Hello everyone ,
Dad is back in respite at Rose Lodge for a few weeks and he went in yesterday , and I was doing respite with Max when someone rang my phone. but I didn’t answer and I checked the number later but I noticed it was like a hospital number so I called it back.
It was Rose Lodge saying dad wants to talk to me ,
I told the lady that I was at work so it would have to be later.

So this morning I went in to visit him and see how he had settled in.
I was bailed up at the desk and asked to put on a mask .
I then at first went to the wrong area , and he wasn’t there in his usual room and then one of the friendly staff offered to show me where his room was .

When I opened the door and  said hello ,
dad sort of teared up and I asked him whats wrong?
He said that mum had told him that he wasn’t allowed to talk to me anymore , because she says that I’m filling your head with bad ideas.

I said no it’s not like that dad , as we hardly talk politics anymore and when we do it’s just a discussion and you can believe me that my ideas are exactly that , they are my ideas not yours. 

Then I found out what the phone call yesterday was for ,
it was to collect pallets  of  firewood from a recycling depo in Webb Drive .
I told him for the third or fourth time that I have seen the man there about it and its all organised , so don’t stress.
Also dad Im actually one hand short at this stage.

Then comes the funny part as he stood up , starting to ask me something, reached out and he pulled back the curtain and there sitting on the windowsill there were four pieces of fruit sitting on the window sill,
He asked me if I wanted some?
I burst out laughing and said Curly the fruiterer has started stocking up his shop already .well at leadt he is keen .
I also thought
Hmm
Thats not a bad haul for one day ,
I think we are definitely onto something here .

Then he asked me for a favour  and could I buy him a bottle of dry red and a bottle of port as he had a glass of wine with a man last night and he wants to pay him back.
I said likely excuse dad you just want to get on the sauce mate.

So off I went and got what he asked me for  and came back to give him the wine , port and even his change $

We were saying goodbye when I asked him if he needed anything else for next time?
I looked at him and said I know exactly what you need mate ,
He asked me what?
I said  a good quality vegetable peeler so you can peel your old stock from in your shop and eat  it individually before it spoils mate .

We both thought that was pretty funny 

And I left with dad at an exercise class and I was once again struggling with the door lock combination with no glasses , but a young nurse let me out .

And I scored a new face mask for sanding my fish project .

So it was pretty good 

Cheers xxx