Monday July 3...wandering on...

 I am standing up at the counter where we have all sort of messy papers, medicines, two computers, writing pads, pens, pencils, connectors for charging, and heaven knows what else. Phones being charged.

Joan is in the middle of sorting out the evening meal. The TV is on mute, broadcasting the Wimbledon tennis.

Today, for me, has been just like the others. A slow start, but not so cramped up as I have been on earlier days...is there an improvement? Not sure. From time to time I walk and walk around the apartment, but usually I have to stop as the pain increases. Two sessions of the hot water bottle against my lower back, and that does seem to do something for the pain. Hot water bottles bring back early childhood memories: my mother used to put our hot water bottles in our beds well before we went to bed, so that the beds were warm when we got into bed. We had no form of heating in our bedrooms at 23 Glenhurst.

I am now under orders to start doing the salad--my job for every meal, so I will have to pause this effort.

Back after the meal, and my other main duty--doing the washing up, while Joan dries. We have a dishwasher here, but we have so few dishes, it doesn't seem worthwhile to fire it up.

Tennis still on...Wimbledon is a huge event  here, and the BBC seems to have more or less constant coverage.

We seem to be in a mind-set now that focusses on our return to Washington...the car to Heathrow, the walk to the check-in desk--will the wheel-chair be there...will the bad weather in the US delay the incoming flight...Joan is a worrier and seems to be able to imagine the most outlandish scenarios that might affect us...(That's unkind, David).

I have a Cryptic Crossword Puzzle book with 200 crosswords in it. I see that I bought it on September 24, 2022. So I have had it for 280 days, and I have completed 189 puzzles. I will keep at least a couple to do on the 'plane going back.