Day 18.....or is it 19?

Day 18.......or is it 19?
3 Girls and 4 Suitcases.
I type this up on a wordpad page and then copy and paste it because the first day I typed the blog, I thought I'd lost it when it didn't post first time. Ali suggested doing it this way and that's why the title......I haven't logged in to blogspot yet and my brain is not fully functioning to work out how many days I've been here. I've even had a nap this afternoon so really should be clear-headed. Ah well.
Sunshine returned with a bit of warmth today but by t-time, the temp' had dropped again and it began to pelt down with rain. Ah well, again. Jen and I did get out for an hours walk in the morning sunshine and traversed another lovely neighbourhood before going out for lunch.
Mary, who's the lady that I was nanny for nearly 30 years ago, took us to a lovely wee Italian restaurant which is only 2 mins walk from our house. She used to live in Etobicoke and was taking her husband out for lunch so invited Jen and I to join them.
Ross, her husband, lives in an assisted living complex, North of us, as he is suffering from Altzheimers which was proving too much for them to be living together. Whilst he did get forgetful and  bit confused during lunch, it was still lovely and he was good company and coversation. Mary is lovely with him and I know that it must be difficult for them both, as it always is when this terrible disease takes hold. The complex is fantastic with it's rows of rooms and a shop and cafe and bar and communal area and another bar and a dining room. He has a really great little 1 bed apt which allows him independence and privacy. I'm not sure if we have anything like that in Edinburgh. Do we?
So, lunch was lovely and Mary had a couple of little bags of goodies for us, for the house which will be put to good use. Sods law that I ordered a kettle for Amazon last night and she had a brand new whistle one in a bag for us. Mm? May compare the 2 but suspect I'll like the electric one more. I thought I'd get one for Bill so that he wouldn't feel too much like he was camping-lol. My wee pot needs to go back to Ikea anyway because it's big brothers handle broke so the set will go back. A local church is having a 'trunk-sale' a week on Sat and so we'll hit that in the hope that we get a few kitchenny things and some other goodies.
Perhaps there will be some yard/garage sales this weekend as well.
I actually got dressed up for lunch today. First time I've had a pair of trousers on for a couple of weeks-been living in shorts and skorts. I did scrub up well, I have to say. Isn't that the way, when you haven't had make-up or dressy clothes on for ages-it really does make you feel good. Maybe I'll try it more often.....for me.
My eyesight, unfortunately is not going in the right direction and I blame my impatience for needing to wear my glasses more and more. And the more you wear them....the more you have to wear them. When puting my eye make-up on, I felt like there was an eyelash in one eye but it may have just been a hair but I couldn't see either and I had just put mascara on which ended up all over my eyelid during my frnatic trying to get rid of the irritant in my eye. Eventually, I had to resort to my glasses to see, to cover up the big splodges of black. This is a wee taster of what my mum must have went through whilst she was losing her sight. Once I'm finished with a couple of other affirmations, I'm going to go back to one about perfect vision because it really did help last time-honest.
I'm still meditatng daily and I still haven't had a drink of wine.....wonder if they go hand in hand? Ruth Fishel says they do and I am beginning to wonder. Whilst I have no intentions of abstaining in the way I have at times, throughout my adult life, I do not feel the same pull to the wine bottle as I would have once had. ippee and my trousers fastened easily this morning so there's the added bonus of less empty calories, right!
Okay dokay, It's late...well not really....it's only 10.15 but both girls are off to bed and I'm not going to be far behind them. I wonder what Bill will make of this early-bedding?
Sending much love out, as always to you all. I send love each morning too, at the end of my meditation along with some Reiki for those of you who may be needing some. Please remember that it's only physical distance that separates us and I am always here, if you need me to send some extra positives your way.
Lxxxx