I'm not sure who is being the better nurse - Em who is lying at the foot of the bed so S can't move (although she probably finds the foetal position quite comforting) or on her pillow so there is no room for her head - or M whose ministrations include making sure fluids are kept up and making chicken noodle soup for S. I'm keeping S supplied with tuck-ins (although it's difficult to get this right when someone is alternating between boiling and freezing), TLC and cat duties (M is helping with this too).
And there's plenty of time to be doing this looking after because the latest word from the back yard here at Latimers is that there's something wrong with the mower! I don't think it's caught the lurgy too but it definitely isn't well - and may be something to do with the fan belt or the drive or ... hmmm, maybe it's time to do that mechanics course. Anyway, that won't happen in time for the summer of grass so M is going to call someone to come and diagnose and fix the problem. Of course, to add insult to injury, Bernie was out mowing his paddocks this afternoon even into the twilight, using the mower headlights to get in that little bit of extra mowing time. And it was a lovely evening for it with an almost full moon rising gracefully from behind the river gums. Even S managed to get off her sickbed to come and admire nature's handiwork. As did Em who took a lap around the yard - and a few laps out of the water bucket and the dog with a dish for it's middle - before making a bee-line for the front gate where I was waiting to cut her off at the pass. S had warned me that she, Em, was in a more explorative mood these days and had no hesitation in trying to escape from the yard. I'd be happy to let her have more of a wander but with her failing eyesight and her recent propensity to hypos, it just seems politic to keep her close. She can wander around the yard when one of us is there to keep an eye on her (without being distracted by whatever might be in the camera lens). For an old cat she can move fairly quickly.
Everyone was in early tonight and even I was ready to go at 8:30 - which felt like a couple of minutes before or after midnight. But I did get to play technology with M - trying out an amazing application called Bump where you can transfer information between devices by bumping them together (but not too hard!) - and I finally managed to find the files I had promised someone for tomorrow - so ... off to bed ready to do it all again on the morrow.
