Another visit from Emma for a dressing change this morning, then in the afternoon a twenty minute walk to the Riverside Health Clinic to check in with the team and collect a batch of wound dressings in a couple of large plastic bags without handles, quite difficult to carry. Clare rang while I was out to say that Jasmine had arrived and they were out walking, so we met at the King's Road Co-op, where we could buy a few things we needed, and buy a big 10p carrier bag to offload some of the half dozen dressing packages with obscure brand names on them which I'd been given, to carry them home.
Jaz and I met in the shop doorway and hugged each other with delight, causing a momentary traffic jam. We set out for a walk around the park, but drizzle soon became a deterrent, perhaps more for us than for Jaz, coming to us from an arid climate with its occasional dangerous torrential downpours, so we went home and helped her to settle in.
She's on the verge of adolescence and not yet had a growth spurt, still a beautiful unselfconscious child with a lovely smile. It takes a little time to tune into her natural quick talkin' Arizona accent. How lovely to have a few days to spend time with her again. It's been a whole year for me.
Later on, we watched the third and final Royal Institution Christmas lecture. It was perfect for an hour's entertainment before an early bed. Jaz has done a lot of travelling and partying since she arrived in the UK eight hours ahead of home so a soft bed in our attic room was just the right place to lay her head.
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