A weekend retreat

 Thankyou Donna ,once again just the right graphic .

When I was still at work ,I would finish work at four thirty, Hah ! and my evening would be my own.....well you would think so wouldnt you ? Because I lived on site ,the residents would often come to me with their problems stuff that could be dealt with in the office ,but they didnt always think so ,the elderly are very proud and to ask advice on financial aspects of their lives ,would some times ,prompt them to tap on my door with a request to advise them ,or it might be a little medical problem Not very professional you might say ,but my own fault really I suppose ,I tried so hard to make each one feel special ,so when a little tap at the door heralded ,a 'its only me ,I know your not at work now so I wont keep you a minute' ....

and then there are the official callouts ,where the residents will pull their alarn cord ,tell central control the problem ,control would call me ,if it was serious enough they would have called an ambulance ,but I could get a phone call at any time during the evening and night,from control ,Asking me to visit resident name,bungalow number and any details,they had,it could be any thing from chest pains !a fall ,slurry speech !to burglary ,where the police would be called .to meet me at the residents home ,these were awful ,because of the after effects the residents would be left frightened to stay in their home all sorts of feelings ,as you will imagine ,I might be with them alot of the night ,then work the next day as usual ....

Dont get me wrong I loved the job,and all aspects of it ,But the reason for this entry was to show you how we escaped at the weekends ,As soon as I finished on a Friday afternoon, I would start putting the things together for our weekend away,as soon as Maurice got home from work ,he would load up the car and off we would go .We have a caravan on a private fishing lake ideal for getting away from it all ....

We often called at the fish and chip shop ,so thatwould start our weekend ,then we would set up the awning and then if it was still daylight Maurice would start to fish ,me I would probably watch a video ,(maybe some thing I'd taped throught the week and hadnt had time to watch )I would spend Saturdays reading sewing dozing ,or sometimes Jean and Pete would join us ,or another couple Ian liked to fish with Maurice ,Mu and I might explore the country side ,we made some fantastic meals ,and really enjoyed our selves ,Sundays would be spent in a similar manner....We made some lovely friends on site too ......

We have hardly been since I retired  but I found the pictures the other day ,and thought you might enjoy seeing them .......Have a lovely evening everyone with love from     Jan xx