Thanks to those who sent birthday wishes. The birthday afternoon was long winded and once again my desk is becoming covered and cluttered in research papers books and draughts of single paragraphs after vowing not to progress to PhD a few years ago and this is only the start of a long new journey.
Last weekend I cooked my first roast dinner since Nov 2019, I haven't been able to do this since mum went into care as it was her fave meal and one of the few meals she would actually eat. I am repeating this weekend as I have grown tired of the alternatives having over used them. Cooking for one I think is the hardest thing after cooking for many, though I have resisted the use of take-outs.
Mum is in a steady state of decline at the moment but there is no doubt she is hanging on by a thread, how she is doing this I just don't know. I still can't believe her ability and drive to walk even though she can't actually 'walk'
I am back at work and have decided that I need to move over to older peoples care as my interests have changed significantly and no doubt my mum and my own experience has influenced that. Besides the acute work is getting too much now as I have exhausted any resilliance I had left for working in pressured environments. Luckily our frailty team have asked rather than me asking, which makes it all so much easier to move over. I always knew I would do this at some point as I got older myself and now is the right time to do it justice.