Yesterday we got our new car! I'm not absolutely sure how Pete feels about it yet, he didn't seem overly enthusiastic last night but I think he is coming round to liking it. He did have some difficulty getting in and out but that was because he wasn't used to it and it is slightly higher than our old one and also we have to get the position of the seat quite right yet - but we will get there I'm sure. On the other hand, me, Martin and Robbie love it! The controls seem a bit like a space shuttle to me but I'm sure we will get them sorted, when we were out last night all the exterior lights suddenly came on and this was a bit strange not to have to physically turn them on - it seems they come on automatically when the light starts to fade! The most disconcerting thing is that there is no handbrake!!! It is just a little switch/lever thing and it releases itself automatically but you have to remember to put it on when parking, it's really odd not to have to release the handbrake before you can move off!! Martin is very nervous driving a brand new car and an automatic at that!!! He did opt to have a driving lesson in an automatic beforehand so at least he had some idea, never having driven one before, which was very sensible. We have decided, as it a Meriva, to call her Mivvi (all cars must have a name - our old one was Jazzle), I did suggest Meri but that was turned down by everyone immediately, Pete and Robbie have approved Mivvi, but Martin says he is just going to call her spacebus!!!
On the downside (there always seems to be one) Pete has got himself another infection to deal with. The dr. came Monday and prescribed antibiotics - he left us 4 tablets to be going on with and said he would send prescription to pharmacy, fine, but when I went to collect them today they weren't there. So home to ring surgery and they were supposed to be finding out what is going on and ring me back, but they didn't!! First black mark against dr., so now have no tablet for tonight, got to ring them in the morning.
This afternoon one of the lovely ladies, who was unable to come Saturday, came over for a visit and she brought her beautiful Springer Spaniel 'Lady' with her. Pete had lots of smiles for her and she is so gentle and friendly - he really loves dogs. We have thought about getting one but, at the moment, the cons outnumber the pros. I know Pete would love to have one but it could be a bit dodgy with him not so steady on his feet. He did have a fall today trying to put the step outside the front door, he shouted for me and I found him sitting on the floor! We managed to get him up ok and he didn't hurt himself at all, at least I don't think so! He went out for a walk around and we saw 3 of our neighbours which he enjoyed.
Tomorrow is a psychology session so I will be interested to see how Pete answers her questions on how he is feeling and how things are going.
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