We had an appointment with the clinical psychologist this morning; Sonya had managed to get it sorted fairly quickly after last weekend's events with the blood pressure - which I am happy to report has settled nice and steadily now. C has been a bit apprehensive about seeing the CP, but as he worries about most things anyway I tend not to dwell on his anxiety too much and make him see these things as beneficial - which they are, and which he realises afterwards. She was really nice - her name's Jane, and she's quite young (but I guess most people look young to me now, I'm at that age I suppose) and we had our meeting in a nice side office in the Chemo Suite (the Purple Palace - my friend Deb would love it, it's her favourite colour...) It was obviously an emotional hour, as C was talking openly about his fears for his future, his worries for all of us, and recalling painful events in his past which may well have contributed to the way he tries to deal with things. But he opened up, and I was so so proud of him for that; I know it's not easy for him (I've told you about the Coles' problem of being emotional) and there were some things he said which even I hadn't talked with him about, so for him it's an amazing step to have taken, the first one on a hopefully long and productive path. He felt so much better when we came out, and it was lovely to see him almost back to the C he was before the diagnosis - my 'BC C' if you like!
It was another beautiful day - October sunshine seems to have been laid on for us, helping to lift our spirits and get through each day; you notice the colours in the trees so much clearer, and everywhere's green, even the air is clear. Makes you feel good - my mum would have described days like these as 'good to be alive days.' We didn't feel like going straight home, so went for lunch at the Roman Villa in Brading - if you haven't been there yet, try it; you don't have to go in to see the Villa itself, bear left through the main door and you can go straight into the little restaurant. The food is amazing - always good, fresh, hot, served nicely and fab value for money. And it's a nice place to sit out as well, if the weather's good, with views over towards Sandown Bay. You can see why old Vespasian fancied plonking a house right there. The only down side to lunch was the crashing bore sitting at the next table - pontificating in an overly loud voice about his recent 'dig' to a group of half a dozen ladies who were hanging on his every word, looking like rabbits in car headlights. Yawn.
Had a bit of a strange choir rehearsal tonight - it was open evening at the school, when parents of next year's pupil intake get the chance to have a look round, meet teachers and students, and generally get an idea of what the school can offer. And it was decided that it would be a good idea for the choir to have the rehearsal right there for everyone to see and hear. Which is fine when you're doing songs you're good at, and know well, but when you're still struggling with them and you don't have your usual accompanist or rehearsal room and there's a LOT of peripheral noise...well it doesn't make for a confidence boosting session, especially when you're being gawped at by all and sundry as well!!! But we struggle on - we've sung in so many different locations and situations now I think we can manage most things. The school's brilliant ukelele orchestra were the other end of the hall from us, and due to misinformation of timings, at one point we were in competition with them...as well as the peripheral noise! Good job we can rise to a challenge.
Pub debrief afterwards was interesting - Hannah (choir director) wanted to go over the list of music we're doing for the Christmas concert (Mon 13 Dec, 7.30pm, Medina Theatre - and tickets ARE on sale now so you have no excuse), which has changed slightly...it will need some tweaking and a bit of a cull if we're going to be out of the theatre before midnight....
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