and here we are again

Its 03:22. Got up to take an anti-histamine and have made myself a cup of tea and switched the computer on to take my mind off the nettle devils. I've also had a fruity/nutty bar thing and two slices of toast and am feeling wide awake, so that's me grinding to a halt around 2pm then. Sigh.

On the plus side, there's light at the end of the tunnel at work since I finally completed the report I've been meaning to finish for weeks (which gets scary woman upstairs off my back for a few days) and I've reduced the piles of 'to do' stuff so its feeling more manageable now.

And I have made a suggestion to mum about a change in accommodation that I think she's considering....(I've abandoned attempts to insert a map).....there's some retirement flats just over the road from where I work and about 2.5 miles away from where I live. They look great, they're about 400 yards from a row of shops and there's a few for sale.

Pros for mum -

1. its 20 minutes nearer to my work and home than her current address so I could call in every lunchtime and maybe for a while on the days I don't go at present
2. she might be able to make it to the shops on her own with a walking stick or a tri-walker so wouldn't feel a prisoner in her own home
3. she might not be so lonely if she's surrounded by people of a similar age, she might even make a friend or two!
4. she wouldn't have to look after a garden
5. I'm only 5 minutes away whether at work or at home so can be with her much quicker in an emergency.

Cons -

1. she'd have to go through the trauma of moving (she's 90 in November!)
2. she'd have to change her beloved doctor.

Pros for me - 1 and 5 from mum's pros.

Cons for me (totally selfish of course) -

1. I have a feeling that if I'm more accessible, mum will be summoning me more often.
2. I'll have to go through the trauma of moving my mum.

Watch this space!

Well not this one of course. Nothing else going to happen in this space. Its 04:20 - I'm going back to bed.