Day 163: Surgeryland recovery and purple cuff

I had such a restless night last night - I was already feeling uncomfortable and missing the boys, then at midnight I was interrupted by Miss Molly who was insistent that she wanted to sleep on my bed as Angus, her usual sleeping companion, was away. I was adamant when we got a dog that it would never come in to our bedroom, let alone sleep on my bed - how easily good intentions crumble in the middle of the night when faced with a sweet girl.

This morning I slept in as long as I could before Molly made me get up. We enjoyed breakfast with Dad before he headed off for more appointments and Molly and I headed out for our morning walk. I took a photo of her in the park, especially for Emily, who is away in Africa, and who is attached to Molly after taking good care of her as a little pup.

During the walk I caught up on the phone with our dear family friend Lucy who has sent me continuous messages of support, flowers and gifts throughout this journey. We had a great conversation, sharing our horror of the Trump phenomenon and the affect of it and the madness of the world our mental health! Lucy informed me of a great weekly NPR podcast on US politics while I told her about my recent find the New Yorker's Politics and More, including this week's excellent episode on the reporters' visit to Mar-a-Lago - the obscenity of it all leaves me speechless...definitely worth a listen. Another great find of the week is Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast series, along with this great ABC Big Ideas interview 'Confessions of a Neurosurgeon' with Henry Marsh. He critiques the surgeon god syndrome so it's very on topic for moi.

The boys tumbled back in around 3pm, smelling of the bush and campfire. Within two minutes the sparkling clean house was no more, but I was happy to have them home. After a quick cup of tea with Rob, I drove Dad over to Paulie's and popped in there for a quick hello. It was lovely to have had Dad here.


My achievement of the day was finishing my latest puzzle; the last flower section through the middle was very tricky but I got there in the end. It was a pleasure to work on it.











Today I'm wearing a lovely purple resin cuff Robbie bought me about 5 years ago when he was in Edinburgh and Glasgow for our friend Alistair. It's a great colour.