Counting down!

I cannot believe that in 2 weeks time I wil lhave had my surgery - how scary is that! I have got a total of 8 hospital appointments before I go into St Helier on the 14th so plenty to keep me busy and keep my mind off the operation; some appts are better than others like the massage and relaxation therapy, so they make up for the not so nice ones. Today I have my pre-op assessment and Amy is coming with me to that, hopefully it won't take too long as we then want to do a bit of shopping which is something I find quite tiring on my own and Amy is working all this week except for today.

I have just spent a few days with Sue & Mike (my sister & brother in law) in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire which was great. I travelled with Carol who did most of the driving (5 hours driving is way too much for me at the moment). We had such a good time, taking an open top sightseeing bus around York and fitting in a lot of retail therapy including a factory outlet near York which was bad news for the plastic! Sue & Mike took us for a wonderful drive all around the Dales as Carol hadn't been to Yorkshire before and the evening sun meant that she saw it at it's best. Unfortunately I think the trip as a whole tired me out more than I thought it would and I spent all of my first day back in bed; thankfully I feel much better now but am taking things nice and slowly.

There is till quite a lot to do before I go into hospital, various things to buy like toiletries and squash and a new set of headphones as well as updating my ipod with some new music ~ will have to get Kevin to help me with that one, perhaps I'm not so IT able as I thought!!

This Saturday I am going to a wedding of a work colleague, it's at my parish church so as well as being a guest, I am also singing in the choir. The reception is being held at the Queens stand at Epsom Downs so I am really looking forward to that and was so glad that my treatment schedule meant that I was able to go; it's something I have been looking forward to for months. I must take it easy over the next few days so that I have plenty of energy to keep going all day ( I can fall in a heap on Sunday!).