1kg of indulgence

The kindness of Blippers is legendary.

A couple of weeks ago Mrsmacdub and I agreed a barter of a container of dried Muriel’s Magic beans, for a bar of chocolate. She doesn’t grow beans (lack of space). I don’t buy chocolate (lack of money).

I was astonished when four bars of the most delicious chocolate arrived in today’s post! I shall be indulging myself for weeks with this wonderful act of generosity.

Thank you Mrsmacdub

This evening I am eating chocolate in celebration of another extraordinary occurrence.

I had a disturbed night’s sleep thanks to the buttock problem, and was in a degree of pain this morning. Going to the toilet was necessary but extremely uncomfortable: the wooden loo seat was unforgiving. So I wiggled a little bit to try to find a more comfortable position. And in that instant the pain disappeared. I sat there frozen in disbelief, terrified to move in case it returned. When eventually I did move it was achey but generally pain-free. And throughout the day it has steadily improved.

I can only assume I freed a trapped nerve. There’s no other explanation. Hurray.

I shall sleep better tonight. And despite this extraordinary turn of events I shall be very careful indeed for a few days and will spend my time working my way through a pile of books from the library and watching some inspirational videos. NOT shovelling and shifting compost.

The magic loo is the extra.

An unexpectedly uplifting day.