Thursday, March 27, 2008
27th March Ashley back to Bangor - I hate Goodbyes.
This has been an empty nest sort of day.
After all these years I still find it a bit of a wrench to have my young ones leave us.
Ashley has been with us for a week. He is a quiet soul and he has not actually been with us in the house every hour of the day, and yet, once he had gone, the house seemed noticeably emptier and quieter.
We will see Ashley again in 5 weeks when we travel up to Bangor for a long weekend.
Of course I have not had our Jamie leave home for many a long year. It has been eight and a half years almost since we saw him off at Heathrow Airport. Jamie didn't know then that his life was about to change very dramatically, but somehow I sensed that this was a very final farewell - apart from our visits there of course. Sadly they just don't have the money to bring a whole family over to England for a holiday.
Thank goodness that we all feel close enough to want to be in touch almost every day. The wonders of computing mean that, in fact, neither of them seem so very far away.
The emptiness has meant that I found it hard to settle down to any activity much. I have started to describe a few items for EBay.
Bill has had another of his routine blood tests to check any damage that the drugs for rheumatoid arthritis might cause.
We seem to be in and out of the bloods department quite often - but that is really good; it is excellent that so much is being done to monitor our health.
Ashley has just rung to say he was at home - but not without problems and delays.
The ticket he had was for a route taking him first to Watford Junction - bypassing London altogether. But when he got to East Croydon it was announced that the train could not continue because somebody had been killed in the path of a train at Harrow and Wealdstone. He had to continue into London - get the tube with a heavy rucksack and 3 bags to Euston Station and then wait until the line had been cleared by police in order to travel on to Wales.
This afternoon the weather was delightful - just a little window of blue skies and sunshine between the heavy hail storm this morning and the prolonged wind and torrential rain we are promised for tomorrow. It will be a day with time at home to describe more for EBay I think.
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This is the blossom on our tree in the front garden. We call it Solly blossom because we named the tree Solly's tree. We bought it on the day when a treasured cat (Solly) had been confirmed as dead by the roadside; it was to make us feel more positive.
It has looked quite wonderful today against the blue sky.
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Tulips growing under Solly's tree.
After all these years I still find it a bit of a wrench to have my young ones leave us.
Ashley has been with us for a week. He is a quiet soul and he has not actually been with us in the house every hour of the day, and yet, once he had gone, the house seemed noticeably emptier and quieter.
We will see Ashley again in 5 weeks when we travel up to Bangor for a long weekend.
Of course I have not had our Jamie leave home for many a long year. It has been eight and a half years almost since we saw him off at Heathrow Airport. Jamie didn't know then that his life was about to change very dramatically, but somehow I sensed that this was a very final farewell - apart from our visits there of course. Sadly they just don't have the money to bring a whole family over to England for a holiday.
Thank goodness that we all feel close enough to want to be in touch almost every day. The wonders of computing mean that, in fact, neither of them seem so very far away.
The emptiness has meant that I found it hard to settle down to any activity much. I have started to describe a few items for EBay.
Bill has had another of his routine blood tests to check any damage that the drugs for rheumatoid arthritis might cause.
We seem to be in and out of the bloods department quite often - but that is really good; it is excellent that so much is being done to monitor our health.
Ashley has just rung to say he was at home - but not without problems and delays.
The ticket he had was for a route taking him first to Watford Junction - bypassing London altogether. But when he got to East Croydon it was announced that the train could not continue because somebody had been killed in the path of a train at Harrow and Wealdstone. He had to continue into London - get the tube with a heavy rucksack and 3 bags to Euston Station and then wait until the line had been cleared by police in order to travel on to Wales.
This afternoon the weather was delightful - just a little window of blue skies and sunshine between the heavy hail storm this morning and the prolonged wind and torrential rain we are promised for tomorrow. It will be a day with time at home to describe more for EBay I think.
+sm.jpg)
This is the blossom on our tree in the front garden. We call it Solly blossom because we named the tree Solly's tree. We bought it on the day when a treasured cat (Solly) had been confirmed as dead by the roadside; it was to make us feel more positive.
It has looked quite wonderful today against the blue sky.
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Tulips growing under Solly's tree.
