Well, so far today has been all about not resisting change. It started out with putting on some washing in anticipation of my usual Friday, when my beautiful carer comes to help me at home. Then we were off to collect some of The Big Issue magazines from their office in the city – that went without a hitch – and go to the airport to pick up my parents from their trip to Melbourne, arrival time 10am. We were running ahead of time, so-called some close friends who live near the airport – and she was home on a work day – a miracle in itself – so we could drop in for a chat and a delightful coffee. A very pleasant bonus for the day as we don’t see them as often as we’d like to.We arrived at the ’30 second collect’ zone at 10.10am – and they are not joking about it being 30 seconds – to discover the plane was running late, even though when I rang 20 minutes prior to pick up the message said it was on time. So, they told me, come back at 11am.  Back to our friends house for another chat we said, how lovely. We’d just arrived back there, only to receive an SMS from mum to say they had landed. We gave it a few minutes, then back to the 30 second zone. Of course, walking time, toilet stops, mobile phones not being heard, and we drove 7 laps around what by now had become a circuit, to the 30 second pickup zone. By then, we were really wanting to go to another Grand Prix, anywhere in the world other than here. While all this was going on, my carer rang to say she was unable to visit me today, and as it seemed getting away from the airport would take forever, I suggested she get well and I’d see her next week – and not to send a replacement. Lucky for that, as once we had collected my parents, they felt like an early lunch in town, prior to a visit to the hairdresser mum had planned for 12.45pm. We had a few minutes to spare after lunch for the parking ticket to expire, so decided to go for a walk and soak up the gorgeous sunshine. Well, that led mum and I to a dress shop – one that has been there for 20 years but I’d never noticed – and two top ups of the parking metres to allow us proper time for shopping. This unplanned shopping trip was a huge success for mum, and we had just enough time to get her to the hairdressers in time. I’m home now, have just hung out the first load of washing for the day and put on my next load! Thank goodness for the weekend to finish this all off I say, as there are piles filling up the laundry.  Mum and dad are due here soon for a repacking of their cases, before we take them back to the airport at 4pm for their next mini sojourn. All this today, and it is only 2pm! Perhaps I’ll have more to write tonight, but I’m pretty sure I won’t have the energy. I will however, be sure to continue to embrace change!