When I arrived, bang on 8.30am, kp was looking towards the door.

dp:- Morning Love
kp:- Morning
dp:- Good Night’s Sleep
kp:- Lovely
dp:- Excellent

dp:- Why were you looking towards the door when I came in ?
kp:- I was waiting for you to come in to turn the TV off ?

It was out of reach and every morning it comes on automatically at about 7am to the same channel it was on the previous night. Unfortunately, every morning at that time on BBC2, it’s cartoons, so poor kp had been subjected to 1 hours worth of kids cartoons blaring away in the background. She had asked one of the cleaning ladies to switch it off :-

kp:- Can you switch the TV off for me please ?
Cleaning Lady:- Not really

Apparently, the lady thought better of what she had said and came back a few seconds later and switched it off – but obviously not too well.

kp didn’t feel like the cooked breakfast they do on the weekends, but had a full bowl of rice crispies. Bedbath and change of dressings came next. I even managed to change the sheets at the same time, but was appalled with the outcome. It’s nearly touching the floor one side, and just under kp the other. The sheets even have guide lines on them so you should know where to position them. Better Luck next time dp. Changing Sheets is a woman’s job and duty anyway ! (dp ducks!)

We both then had a snooze for an hour until Yvonne arrived. Marie is on a well-deserved day off. All morning I had been psyching kp up to get into the bedchair for her lunch and maybe a little trip outside ‘cos the weather is nice.

In walks Yvonne :-

Yvonne:- Eeee, the weather is awful out there. Cold, Damp and loads of Sea Fret.

DOH !!!!

kp stayed in the bed for lunch. I should have warned Yvonne – my bad.

I left kp and Yvonne watching Wimbledon (Ladies’ Final day)

kp had fallen asleep in the company of Yvonne and Adele while watching the Wimbledon Ladies Final. She had only eaten a little soup for lunch.

Apparently, she woke up a couple of times in the afternoon and said “Is David here yet ?”. “No” was the reply at which she nodded off again. Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

When I arrived for the evening shift, she became a bit more perkier. I don’t think it’s anything to do with me or the company, it’s just she is now used to an active morning, a snoozy afternoon, a bit energy for early evening and then zonked. And it was the same tonight.

She perked up to see some carpet samples I had brought in. And the quiz that Ronnie did, cheered her up and she did her usual singing along to the tunes, which was very funny. But Ronnie, it was quite hard and our score will not be too high. I say our score, I can honestly say that my contribution was NIL ! I need some songs from my teens (90′s).

She wants another go in the morning before I declare our answers.

She could sing a lot of the songs, but couldn’t pin down the band/artist name bit for quite a lot of them. Maybe tomorrow.

We had some good laughs tonight. I was checking kp’s wound at the top of her bum and finished by kissing her bum cheek. The conversation went something like this :-

dp:- You see, you don’t get that kind of care from the nurses here do you ?
kp:- I am glad I don’t !

kp laughed. I laughed at kp laughing.

That’s about it. I have the morning off tomorrow – yay. kp is fending for herself. Actually she has arranged for two of her nurse bezzas to wash her hair. If she is in top form, no doubt she will have managed to wangle a full wash-and-dry, tinting, blue rinse, manicure, pedicure and other girly things from them. We will see !