Wednesday 23 May 2018

Poor Ann ...

We visited the orthopaedic surgeon today as Ann has been suffering with a painful back, after she tried to move one of our old sofas prior to the delivery of our new sofas a few weeks ago. The end result is she has fractured a vertebra in her back and will have to wear a back brace and, hopefully, the fracture will mend. As I told her today “Your sofa-moving days are over” and she has agreed.

But she has been remarkably cheerful and upbeat, and I hold her in great admiration. We have now sorted out a fabulous woman to come and clean the house, and iron our clothes, on a weekly basis. And we have also found a lovely young woman to come and do the heavy work in the garden, which we no longer want to do. What is amazing about both of these women is that they work so hard, and so cheerfully. Our next job is to sort out a “pool man” to regularly clean our swimming pool. As someone we know said, “I don’t want to clean the pool. I want to jump in and use it.”

Summer has arrived with a vengeance but we are benefitting from “Ann’s Breeze”, which drifts in from the bay and cools us off on those hot afternoons. Sheer perfection at times.

We are waiting for Ann’s sister and her husband to arrive for another visit in three weeks. Their last holiday last November was a great success. Ann and her sister needed time together and it was great to be told “Why don’t you two go down to the pub for a couple of hours?” Did any man ever need an invitation like that?

Life here is good, despite all the curved balls that come in our direction. For those thinking of following in our footsteps, do your research and jump right in. The water’s lovely.

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