Adelaide sojourn

Last Thursday, Neville & I went to our capital city for business and medical reasons. He had things he needed to buy for the car and farm, though he was not very successful on either score, and he had a chiropractor's appointment. I met my mother and sister at Castle Plaza shopping mall, as mum as having her hair done there. Mum had shopping to do as well. While mum was at the hairdresser's, Bron & I went and had a drink and a chat, at one of the food kiosks. My mother is recovering from knee replacement surgery, and is doing very well indeed. She had a cane, but doesn't really need it to walk, but it is a security thing. It was a nuisiance most of the time, as she does not have a strap on it to put over her arm when she is paying for things. When we got to Coles, mum gave me a list and asked me to go to the bargain shop and buy her some cards. Thank you, sympathy, male and female birthday.She wanted several of each, but didn't give me any money. That was not a problem, as I knew she would pay me back when we got to her place. Bron came over and gave me some money from mum. Don't know who remembered.
We went to a much larger shopping mall down south.Westfield Marion. Mum had to pay her rego, and get other things. We had lunch at a bistro, We had doorstops on Turkish bread. Mine was cream cheese, smoked salmon, avocado,and melted cheese. Yum! It was very rich and very filling, but as mum was paying I didn't feel I could leave too much. Don't like waste, anyway.
By the time we got back to mum's, I was exhausted. It is a real struggle for me to get about as my back and knees are 'shot'. Mum cooked Porterhose steak and veg for tea. I' hit the sack' early. Very early! I was in bed by 8.30. I don't usually go to bed before 10.30. We stayed the night at Mum's. It was a first for me.
The next day was mum's birthday. It has been a long time since I have been able to spend any time with her on the day. Neville went back to the chiro early, and mum and I had a nice quiet time chatting over a cuppa. She had opened her presents the night before, as she said it would be too lonely doing it on her own, on the day. We gave her a blue plant pot with some bulb potting mix and Fresia bulbs, which I planted for her the next morning.We also gave her some Ferero Rocher chocs, and I gave her some boxed note cards for Mother's Day, which was the previous weekend.
When Neville came back, we had to make haste, as we had to be at the eye specialist's for our biannual check up. All is well in that department, though I think our doctor must have had 'vinegar off a fork' for breakfast that morning. He was in a very 'funny' mood. He was quite rude to me, which is unusual. After the eye check up, we made our way into the city, which is close by, as I had an appointment at Daved Jones for a fitting. After that, we went and got the car and I grabbed a couple of Pasties for lunch. They hardly filled a small crack, so I bought salad sangers when we stopped at Big W. I tried to buy some track pants for one of my grandsons. They had them in his size in every colour but navy, which was the colour required.