I am having a bad day! I had a terrible night's sleep, the men went out at 6 a.m. this morning so I was woken by them getting showered and ready for their day! I did fall back to sleep, only to be woken by the phone ringing at 9 a.m.! So frustrating! I had a job waking up, my eyelids felt heavy, and my whole body felt like it had been used as a football!
Yesterday I had a brilliant time at the theatre, the play was absolutely fantastic, and the two actresses - the only two people involved - Anita Dobson and Greta Scacchi were incredible! They played the parts of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, and from what I have read about the two actresses they got them off to a T! The whole play was of them in their dressing rooms, preparing for the filming of a scene in the well known movie 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane', and it was fun, it was emotional, it was deep, but my goodness it was enjoyable! The language was a little choice at times from the Bette Davis side of the dressing room, but it was in context, and it was done with a smile! The only thing I didn't enjoy was the fact that I had a man sat in front of me who completely blocked my view, so I had to keep leaning to one side to watch the play, and this did not do my back any good! I had had the sense to take a cushion with me to put in my back, so this helped me, but the constant moving of this man meant that I had to keep adjusting my sitting position to be able to see the play! It could only happen to me, all the rest of the people on the front row were short, but this man was at least 6 foot tall!
After the play Elaine and I went to Bella Italia and had a meal, when we went into the restaurant it was fairly quiet, but by the time we left the place was heaving! So glad we didn't go in any later, because the service was not brilliant with just a few in there, and it got worse as the evening went on! We sat for 20 minutes before they came and took our food order, and people who had come in after us were served before us! This has always been a pet hate of mine, and I have often got up and walked out of restaurants when it has happened! This was not the worst of it though, when they did come and take our order, we ordered a glass of wine for me, and Elaine ordered a blood orange juice and a glass of tap water, they brought over the tap water and a lemon, and no wine! The waiter asked if we had ordered our food, which we had, and then disappeared - no wine was forthcoming! I called him back over and explained that they had missed off my wine and given Elaine the wrong drink! He took the lemon away, and we waited another 10 minutes for the wine and the correct drink! Oh dear, this did not bode well! We ordered a pizza garlic bread to share with some olives as a starter, and thank goodness we did, because we waited quite some time for our main course! The only upside was that when the bill came they had missed off my second glass of wine (although they had put on the second drink Elaine had!), Elaine's coffee and her pudding and I am afraid because of the poor service and the long wait for our food I didn't tell them! It was very naughty, I know, but it was a frustrating meal, and as there were only 3 other tables of people when we first went in there was no need for such poor service!
When I got home at about 7.45 p.m. the men had had their tea, walked the dog, and were sitting chilling waiting for me to come home! We had a good chat about their day, I told them about the play, and then we watched TV for a while! At about 9 p.m. I got a call off my lovely son Aaron, so for me it was the perfect end to an almost perfect day!
Today I am taking it easy! The dog has her bath at 12.30, and I have to go and do a bit of shopping at Aldi! I am sitting with a blanket round my legs at the moment, because they ache, it feels like someone is sticking pins in them, and I feel like I have a weight on my shoulders as they are so sore! The joys of Fibro, the pain moves all over and I never know which part is going to hurt next! The upside is I have done the washing this week, the ironing was collected yesterday the house was cleaned with the help of the men on Tuesday so all I need to do today is tidy up a little and organise the tea! It has taken me many years to learn not to rush around and clean every single day, the dust will be back, the house will never be 100% clean, so as long as it is reasonable I have to accept that this is how it will be! Life is too short to worry about a bit of dust, and as my lovely mum used to say 'this is not a dress rehearsal, this is it, so live every day like it's your last' and that my friends is exactly what I intend to do!
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