After tea last night, I got kp ready for bed and had a hot bath. kp’s bath lowering seat is in our main bathroom, so for the first time, I had a bath in bathroom 2. Unfortunately, certain 4-legged animals can more easily open the door to bathroom 2, and a nice quiet soak on my own became a spectator sport for dogs. Not so much a spectator sport actually, as no sooner would I lift my knee out of the bath, it would be dried off by frantic dog licking.

Before I go and do something where I am “out of commission” (from Karen’s perspective), I always try and remember to put her “emergency button” on. It’s a red button on the end of a necklace. Unlike Weebles, Karen does wobble and she might fall down, so it is always best to have it on just in case. Well, she put it on herself last night and just before I went for my bath, I went to check she wasn’t wanting for anything.

She had put the necklace on “ok”, but was completely oblivious to the fact that it had caught on her left ear.

I was banished from the marital bedroom last night in anticipation of coughing fits and loud “sighs”. I think we both retired about 11pm. I was up at 2am, and played some tunes in the study, which woke kp up. We had a cup of tea and a natter from 3am to 4am. Basically, we both had a sh1te night’s sleep.

Adele (Marie’s daughter) came today to help us get on top of the house cleaning. Thanks Adele. Been a very uneventful day really.

Tonight, we are going for dinner with Tommy and Eileen, so that should be a nice change.