A further recovery day after an uncomfortable night but well enough to chase the girls about turning off lights and tidying their rooms. Catching up with my journal from notes, liaising with Dr Patel over a new Paxton surgery and receiving Percy who brought some political correspondence.
Otherwise resting as I still had splints in my nose. I watched a BBC TV documentary with Diana on the life and work of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after cameras had followed her around for the last year.
I had trouble sleeping last night as sleeping whilst sitting upright in bed is very difficult and getting used to this without sleeping tablets would be a transition. I took some paracetamol for the discomfort and at least got some sleep. Showered and shaved and down to breakfast this morning and immediately getting on to the girls for leaving their lights on and bedrooms untidy. I made them clear up before they left for school. "While the cat's way, the mice will play!" Managed to write up this last few days' journal this morning, having kept notes of these recent experiences in a little book by my hospital bed. The gardener seems to be coming again for a longer time each day and the day is actually quite mild, with temperatures above 10degC.
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I am grateful for this as it keeps my nose comfortable, and this is still important even though I am still staying inside. I have had few messages or letters as most people know that I am indisposed. However, Dr Patel, the Little Paxton general practitioner did telephone and I got Diana to call him back. It seems that I was right and that he would like to see a new surgery coming out of the planning improvements for Little Paxton which I thought would be the case. I have also had several faxed replies to my requests for boating quotations and some other mail, but I put off dealing with these until the next day as this morning's work had been quite tiring enough and more than most would do in such circumstances. It was nearly lunchtime when I went into the lounge and spent most of the rest of the day there, reading the papers and mail. Percy dropped by and delivered copies of political correspondence and I explained to him that the splints would stay in my nose until Friday week and so I would be able to do nothing until then.
Reading was taking longer than usual as my concentration is badly affected by the discomfort on the one hand, and my vision by the "bolster" which is to me like a "sheepskin noseband" is to a horse. My eyes water and my cheeks and teeth in my upper jaw ache but I look forward to the results of this surgical intervention. Later, I watched a BBC TV documentary with Diana on the life and work of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after cameras had followed her around for the last year. This was broadcast to commemorate the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne, an event that she did not wish to otherwise celebrate as it also marks the same anniversary of the death of her father, with whom she was very fond.