebrated what seems to be goodish news with an 'Olympic Breakfast' at a Little Chef on the way home! And it really was huge! Big mistake for me though ..... been trying to diet this week as weight is getting out of hand again .... and this meal is still sitting heavily several hours later. Must find the Rennies!
So, it seems to be 'all systems go'! Spoke to DS2 about how he plans to transport our stuff out to Spain - he'd like to leave on a Thursday and return the following Tuesday so it minimises the amount of time he's away from work. The weekend of 30th September is the only time the vehicle he's using is available - he would actually leave on 28th. DD wants to come out with us to help us settle in - hopefully her OH will be sharing the driving with DS2. Co-ordinating that lot will be a task in itself.
In the next two or three days we'll have to talk to the accountant to see where he is with the latest accounts and how close we are to closing the building company, to the solicitor to get a few legal bits sorted, and to the bank yet again to find the best home for our money to keep it out of the grasp of the IR and anyone else who thinks they have a right to it. That is a priority really because we then have to let DWP know where to pay our pensions! Then we'll have to amend our english wills to reflect the lack of bricks and mortar property in the UK, and do the same with our Spanish wills when we get over there. Lots to do!
Would love to do some scrapping tonight but feel unsettled and fidgety. We should really be out celebrating our wedding anniversary but neither of us is hungry enough after that breakfast to face any kind of meal.
DH bought a double CD of Bob Newhart (http://www.bob-newhart.com/) - a really funny comedian from way way back. He performed kind of one-sided conversations such as The Driving Instructor. There are lots on the CDs we haven't heard before and they are making us howl with laughter, pretty much as we did 30 to 40 years ago. Such a funny man.
Tomorrow we plan a trip to town - DH needs something 'smart casual' to wear for an event at the weekend which came up unexpectedly after we had packed all his decent stuff away. As everything is nailed up in 4 wooden crates it's easier to buy something new than open the crates and find the clothes. I must add that we would not normally be this extravagant!
posted by CaroleW at Tuesday, September 05, 2006
2 Comments:
I don't envy you organising yet another move! Hope you have a successful shopping trip. Don't envy you that either, I hate shopping when I have something specific to buy, you can guarentee I won't find anything!
Hi Carole..........
Afraid I don't get the basic 'just pretend it isn't there' stuff with the aneurysm BUT a friend of mine spent 9 months walking around with what was thought to be an imoperable aneurysm close to the centre of her brain. When a cerebral angiogram was ordered for the umpteenth time to check on it, a new machine had been installed (had ALL the bells and whistles) and the 'aneurysm' turned out to be an abnormality in the blood vessel itself !!!! She had had this since before birth !!!!! COULD this be a possibility for your DH??
ANYWAY..sounds like all systems go for the move. Only a few odds and sods to tie up and you will be off !!!! Pretty eggsiting LOL
See you at Kimmy's :)
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