Day 37: Friday Energy

The post's title is actually about a distinct lack of energy. Charlie was a bit grumpy and tired this morning. I wasn't much better and had one of those days when everything felt like it needed more effort on my part than normal. 

Aly very kindly took a drive into the city to drop off some clean clothes for Charlie and a care package that was mostly for me. 

Charlie had his therapy sessions and continued to do well. Following a request from me for some tips about to help him with something, I had 10 minutes with him and his occupational therapist. I was very struck by how very well she knows Charlie already. When I processed that thought I was reminded that I am literally writing a post with title Day 37. Yeah, you get to know someone after 5 weeks. 

I have also noticed over the last few days how very popular Charlie is around here. I acknowledge my own bias but, for example, when I said that I thought Charlie was not in a great mood, the answer was an emphatic - "no way, Charlie is a joy! He's hilarious".

We had some time in the afternoon together so we worked on a Lego kit that he had been given and had felt like too big a mountain to climb on other days that we'd discussed it.  

It was a fun time. We also watched 30 minutes of Lightyear up in the Fun Zone. The hospital has one of those agreements to do showings of movies while they are still in theaters. They started it earlier than the advertised 3:30 so we missed the start and Charlie wanted to get back to his Lego. So, we didn't even make it to infinity, never mind beyond.

In my package from home was a T-shirt that I ordered from my guardian angel Nerina Pallot. Since back in 2004 when I first heard her music, I don't think that there has been any artist that has meant more to me personally. This new album has come out while we are struggling to juggle all this and the title track has become a bit of an anthem for me. It has a part where she sings "a good day is one where I don't fall apart by 10 in the morning". Quite.