Apart from our first Headbang of the year last Friday, there's not too many diary entries since my last blog post until my birthday on Monday this week.
Gary and Luca paid us a quick visit on Saturday afternoon - after Luca had been at his judo - hence the attire in this photo:
On Sunday I headed in to Pittodrie to see Thistle play Aberdeen in the cup quarter final. What a disappointment - the game was rubbish and Thistle lost. Double whammy.
Monday was the day I entered my 69th year and the day started with a FaceTime call from Down Under. We missed Kelly's first call, so she sent a couple of photos through:
We did get to speak to them in the end, however, which was a nice start to the day. Then, at 6 pm, Gary showed up unexpectedly - bearing gifts too - chocolate and beer, of course. It was just a quick visit, but he took us up to the Tor-na-Coille for a quick drink before disappearing, leaving Jo and I to have our planned meal.
The hotel is under new ownership but they've not changed much yet so it was pretty much as before - a bit dead, although the food itself was OK. When we got home, we had another FaceTime call - this time from Oregon - all four of the Lesinas were home early and wished me a happy birthday.
Yesterday (Tuesday) I had another physiotherapist appointment. By now, my groin strain was much less painful, although I still couldn't do some of the exercises the physio had prescribed for my knee. Despite this, she said my knee appeared to be in good shape with the surrounding muscle built up a bit more. She gave me some more exercises to do but basically felt she didn't need to see me again. I agreed with her, but said that I hadn't really tested the knee out with many lateral movements - as in golf - and what would happen if my knee regressed again when the golf season starts? She left the appointment open until the end of April, by which time I should have a good idea of whether matters had improved or not.
One additional quirk I raised with her was the note on the pack of K-tape I bought on the internet, which advised not to use it if I was on blood thinners. She - and all of her colleagues - had never heard of this being a problem. Strange.
Over at Rae Circle, Gary had baked a lovely chocolate cake and we lit the candles and sang the song - if you want to hear it, try here - http://youtu.be/gGY6jjuiy0o. Now the photos
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| Typical camera shy Carole |
All Inverurie photos copyright Luca Stewart.
