Triffids?

Huge plants growing in the Culpeper Garden.

I worked well today, getting all the admin up to date. Just the figures to go through now, which will take a whole day, so saving for later in the week. 

I did however come perilously close a couple of times to a ‘meltdown’. A staff member in another department stopped at the office to see how I was doing. It turned out her sister had lost her husband earlier in the year and this lady was so intuitive, I was ready to break. The phone rang and saved me! 

Later I went for a walk, I’ve been meaning to pop up to the other end of the estate since I went back, but when I had time, Dan wasn’t in. We have had many long conversations both pre and post Covid, centred around his young family. He has one son with particular needs, and I have been able to help over the last few years. Another staff member came straight up, asked how I was gave me a hug and we chatted generally for a while, while Dan just hovered. The chat turned to school holidays and that Dan would be taking leave when he turned and asked me what I was doing, was I going way anywhere? I didn’t really know how to answer, the last thing on y mind. The other staff member was more brutal and said ‘I don’t think she will in the circumstances. Dan looked confused and at this point we both realised he didn’t know. He knew B and was visibly rocked and struck dumb when I said those awful words. He just kept apologising. I left fairly quickly but Dan ran after me, he was mortified and very upset that he hadn’t known. He gave me ahug and said that I had done so much for him and now he felt helpless, wanting to help me! . His genuine care almost had me crumpling again! 

The traffic home was heavy, so I did the re route the satnav suggested, only to find a road closed that the satnav wasn’t aware of, making it a much longer journey. After I’d fed Dog and played ball in the garden, I put The Film on and succumbed!