A very quiet Hayling View on New Year's Eve without the children as Di seems to lose her sense of purpose when there is nobody to run around after but we got her a doctor’s appointment on the afternoon about her deafness in one ear and she will get another medical check-up later in January. I spent the rest of the day writing up my journal for the year end and then sticking in all the press cuttings that had been collected for the past year which make quite a record.
Today started quite bright and sunny and it is nice to see how much the daylight and landscape is transformed by this; it being usually so dark on these short days of the year. Unfortunately, this did not last long and the rain returned so that the daylight ended early again. The house was very quiet this morning with neither Daniel nor the girls around. Di seems to lose her sense of purpose when there is nobody to run around after. She went off shopping for a while this morning whilst I did the washing-up before lighting a fire and retiring to my office to write up the journal for this month and year end.
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Di managed to get a Doctor's appointment for this afternoon, and I was pressing for her to see a specialist and would have been willing to pay for priority as the waiting lists are very long. She is still completely deaf in one ear and we worry that it might become permanent. Unfortunately, when she went for the examination, the doctor advised delay to allow it to heal of its own accord. I will now insist that she gets another medical check-up later in January. I spent the rest of the day writing up my journal for the year end and then sticking in all of the press cuttings that had been collected for the past year which make quite a record.