All well. I am very grateful for your thoughtful comments on my state-of-life predicament — going into care. It used to be that all comments showed up amongst my emails. That suddenly changed, through no act of mine. Now I have to log on to Blogger and read them like everybody else. I do it every day or so, but it isn’t as satisfactory a system.
I don’t think care homes here take cats (Janet and JennyS), and I don’t think my dear cat would benefit from (or welcome) the restriction. She would live with Helen, of course. I could visit occasionally. But, goodness, I would miss my cat.
Jenny S (again): I think your suggestion of employing the old-fashioned system of writing down pros and cons is an excellent one.
Knitting: I have moved a bit forward. The new ball is wound and employed. I am afraid I am finding it all a bit boring. What a thought! Should I have started at the bottom and knit upwards as in the old days?
Helen came this morning and we struggled onwards with my financial probs. One of my accounts is blocked because I forgot the PIN. Endless telephone time has so far failed to resolve the problem. Oh, for a good, old-fashioned bank manager!
Wordle: four for me today. My starters gave me a green consonant and three further browns. I struggled mightily and found a qualifying word for line three, but it was wrong. Later WordleBot told me that after line two I had only one choice. But they were wrong. That has happened before.
Alexander and Mark and Roger scored the three that eluded me. Thomas and Ketki joined me with fours. Rachel and Theo needed five. It was a tricky one.
A key question to ask re care homes is the nature of the food provided. My husband's step-mother was a big eater and often found the food repetitive or lacking in real meat. You have maintained your interest in food over the years, even if not a big eater. Also re banks. We were amazed and delighted to find an actual local branch in Sudbury, which was able to make a complex transaction in about five minutes, without the frustrations of those one-time codes they are so fond of now.
ReplyDeleteSeconding the food element. Care homes here are notorious for poor institutional food.
ReplyDeleteWould you have options for microwave ovens to reheat food brought in by visitors, for example? In the U.S. Assisted Living can include tiny kitchens while Nursing Homes, I think, do not. I don’t know the Scottish system. Chloe
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