Anoxia?

No wind or rain today. High cloud with sun breaking through thankfully. 

I slept fairly well, and woke up with a clear head. After taking my daily meds, the 'toxic head' sensation returned. Feeling sleepy and slightly faint resembles the sensation of not getting enough oxygen. It's how I feel in a poorly ventilated room. I remember this from when I was a child living in a house with open coal fires on winter evenings. A memory that's taken a while to surface. I'm not breathless, but my pulse rate is low. It happens when the meds I take start to affect me. I was a bit slow getting ready to walk to church, and walked briskly to avoid being late. I didn't arrive breathless, but feeling clear headed and sharp after a ten minute walk. I realise now how important early exercise and a breath of fresh air is to feeling well.

We were about forty adults and a dozen children at the St Catherine's Eucharist. Sunday Club children usually join the adults at communion time. This morning they over-ran and didn't appear, so we had to wait quietly for them to arrive for a blessing or communion. They came in together, skipping, chattering, playing, a delightful sight, the faithful don't normally see when they're making their way to and from the communion rail for the sacrament.

I slept for an hour after lunch, then walked for an hour until sunset. Clare had a lie-in this morning and went to the afternoon Welsh language Eucharist at St Catherine's. We chatted with Rachel in the evening. She intends to sell up and return from Phoenix to Cardiff isn't working out as she hoped it would so far. It's so frustrating for her to move on. Jasmine is independent now and has moved out to attend university. She'd like to return and settle in Europe, so there's every reason for Rachel to be here as well, but for Rachel as a penniless musician it's a matter of starting from scratch back home.  We'd love to see her back here and will support her in any way we can, but it's a hard decision to put into effect in her fifties. I played guitar and she sang while we were on-line. Pity the audio synchronisation is laggy.