Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 793 , Monday 29/12/2025
Monday started ridiculously early at around 06:30 as we were going across to my late MiLs to meet the preacher who was going to take her funeral service & also be around for the folks to come & pick up the thousand & one zimmer frames & various other aids including the hospital bed that she had been given while she was ill.
Breakfast was dealt with swiftly & chores done in short order.
As we were getting ready to leave we got a text that the medical equipment folks would now be attending between 10:45 & 14:45. This allowed us a little longer to sort ourselves out but it did present the problem that the might be a clash as Kevin the Preacher was due at 11am!
We got there at around 09:45 & cracked on with the final tidying required in the lunge which included moving the armchairs & sofa so as to facilitate the removal of the medical equipment ... heck I'll be pleased that today is the last time I will have to type that phrase for a while!
Everything is sooooo dirty, I'm not sure if a cleaning crew or an atomic bomb would be the most effective way of making it ready for prospective buyers later next year!
We had a really good meeting with Kevin, he guided us thru the requirements of the service, music, readings, family history. When it came to the readings he asked if there was a poem we would like to use & I tentatively suggested the poem I posted here a couple of months back 'Guardians'. Mrs S had not read it - I reserve such things for my Peeps on here & she liked it, as did Kevin - to the extent that he asked if he could use it at other funerals! I was gobsmacked! I mean my poetry is remedial at best, certainly nothing I would consider reading or having others read in public!
So we are having a couple of New Testament readings & my poem.
The meeting was quite long but it was worth it, Mrs S is far happier with the prospect of the funeral now it has all been laid out & agreed.
We only had to wait about 30 minutes for the guy who came to pick up the medical equipment, then another 30 minutes for him to load up his van, I never realised medical beds were quite so portable ... they put IKEA ™ to shame!
We were all done & ready to leave to pick up some lunch at 13:30, a quick butty, snack & drink from Sainsgogs.
Then the last part of the days outing was to head to the Carers offices & drop off a thank you card & some fancy biscuits.
The plan then was a quick trip to the local recycling centre & then home - however no end of people had had the same idea & there was quite the queue!
We waited 15 or 20 minutes to get onsite then got shut of a load of electronics that were either from the storage, had blown batteries or were just too dirty to salvage.
The last thing of note was that as I was dumping an old stereo I spotted a set of kia car keys in the bottom of the container - there was a barrier in front of the crate so my little arms could not reach them but one of the centre's staff was close at hand & he fetched them, & there were cries of thanks from the owners of the kia in question as we crossed the site back to the car. It's nice to be nice, something that the Far Right would do well to remember while they are busy trashing everything & everyone in sight.
We got home in time for a mid afternoon coffee & then settled in for some well earned sitting & sippin.
Final Thoughts.
It's been a long but fruitful day, progress has been made on multiple fronts, not least in reducing Mrs S's stress levels & therefore mine too.
Tomorrow is designated as a 'stay in bed as long as humanly possible' day - certainly by me! I'm not sure if Mrs S is in work, if she is she is working from home.
Ear plugs are being armed & primed as we speak!
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
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