Update

Even though I am off work at the moment I have oodles to do, an assignment sorting out Union business both locally and the logistics of conferences and it was lovely to see my folks at the weekend just to have some get away from it space.

I haven't mentioned it on here before because I wanted to tell mum and dad first but I have some new transport at the moment. I was fighting it for a while but it actually not as bad as I imagined.

Today I have had my assessment for a blue badge and I should know within a couple of weeks if I am eligible. There has been hell up in the local newspaper a.k.a fish and chip wrapping over the amount of people the council are turning down even a guy who has two artificial knees!.

I must admit after the cursory five minute examine the nurse gave me -with no reference to my medical notes I do question why this scheme can't be administered by the patients G.P.

Going out for a meal tonight as yesterday was mother in law's birthday shes lovely but a bugger to buy for. So Dave took her a big bunch of flowers and some chocs yesterday (I was too ill) and we are going to take her and father in law out for a slap up meal tonight. We had to do something as we had ran out of Andrea Bocelli CD's and DVD's to buy her. Cunnigly I had worked out that she liked him from the poor discription she gave me of "the blind fella".