Hi Jules,

So glad you are feeling a little better, albeit a bit battered and bruised.  Please don't think you are feeling sorry for yourself, we are all entitled to feel low at times, especially anybody that finds themselves on this forum.  I find it really helps to write it down and get it all out otherwise it builds up and I just explode anyway!  Sometimes our low moods are short-lived and sometimes they can go on for a while, I think everybody on here can understand that and are always read to listen and help.  Hope you had a lovely evening at your daughter's and that you are not in too much pain with the bruises. Take care.  Hope xx

Oh Jules,

Sorry I have not responded soonerJules, but had a lot of work to do for my wood club yesterday as our subs were payable at our meeting last night, plus I have our latest news letters to send out. I still have some more work to do today. But the new paperwork system worked well last night and I didn't have a repeat of the long line of people like I had last year, waiting to pay up. 

I am so sorry to hear about your fall down the stairs and the bruising you sustained; I bet that is painful and very sore. Things like this happen so easily and when we least expect it as I know all to well after attempting to do the splits last year.  I do hope you are soon feeling better. Things like this do shake us up though. There was me, thinking I was the only one who could do things like this. Some years ago, I fractured my knee-cap and still have a bone fragment loose. Some time afterwards my knee let me down when I was carrying an expensive and very heavy hardwood door down some steep stairs at work. I hit nearly every stair on my way down but the bonus was every time I hit the stairs, I also got hit by this heavy door on my other side. Let me just say Jules, I had never been so pleased to get to the bottom step.

It sounds like you had one of those days, what with your fall, the one way conversation with your mother and then your husband telling his friend more about how he's feeling than he tells you. It's small wonder you are feeling down which is not like the Jules we all know and love. It must be so frustrating for you to feel so excluded. On top of it all, you got rained on as well as if everything else wasn't enough. You have no need to apologise, this is where this forum is so good in that we can talk freely and openly to our forum friends.

Hope you enjoyed your evening at your daughters last night. Nobody has any chestnuts left so am being very careful to make those I have left last as long as possible.

Do take care sending kind thoughts and best wishes, Brian.

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Hi Jules,

So sorry to hear you've had a fall and bruised yourself. You are not one of the worlds whingers Jules, you are a giver, but even givers need to look after themselves sometimes. Hugs.

If you felt sorry for yourself it's not surprising, most of us do when we've hurt ourselves. I do hope you are beginning to feel better.

I managed to have an arguement with a wall a few days before Christmas and bled all over the place. My finger swelled to twice its normal size and even now is not right but then thats the finger that has arthritis in it and is already slightly bent. Oh the wonders of getting old.!!!!!

Look after your self Jules

Love and hugs

Annabel. xxxxx

Hi Everyone

Just to say a huge thanks for your continuing support (especially when my current pain in the ..... is self inflicted because I let my concentration waver!!).  The forum is very good at helping me get back on track and its lovely to be able to have a whinge and let the emotion out.  Have been sensible (not carrying such a large pile of books at work!!) and now that my leg/back/elbow resembles purple marble and the blood has dried up am coping quite well on low dose painkillers.

Hubby gave me a lift to my daughters (think he was somewhat surprised that I accepted his offer!!) and my sister in law dropped me home (but did not bother coming in to see her brother). It was good to be out socialising for a couple of hours and have to say I slept really well which also helped (think I was emotionally wiped out).  Today was a busy one at work and I now have babysitting Zack for a couple of hours tomorrow to look forward to and  hopefully a quiet weekend ahead. Not sure if I will get the launderette down beforehand (when I walked past on my way home one side of the High Street was in darkness due to a power cut and they were not sure when it would be back on!!)

At least the weather brightened up a bit today..  All hugs are returned with grateful thanks.  Hope you all have a good weekend. Jules xxx

Good morning Jules,

It's so nice to see blue sky's this morning; I am certain that the weather influences how we feel. I have always found when I was working that when the weather was nice, people seemed much happier. I wish my computer was the same for it seems to have a mind of it's own this morning and keeps changing the font size. I need a bigger font to be able to read what I write.

I hope you had an enjoyable evening at bingo last night with your friend and that your husband enjoyed his night out too. I hope the pain you have as a result of your fall is getting a lot less now. Our next door neighbour had another fall last night but luckily it has only affected her confidence. I have missed seeing my grandchildren this week because of my wood-club meeting and the work I have had to do. My garage roof has been leaking like a sieve and is as wet inside as it is outside. It only has a very slight slope and the galleys have filled up with lumps of moss allowing the water to build up and seep between the joints, so will have to try and clear the roof today whilst it's not raining.

Hope you have a relaxing weekend, do take care, best wishes, Brian,

Hi Brian,

Hope  your neighbour is doing okay following her fall.  I am not surprised her confidence gets knocked. Even though hubby was in bed (albeit asleep) when I toppled, I think it shook me up more than I expected.  Thankfully the bruising is beginning to fade and my back is feeling a little easier (sure this was not helped by having lots of book moves over the past week as we try to get back to normal after Christmas) .

Hope you managed to clear the blockage in your guttering.So much rain and it was back again this afternoon (though I managed to get home in the dry).   My friend had a small win at the bing and our men enjoyed their evening at the pub. I also managed some retail therapy on Saturday and saw our daughter and family on Sunday so quite a good weekend.  Hubby even managed to enjoy a small roast dinner last night and actually seemed surprised to have done so   -   maybe its my cooking after all.  Sorry to read you are soon going to have to revert to frozen nuts (chesnuts have such a short season). Every time I saw them cooking them in the street over the festive season I thought of you.  Think its the first year my hubby has not wanted to enjoy them - his taste buds/appetite in general has really suffered these last two years  though he is still enjoying chocolate and milkshakes .

Well,its time to do the washing up and settle down to some TV. Wishing you a peaceful week. Jules xx

Hi Jules,

Glad to read that you had a good weekend and that things are a little better for you now.  Hope x

Hi Hope,

We haven't made contact for a while so hope Jules doesn't mind me using her thread. I hope now that school has resumed and Christmas is now behind us, you are not feeling quite so bad. I cant believe that the thread I entitled DECEMBER has had over 2,000 hits. I think it just shows how many people on here feel that it is such an emotional time of the year for them and their families.

The sun is shining brightly here in Sussex this morning all though a little chilly. Have just come up with another story line for another book. Must get my book writers hat on and get cracking. You must be very proud of you son who is at uni studying for medical degree, indeed you should be proud of both of them.

Do take care Hope and will talk again soon I hope, best wishes, Brian.

Hi Jules,

It is a lovely morning here, and if the paths weren't so wet I would have gone for a walk down the fields to the local mill pond, which sports quite a lot of ducks, geese and moor-hens. I hope your visit to your mother today has found her to be in good spirits and that she enjoys looking at the photos of your grandchildren. I do understand how difficult it must be for I remember when the father in-law was in a home how difficult it was some night try to make conversation. On other nights we couldn't get a word in edgeways. There was no water inside my garage this morning so hope this will continue. Mrs B's visit to the nurse regarding her warrfarin showed that at last things are improving but her mood has slipped back a little as her brother still has not yet received his hospital appointment. I know she is quite worried about him despite all I have told her. I have had a long chat with my sister-in-law about it and explained a few things to her that the doctor had not explained that well. I think that some of the medical people don't realize the cancer affects people both physically and emotionally. I think if things are explained properly, it causes less emotional problems. That my little moan for the day done and dusted.

I hope your husband is able to enjoy his meals like you describe. I wonder if his low moods have something to do with his lack of appetite, for if he is not doing anything much, the two things combined must have some affect. I feel sure it's not to do with your cooking for I feel sure you are a good cook.

Do take care, sending best wishes to you, your husband and your family, Brian.