CASA OLIMPIA.

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 19th/20th/21st October 2009.

Monday 19th.

We had to get up bright and early as I had an appointment at the surgery, in Manilva, with our doctor for a check up; he gave me the once over and updated my records, my blood pressure is under control as is the Diabetes level, I’ve just got to keep taking the tablets ,for now. He then diagnosed a trapped nerve and muscle damage in the back of my shoulder and gave me a prescription for a course of tablets to relieve the pain and help with the discomfort,which it has! I then called into check the house and collect any mail before going to the chemists in the main street,the bank in Estepona and also some shopping at the large hypermarket for things we can’t get around here.On the way back I picked up some Braising steak from the English butchers and Pork Cutlets from the Spanish butcher before heading back to Tarifa.On checking for e-mails etc. we noticed that one of our friends has come onto Facebook,welcome Joyce at long last! In the evening we had Turkey breast flattened and cooked with Balsamic vinegar with Brenda’s green vegetables and new potatoes.

Tuesday 20th.

The garden people arrived in the morning and are working on the pine hedges all around the outside of the property which have not been seen to in years, at the same time Juan fixed the leak under the sink in the kitchen which had got bad over the weekend. During the day I got the Braised steak on the go with lots of vegetables inc. Carrots,Celery.Beans.Mushrooms and sauté Onions which we had later for dinner with Brenda’s mashed potatoe!Over the last couple of weeks we have been watching on BBC2 the very interesting series “ Wainwrights Walks” and “ Railway Walks ” introduced by Julia Bradbury and later I watched the first of the electric proms featuring Robbie Williams who was excellent and all the reviews in the papers and on the television the next day said the same !

Wednesday 21st October, Result Day.

This morning we had to be up very early,again,to go across to the Costa del Sol hospital on the other side of Marbella as we had an appointment with the consultant for the results of my Prostate Biopsy,the very short outcome being that my test had proved negative !! We came out rather happy and then went for a champagne breakfast in the Don Carlos ***** hotel next door !!! On returning to Casa Olimpia we made all the phone calls to family and friend who have supported us over the last few weeks and posted messages on Facebook and Twitter ! In the evening we had Chicken curry for supper, we have been on comfort food for the last few days as the the weather has changed for the worse, with high winds and heavy rain, the first in six months but then it is back to normal on Friday with very hot and sunny temperatures forecast for the next seven days!