Tonight, Daisy will mostly be going out.

dreamdaisy

A friend rang at 10.00 this morning, with the information that she had booked a table for six at one of our local pubs so would the DDs like to join in? I consulted with a very tired (plus hot) Mr DD who said 'If you want to go, Wife, then we will.' On the enthusiasm scale it reached about minus 8.


I rang her back and said yes. The other four people are our oldest friends, the only non-family guests at our very small wedding in 1997, and we haven't seen them all since March. My preparations for a night out swung into action.

I took two cocos at around 11.30, and then another two at 17.00 - this will give me leeway for a further pair around 22.00 or later. I abandoned the ironing and cleaning the bathroom (having cleaned the kitchen) and I rested all afternoon (including a delightful snooze). I admit that this week has been a tough one physically (thanks to the extreme heat and the constant presence of a bathroom fitter) and my joints have been foul but I would like to get out of the house and see our friends. I am now feeling a little refreshed and a little excited. Mr DD is sound asleep on our bed so hopefully he will wake feeling brighter. I have little doubt that tomorrow will be another quiet day but I don't care - it is important to stay in touch with people, that's the important thing, yes?

DD is off out to paint a small part of the town a pale shade of red: get in! :P

Slosh

Hope the pub has air conditioning. Have a lovely time DD, you deserve it after the week you've had.

mig

You let your hair down girl,live for tonite tomorrow can take care of itself. Mig

stickywicket

Mostly Which bits are you planning on leaving at home :? It can't be the arthritic bits as they hold all the rest of you together.

Have a lovely time, DD. Impromptu times with old friends can be some of the best times ever. Go for it

Megrose489

Have a great time, DD. Go for it!

Meg

applerose

Hope you have a lovely evening DD.

tjt6768

Have a lovely time out with your friends my dearest. We have been to our friends this afternoon till around nine. Had a Chinese delivered and set the world to rights. lol
I couldn't stay much longer as my joints are not being friendly at the minute. Janet was extremely tired too so we left to come home to bed. I'm sore and exhausted but had a good time with good friends. It's important.

Xx

Starburst

Great news, enjoy! Take it easy tomorrow as planned. I always plan a recovery day after going out. Hope it's worth it. x

fortuna

Hope you both had a good time
Fortuna

villier

Hope you had a lovely time and are not paying the consequences today xx

dreamdaisy

It was fabulous, very hot (no air-con) but we all picked up where we had left off and carried on as normal (which was probably somewhat irritating to others in the bar ).

I drove and so limited myself to six pints - two of Topaz Gold and four of water, all consumed over three hours, so my pale red painting became no more than a hint-of-pink. I took a fan which provided cooling air for me (they're old enough to think for themselves) and I had a fabulous dinner, trout fillets on a Mediterranean salad with new potatoes. I stopped laughing long enough to eat and then carried on as before. One of the highlights of the evening proved to be Mr DD saying that he'd chucked his old golf clubs in the skip before we moved because he hadn't used them for years and reckoned they cluttered the place, but then admitted he'd kept his golf bag, balls, tees, pitch markers, towels and golf shoes. Nigel pointed out that he might as well have kept the clubs seeing as how they would still have been in the bag and thus not really adding to clutter.

I seized briefly when it came to driving home but a quick lurch round the bar sorted that. It was pouring with rain on the way back and we were drenched getting from Bea in to the house - Mr DD very tenderly towel-dried my hair (he too had consumed six pints but of TG plus a Caribbean chicken curry).

This morning things are not too bad - I won't push my luck though, the ironing etc. can wait another day. Only six cocos were involved in the entire proceedings so that's not too bad. I am shortly going into town (with or without Husband, I don't mind either way) because I fancy lunch out (and it's very short drive). I could get used to the high life.

Whatever you were doing last night I hope you had as pleasant a time as me. DD

Slosh

So glad to hear you had a good time. Enjoy your lunch.

villier

Pleased to see you had a great night and not too much pay back today, hope you have a lovely lunch..........way to go...........................good on ya DD xx

stickywicket

Woo hoo! It turned out every bit as well as I'd hoped

Thanks for the good news, DD. Living With Arthritis isn't all doom and gloom and it does teach us to make the very most of the good times. I hope today's lunch goes well too.

dachshund

Hello DD
i'm glad you enjoyed your evening out. you needed that to help after all your struggles and pain.
take care
joan xx

applerose

Glad you had a good time. Hope you enjoyed lunch today too.

dreamdaisy

We did, or rather I did. Some retail therapy came first (which was fun but a little curtailed by the presence of a bored husband) then lunch in a brasserie which I thoroughly enjoyed. We are now home and rumber is thunderling around (honestly, that's how I thought of it so why change it? )

Sticky, you make a very valid point. We may have to prepare and / or alter what we do and how we do it but we shouldn't let arthritis stop us from doing things that we enjoy. I will be researching mobility scooters in the near future to enable me to do more - I think that's a better way to look at it rather than thinking I need one because I am able to do less.

Feet up and the golf now beckons . . . . Mr DD is already asleep on the long sofa. DD

GraceB

DD,

What a lovely post! I'm so pleased you 'bit the bullet' and went for it.

It sounds like you had a lovely relaxing time with good friends and - as an added bonus - no washing up or preparation. Way to go girl!

GraceB