19 July
Do you
have a set routine for first thing in the morning? We do, and today has been
anything but routine with Jan getting up early to get ready and go to church
while she left me in bed. The result is that I feel out of sync, if know what I
mean. I’m normally up first and go through and get the kettle and while I wait
for it to boil I take my morning dose of pills. I’m so far out today that I’ve
only just taken them; and I only remembered them now because our new month’s
load is sat beside me armchair waiting to be sorted.
We are
all different of course, ‘A good job to,’ some would say. I like current
affairs documentaries, like Tonight, Despatches
and so on. Others can’t be bothered with them. At times I can see their
point. The last edition of Despatches
for instance, I found interesting. It was about how we are going to be cared
for in our dotage. The way things are going the future is not looking too bright
for a lot of older folk.
It’s
something that I’m not all that worried about really seeing as right now I feel
fit and well enough that I don’t need looking after. OK, fine; but of five or
ten years’ time? And what of the light of my life Jan? Neither of us are in the
best of health generally. At the moment we share the house work so neither of
us doing too much in one go. But how long can that go for?
Finances
are a big issue for a lot of folk, elderly or not. I never paid into a works
pension as such, but I’m lucky in the having spent 12 years in the army I have
a pension from that. Altogether with that added to our pension credit and retirement
pension we are fairly comfortable. But here’s the run; if I pop me clogs before
Jan, she is not entitled to my army pension. Why? We didn’t get married until
after I left the army and even if we did marry before then, she would only get
a share of it for the years we were married while I was in. That will leave Jan
with just her bare pension.
Coming
back the programme then … do programmes like that help all that much I wonder?
My mother could never see the positive side of anything at all. When Tom was
born her first words were, ‘I hope you can afford to keep him cos I can’t help!’
See negative. And I’m sure there will be a lot of others of mam’s generation
who are pretty much the same. So having seen the programme, I wonder how many
folk will now start to worry about how they will manage in a few years’ time.
Maybe it’s a good job the show doesn’t have a large viewer figure.
Today’s
photo is this one again …
I make no apologies for reposting this, cos it shows
how well he is getting on with his life no matter where that leads him. A clear
and positive attitude.
Today’s
funny …
A man
dies and mets St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. Peter says to the man,
"Here's how it works. You need to have one hundred points to get into
heaven. You tell me about all the good things you've done. They are all worth a
certain number of points. If your total is one hundred or more, you can come
in."
"Well,"
says the man. "I was happily married to the same woman for 52 years. I
never looked at another woman. I was attentive and loved her dearly."
"That's
great," says St. Peter. "That'll be two points."
"Hmmm,"
says the man. "This is going to be harder than I thought. Well, I attended
church regularly, volunteered my time and tithed faithfully."
"Wonderful,"
says St. Peter, "That's worth another point."
"One
point!" says the man. "Okay, okay. I was involved with a prison
ministry for twenty-five years. I went into the prison, at least monthly, and
shared Jesus with them."
"Wow!"
says St. Peter. "That's another two points!"
"Only
two points!" says the man. "At this rate, it'll be only by the grace
of God that'll I'll ever get into this place."
"Bingo!"
says St. Peter. "That's one hundred points! Come on in."
Love the funny! Thanks.
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