What a tonic....

...to see the poly tunnel is doing its job. First strawberries almost ready for picking. Gardening is another good distraction.
MiL spent three hours in theatre and didn't return to the ward until after 8pm. They have put a stent into her kidney which has stopped the pain. Unfortunately they still don't know the cause; it wasn't stones.
A trip to Middlesbrough I think.
Sorry I haven't been commenting on your journals but I have been reading them.