Along the road between the hospital and the place I live are many pairs of mature trees that to those of a whimsical disposition might appear to be reaching across above the traffic to kiss or touch hands. I give thanks I am of a whimsical disposition! For noticing this as I often do on the drive home and it reminding me of last night's dream during which I was snogging someone I used to know and with whom I particularly enjoyed taking part in this activity!
I give thanks for starting to feel a little more human yesterday evening and again this morning although the treatment session left me feeling rather wan. For beginning to get to know a few more members of staff and for seeing a few whose conversation I enjoy today including the chap who lost a patient last week. As I was in a side room again (woohoo!) I got a chance to ask him if it had affected him and to express the fact that it had affected me. I've managed to reach quite a great age without seeing someone die before and it was very sobering. He said obviously in his varied nursing career he'd seen it quite a lot but it still got to him every time.
I give thanks for the relative peacefulness and privacy of the little room, and for the internet working so I could catch up this interesting documentary I've been meaning to watch for a while...
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/george-clarkes-council-house-scandal
I give thanks for remembering when I got indoors and was wondering if I could possibly find the energy to go out and buy a tub of coleslaw for my tea, that I had already bought some yesterday on the way to catch the bus, wondering if I could possibly find the energy to go to a supermarket then and get some...and remembering a deli in the market hall who had lovely creamy homemade stuff.
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