I suppose it depends on what you might call a high but I certainly know what a low is. I've managed to keep busy - swimming on Tuesday morning,; U3A meeting on Thursday and some shopping for shoes; cutting wood on Friday and back into the paper work on Saturday.

I was quite pleased with myself because when Jane was undergoing chemo we didn't go swimming in case she caught an infection so after an 18 month lay-off I still managed 24 lengths of crawl. I confess my arms felt like lead afterwards. The shoe purchase in Lincoln was "interesting" because it was the first time I'd bought shoes on my own since 1969. Thereafter came another piece of wisdom - "you don't get over your partners death, you just come to terms with it". I've got to be thankful that we (Jane in particular) had such a strong network of caring supportive people who keep in touch and lift my spirits - thank you to everyone who has called, texted, emailed or WhatApp'ed this week. After the funeral it was one hell of an anti-climax - I needed to know you were out there.