Sunday, February 15, 2009
A bootsale and then "nothing much".
The day began with a busy time, but not for long - followed by a long day of chilling out.
I do seem to feel tired too quickly these days - and so, of course, a little doubt creeps into my mind about the reason. Am I run down because something is wrong?
The answer surely is that, apart from the wrongness in my body that I now accept and live with, there cannot be anything further.
But life will at least feel more settled when I have the results of the latest CT scan.
We went out early to Dorking for the car boot sale in the railway station car park.
Today was a book buying day.
Hooray! I needed more books for EBay.
I also bought 5 LP records of Goon Show episodes - which will be sold eventually, I hope.
Talking of EBay - I have an item that has spiralled out of control! It is a 40 page booklet - a guide to Okehampton in Devon. It was published in about 1945 or 46. I started the bidding at £1.25 and it is now on £31.50. Our first thought was that somebody had made a mistake with their bid. Surely the bids cannot go higher than that. Two people seem to want it very much.
We met Jo and Monika at the boot sale. We have some of Monika's purchases in the car. She was already loaded up to have a stall at an antiques fair - so Bill offered to put today's buys in our car and we can hand them over at the shop tomorrow.
I have written all the books up in my stock file - some will come to the shop with me tomorrow.
And what else have I done - well, not much really.
Bill has continued to sort out things that need to be done in the bathroom - a new shelf to go beside the wash basin is almost sorted.
This evening I have sat, struggling to keep awake, in front of The Antiques Road show and Larkrise to Candleford.
I look forward to a day in the shop tomorrow. Jim, the plumber, will be here before we go and we will have to leave him to finish off his work without us.
Tomorrow evening I should be able to have a shower. I did use it today to wash my hair.
Oh body - stop yawning. I will make a cup of tea and maybe we can drink it in bed and then snuggle down under the duvet and hopefully sleep the night away.
Goodnight.
I do seem to feel tired too quickly these days - and so, of course, a little doubt creeps into my mind about the reason. Am I run down because something is wrong?
The answer surely is that, apart from the wrongness in my body that I now accept and live with, there cannot be anything further.
But life will at least feel more settled when I have the results of the latest CT scan.
We went out early to Dorking for the car boot sale in the railway station car park.
Today was a book buying day.
Hooray! I needed more books for EBay.
I also bought 5 LP records of Goon Show episodes - which will be sold eventually, I hope.
Talking of EBay - I have an item that has spiralled out of control! It is a 40 page booklet - a guide to Okehampton in Devon. It was published in about 1945 or 46. I started the bidding at £1.25 and it is now on £31.50. Our first thought was that somebody had made a mistake with their bid. Surely the bids cannot go higher than that. Two people seem to want it very much.
We met Jo and Monika at the boot sale. We have some of Monika's purchases in the car. She was already loaded up to have a stall at an antiques fair - so Bill offered to put today's buys in our car and we can hand them over at the shop tomorrow.
I have written all the books up in my stock file - some will come to the shop with me tomorrow.
And what else have I done - well, not much really.
Bill has continued to sort out things that need to be done in the bathroom - a new shelf to go beside the wash basin is almost sorted.
This evening I have sat, struggling to keep awake, in front of The Antiques Road show and Larkrise to Candleford.
I look forward to a day in the shop tomorrow. Jim, the plumber, will be here before we go and we will have to leave him to finish off his work without us.
Tomorrow evening I should be able to have a shower. I did use it today to wash my hair.
Oh body - stop yawning. I will make a cup of tea and maybe we can drink it in bed and then snuggle down under the duvet and hopefully sleep the night away.
Goodnight.
