Penultimate Day

I go home tomorrow! My bags are packed and awaiting the last bits and pieces.

So far today, Toby took Victor and me to town this morning since Victor wanted to get a new battery put in his watch. Then we wandered around a bit and decided to look  for a taxi. Well, they used to be right outside Marks and Spencers but now there were just handicapped parking spaces. We decided to call a cab. I had remembered to put the list of cab numbers in my pocket but this was the moment that Victor and I turned to each other and said, "Have you got the mobile?" Oooops! The cell phone was my sister’s and it was cheerfully charging back home in the kitchen! We had a cup of coffee and the nice server called a cab for us.

Instead of going home, we went to the garden center and farm shop. They have a cafe with lovely food so we had a sausage roll each and I had tea. After that, we walked around the food store and I found MARMITE biscuits! Wheee! {And a couple of neat made-in-England food things for Fred which I can’t mention here because he reads this diary and I want them to be a surprise  }

Next, we walked home. Now, this is about a fifteen-to-twenty minute walk for me but Victor has Parkinsons. Toby had told me that I was to call him on his mobile if Victor was having difficuly and he would come from work to pick us up. Since we didn’t have the mobile, I asked Victor if he was sure he wanted to try the walk and he said he was. But, by taking it slowly and with lots of stops, we made it back to the house in 45 minutes and Victor was very pleased with himself. When he was going to the hospice every day and sitting watching Robbie dying, he was very stressed. He wasn’t sleeping and his stomach, legs and feet were swelling. But this morning his ankles are back to normal and he is getting some rest so he is feeling much better.

Toby is going to take us out this evening to a local pub which, apparently has very good food so I am looking forward to that.

But, the best part is that I am going home and I will see Fred tomorrow!