Carol is delighted to get back to a normal routine after Christmas and New Year

Carol is delighted to get back to a normal routine after Christmas and New Year

Hello everybody, so at last, January is almost over. Hooray, such a long miserable month. After all the difficulties that I experienced around Christmas, you’ll be pleased to know I did have a wonderful time over the holiday period. We went to our middle son’s house for a very enjoyable Christmas Day and we were treated to lots of lovely food and drink. It was great to catch up with the grandchildren too. And on Boxing Day we went to our youngest son’s and enjoyed a second day of being very well looked after, with great food and fun, really did have a fantastic couple of days. On New Year’s Day we were invited to my sister’s along with my mum for an adults only day. The dinner was delightful and very tasty. My sister is a great cook, she has a way of adding so much flavour to her food and we certainly didn’t go hungry. In the new year we celebrated my brother in law’s 60th birthday with a party at the local village hall, more food and drink. So following on from this we had a dry couple of weeks, no alcohol. The renovations are still ongoing but we’ve made progress which is all good. Lots to do yet but no hurry.

I have to say though that I am very happy indeed to get back into my normal routine and have enjoyed meeting up with my dementia colleagues at various meetings. They say routine is good for people with dementia and I now know this to be true. The disruption in the run up to Christmas was dreadful. So this month I’ve been to sign more forms at my solicitors, attended my local Dementia Cafe, had a KNPT NHS envoy meeting, a Forget Me Nots meeting, a SERPs Group, for those that don’t know it stands for Service User Review Panel, a Buddies meeting, another dinner at our youngest’s house, a trip to our local theatre to see the wonderful comedian Sarah Millican and a talk at a Living Together with Dementia Group. And the list goes on, a Songbird Singing Group, and yesterday a student training group to give a talk about the Tree of Life Project. Also been out for an Indian meal with hubby and family. So as you can see I’ve been quite busy throughout January and it’s been great.

I’m still feeling not quite back to my normal self though as in pre-December. This does worry me a little, my memory has declined slightly and has not bounced back. I’m hoping it will, but if not well I will get used to the new me. These things happen. I must ensure I am protected from the stress this year. So that’s all for this diary, I hope to come back very soon with my next one. take care. Bye.