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Blogs by Carol M Tetlow
Joy in the car park! 1/14/2024 7:36:57 AM
As the wheels of house conveyancing continue to rotate with frustratingly decreasing speed, I have made the wise decision to pay as little attention to it as possible, thereby relieving my stress immeasurably. One of my better plans, I have to say.
On Thursday, off I went to a village near where I used to work. I use the term of village lightly as there is so much new building going on around it that now, it resembles a small town. About fifty of us huddled into a small room, trying to keep warm. Yes there were some familiar faces (patients I remembered and who remembered me.) The following day, one of them rang to say thank you and invited me back to give a second talk but then threw me completely by saying that this was going to be a special occasion and that the whole 'village' would be invited!
Tennis is awash with injuries. One coach has dislocated his shoulder, the other has hurt his knee. A plethora of friends have either bad backs, knees, the inevitable tennis elbow, to say nothing of those with colds, coughs and good old Covid. The indoor courts have been perishingly cold. Far colder than outdoors and it's hard to play your best when you've so many jumpers on that your arms can't move.
But this cold (and it's supposed to be getting worse and maybe bringing snow) is infinitely preferable to the rain, the floods, the mud, the wet.
Back to tennis - the autumn leagues that I'm running are drawing to a close (they've had to extend into the New Year as everyone takes so long to get going) and then I have great plans for pyramid leagues which means that once I've set them up, I have virtually no other involvement, which will be tantamount to bliss!.
I met someone from the tennis centre in the supermarket the other day and cuddled in his arms was a nine week old yellow labrador puppy, Joy. What a beautiful pup! She licked my hand and chewed on my finger with her little pointy, sharp teeth. She's destined to be a guide dog for the blind and he will have her until she's fourteen months old. Simply adorable - but if it were me, I'd never be able to say goodbye. He wisely said it helped to know that she was going off to change someone's life. How true is that? 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