Last Minute!

I nearly didn't take a photo today but by the evening and  trying to decide if I could be bothered my eye was caught by these pretty cosmos from my allotment - they'll do I thought!
Still not feeling great but I have a friend visiting tomorrow so the downstairs needed a clean! She is the parent of one of the children I first taught when I moved to Plymouth - the child is now in her twenties! So many episodes of hospitalisation when  it looked as if it was her time to go, but each time she amazingly recovered. It's something unimaginable for parents of the children I taught to time and time again go through this agony of believing their child is going to die, hoping for a miracle, and the miracle occurring. 
By the eve I had done all but wash the kitchen floor - I had got the steam cleaner out in the morning and was trying to sum up the energy to use it as I had a cup of mint tea, rubbed my belly and browsed the news and blipfoto on my computer. I spotted notification of a message in Facebook and lo it was my friend. Her daughter was ill and she could not come tomorrow. It wasn't a respiratory illness but she was in pain - oh how I remember those times when she just howled in pain but no cause could be found and being non-verbal she couldn't tell us what hurt. Very sorry to have our meeting cancelled due to this but a sense of relief. I had hoped seeing her would take my mind of my physical state but I also feared it would be too much for me as this current state of bloatedness has begun to get me down and feel anxious. Tomorrow afternoon I have my blood test for anaemia and blood pressure appt with a nurse practitioner - I'm hoping she will also look at my bloated belly and tell me it's normal for IBS and will put my mind at rest!