PHASE II AS GOOD AS IT GETS DAY 118

PHASE II A.G.A.I.G DAY 118

Sunday and an early breakfast as I organise a bucket of compost and my garden tools having weighed in at 22.8 kilos. Not a good weight so it is back to the strict diet and exercise routine next week. Today my partner and I are going to see her mother and oversee the handover of her carer. We organise during the morning and set off at midday. When we arrive I set to and replant all the patio pots and clear away the unused pots and stands, finding a frog resident in a water filled tray.

An unexpected resident on the patio.

The handover of the carers takes place and one of the carers wended her way via taxi. We sat and chatted for a while before we left for home and the welcome refreshment of coffee and a danish pastry. I discover I have an Amazon parcel, which was a mystery as I was not expecting anything. On opening it I find a parrot! No indication who has sent this to me but clearly someone who is aware of my comments about needing a parrot and an eye patch to go with my new scar. Its a handsome Macaw and appears friendly, but no one is owning up to sending this particular bird.

My surprise new friend

We ring our youngest daughter and chat. Its good news as the people they are waiting on to move out of the house they are have found a house themselves and are looking to move as soon as possible. Better still she is going to come and visit us on Fathers Day weekend. Call over I settle down to watch England’s last friendly game before the European championships. It was a boring one nil win. I eat tea and moved on to watch Canada play Finland in the final of the ice hockey world championship. It was a great game and at two all at full time they went into sudden death extra time of three on three. Canada snatched it with the required goal six minutes into the over time. It was a great game and everything the England game was not, fast, competitive, exciting and skilled. Interestingly even the back room staff like the kit manager and physio get a medal as well.

Ice Hockey becomes a realistic proposition on a bigger TV

I recover from the excitement of the game and settle down to write the blog. Tomorrow it is time to get back to the discipline and shed activity.