This may look a bit of an odd title, but it’s exactly how I feel at the moment. Things really are looking up. Let me start at the end. In an earlier post I wrote about the problems getting tickets to see David Tennant as Richard ll. Well, yesterday was the day, and it really was worth all the effort to procure them. Davis Tennant is always good value – he really is a splendid actor – but the icing on the cake was the wonderful Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York. I have seen him numerous times, but never has he let the audience down. This picture is not from the current production, but from the last time David Tennant was in Stratford, playing Hamlet. He was a splendid Polonius in a very starry-casted production. We even had good seats with a wonderful view, and, the best bit of all, it didn’t rain! And, joy of joys, driving in all the traffic lights were at green! What more can one ask?
The night before was the start of this years ‘serious’ Latin classes. It has been decided, with perhaps a misplaced sense of optimism, to aim for the GCSE, instead of just meandering our way through one of the many Latin courses available. The idea is to focus the mind! We shall see. We don’t have to actually take the exam, but……? As I said, we shall see! I do enjoy the Latin classes. The group are fun, and the teacher is excellent. But we really need to buckle down a little to get the best out of it.
But perhaps the best of the ‘looking up’ relates to my health. I posted a while back on the subject of doctors penchant for the phrase ‘it’s your age’! Well, it wasn’t! It took me six months but I finally got my doctor to prescribe the vitamin D injection suggested by the consultant he had sent me to! I am now a new woman. Seriously! Almost immediately my legs stopped feeling as if they didn’t want to work, and actually carrying me where I wanted to go. Without effort! The only downside is that I have just about ‘lost’ the entire summer, and winter is nearly upon us. So golf is not a sensible option at present – far too wet! I am just lucky that I am a stubborn woman, and flatly refuse to lie down and let people walk all over me. I’m not sure I didn’t get the prescription just to get rid of me! We ‘oldies’ have to stand up for ourselves because no-one else will. Sad but true.
Christmas is creeping (or do I mean galloping?) towards us. What is it? Six weeks? I really shall have to do something about thinking about it. Not DOING anything, just THINKING about it! I did buy some Christmas cards a while back. Where did I put them?! I like this picture, but lets just hope it’s not a forecast of things to come too soon!
