Pat’s sister’s visit
God, it seems ages since I last updated. Quite simply, I have been too busy and too exhausted.
The reason that I was exhausted was because I had a virus which I just couldn’t get rid of. It wasn’t so bad that I was bedridden, but I just felt totally crap all the time. But,, luckily I managed to muster up enough energy to drive to Heathrow to collect Pat’s sister Alison (who is in a wheelchair - due to a car accident when she was 21) and I put on a brave face to her while she was here - even though I was shattered.
I collected her from Heathrow and drove her back to ours. Pat had to work, hence I said I would get her. ( I wouldn’t have done it for his Mum & dad because I couldn’t bear the hour and a half of strained conversation al the way home in the car!!)
Anyway, Pat’s sister, Alison, is the best of the bunch (apart from Pat, of course! LOL) and we had a lovely chat in the car, catching up on all the gossip from South Africa. She reported that their parents are getting more and more decrepit - that’ll make their visit here in August even more fun, then! ;o))
Because our house / bathroom isn’t accessible for a wheelchair user, she was staying in a hotel just up the road (a lovely olde worlde thatched place - GORGEOUS!) [Note to self - try get Pat to mention the hotel loads of times to his parents - they might choose to stay there, too! - wouldn’t that be a result??] and it worked out very well because we took her around and dropped her off and then met up later for dinner. We were still working in between the socialising (hence the tiredness) but being our own boss meant we could organise things to suit us.
She and I had an interesting conversation about Pat’s mum. I have always thought it was my fault that we couldn’t build a relationship. But Alison called her "a bitch" because she is awful to her own daughter (ie Alison) and Alison can’t get along with her at all - so how am I supposed to manage ???
I felt a lot better about things but also worse because I have to deal with her in only 2 months time!! Aaaarrrggghhh!!!
Here is a picture of Alison and Pat while we were out in a restaurant in Winchester.
The reason that I was exhausted was because I had a virus which I just couldn’t get rid of. It wasn’t so bad that I was bedridden, but I just felt totally crap all the time. But,, luckily I managed to muster up enough energy to drive to Heathrow to collect Pat’s sister Alison (who is in a wheelchair - due to a car accident when she was 21) and I put on a brave face to her while she was here - even though I was shattered.
I collected her from Heathrow and drove her back to ours. Pat had to work, hence I said I would get her. ( I wouldn’t have done it for his Mum & dad because I couldn’t bear the hour and a half of strained conversation al the way home in the car!!)
Anyway, Pat’s sister, Alison, is the best of the bunch (apart from Pat, of course! LOL) and we had a lovely chat in the car, catching up on all the gossip from South Africa. She reported that their parents are getting more and more decrepit - that’ll make their visit here in August even more fun, then! ;o))
Because our house / bathroom isn’t accessible for a wheelchair user, she was staying in a hotel just up the road (a lovely olde worlde thatched place - GORGEOUS!) [Note to self - try get Pat to mention the hotel loads of times to his parents - they might choose to stay there, too! - wouldn’t that be a result??] and it worked out very well because we took her around and dropped her off and then met up later for dinner. We were still working in between the socialising (hence the tiredness) but being our own boss meant we could organise things to suit us.
She and I had an interesting conversation about Pat’s mum. I have always thought it was my fault that we couldn’t build a relationship. But Alison called her "a bitch" because she is awful to her own daughter (ie Alison) and Alison can’t get along with her at all - so how am I supposed to manage ???
I felt a lot better about things but also worse because I have to deal with her in only 2 months time!! Aaaarrrggghhh!!!
Here is a picture of Alison and Pat while we were out in a restaurant in Winchester.
Sarah
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