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[turps]

In the space of a few minutes I got an email from Rosie saying class was cancelled today. A message from Kayleigh saying she'd taken Bodhi to nursery, and it was actually closed for a teacher training day, and one from James saying he'd slipped in the toilets at work and banged his head.

So, now I have a free morning but am both expecting a request to Bodhisit, and for James saying he's coming home.

The slip in the toilet annoys me. The disabled toilet James uses also contains a shower the staff can use, and when people do so they never seem to mop the floor properly and leave it slippery, which is a disaster combination. It'll all officially get written up, but whoever decided to put an open shower in the disabled toilet is an idiot. It's not like it's a cubical either, it's literally a shower in the corner of the room surrounded by a curtain.

It was our wedding anniversary yesterday. We don't celebrate as such, but did go out for Sunday lunch to Prego and as always the food was delicious. Apart from that it was the usual grocery shopping and getting ready for the week. I was looking at some of our wedding photos that came up on my phone memories, and so much has changed since then, including the loss of mam, my FiL and nanna. I still laugh at nanna being in every photo, she planted herself in a comfy chair and wasn't about to move, no matter what family grouping was being arranged. But, she was late 90s then, so deserved that chair. I do miss her, she was one of a kind and such a wonderful woman and nanna.

Saturday we went back to Beamish and did the last part we've never walked before. What we didn't know before heading there was it was a big transport event, add that to it being a sunny, warm day and one of the last days of the school half-term holidays. Well, it made for a very busy Beamish. Thankfully, with it being such a big site people spread out and there were only crowds and queues around the main shops/cafes, so we bypassed those altogether. We did get to ride on the steam train, which was a 30-minute queue for a five-minute ride. But, it was fun, and not a hardship to wait.

Saturday evening was the season finale of Doctor Who and all I can say is, I wasn't happy. I watched all the Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith eps, then stopped watching until Ncuti Gatwa who reignited my DW love. So yeah, I didn't enjoy that episode at all, for many reasons.

And, there's the message from James to say he's been sent home. Nothing from Kayleigh yet, so one of them must be off today. Now, lets hope I haven't just jinxed myself.

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[sweettartheart]

I love the Capaldi episodes of Who. Love them so much. But yeah, I am not excited at all about the next phase of Who.

[turps]

I'm seriously considering catching up on the DW eps I've never seen. So many people loved Peter's take on the Doctor that it's time to see what I missed. Better looking back than forward atm.

[jacieleigh]

Wow, that about sounds like a Monday!

I'm sorry James had the fall, and hope it's okay.

Happy belated anniversary anyway! I remember your photos with nanna! It's good to have joyful memories even when the people we love are gone.

[turps]

I couldn't believe they all got in touch within minutes of each other.

I'm sure he'll be fine. I suspect they sent him home to cover their own backsides considering it was a work issue that caused the accident,

Thank you! The photos with nanna always make me smile when I think of them. She'd found that chair and wasn't going to move for anyone *g*

[spikedluv]

That does sound like just your luck.

How utterly stupid to have a shower like that in a disabled toilet!! (Or any public toilet, really. So dangerous.) I hope they do something about that after this. And I hope James is alright.

Happy Anniversary! I'm glad you got to go out for a nice lunch.

[turps]

As of now, I haven't had another massage, so think one of them must be off.

Isn't it stupid? I honestly don't get why anyone thought that was a good idea. No matter how well people mop up the water afterwards, it'll always be a bit slippery. I'm sure James will be fine, just given himself a bit of a knock and fright.

Thank you! Lunch was lovely, there's nothing like a tasty Sunday dinner made by someone else.

[spikedluv]

I love eating food made my someone else, lol!!

At the very least, that shower needs to be separate from the toilet area.

[cesy]

It's common where disabled people need an accessible wet room shower, but it works a lot better when the only people using it are disabled and consider others with different disabilities. And if there's a second disabled toilet if you need the loo in a hurry while someone else is showering.

[spikedluv]

Seems like the shower should be separate from the toilet for safety.

[cesy]

If a venue has enough space, including a disabled toilet in the disabled shower can be really helpful for some disabled people. But this should be in addition to a standalone disabled toilet and a separate shower for people who don't need an accessible shower.

[omens]

That is the dumbest shit I've heard, that bathroom >:/ Even if you mopped perfectly (which, lol), it'd still likely be slick until the humidity was gone. So dumb!!!!

Sorry to hear about your class today, booooooo, but Happy anniversary to you two!!

[turps]

I know, right? It's good that they supply a shower for those that need one, but the location is ridiculous.

I was all ready for class then the email hit. I should have thrown myself around the living room and pretended the stairs were the three level step for a while *g*

Thank you!

[pensnest]

Ack! Poor James, I hope he was okay. It does sound like a silly arrangement, though I suppose there would be occasions when a wet-room-style shower would be useful for the disabled people using that room. Needs to be a separate shower somewhere else.

Happy anniversary!

[turps]

He'll be fine, just a bit sore this morning.

I still think it's a silly arrangement, but do agree that a wet room shower could be useful for certain situations. It's just not ideal the toilet and shower are in the same smallish room. Really, they should be separate. Or there be two disabled toilets in different places.

Thank you!

[turlough]

Having a shower in a disabled toilet sounds absolutely absurd to me! I've never seen that combination anywhere here in Sweden. I wonder if there are planning rules that forbid it? In any case I hope James wasn't too badly shaken up or hurt by his fall *sends lots of good thoughts in any case*

A belated happy anniversary to you both! When you're as old as your nanna was you're totally allowed to be and do whatever you want :-)

Your visit to Beamish sounds just as lovely as always despite the crows.

From what I've read about it the DW season finale sounds like a complete mess!

[frausorge]

Congrats on your anniversary, may you have many more years of happiness together still ahead!

I hope James doesn't have too many ill effects from the fall. How very frustrating.

[shadowhive]

I hope James is ok! That does sound like it was a disaster waiting to happen!

I’m glad you had a nice anniversary even though you don’t celebrate much. But I love that thought of your nanna just in her chair like that

…yeah you know my thoughts on that ep😒 I have been listening to some of the audios randomly and it is bringing back my love and hopefully there’ll be a new old who boxset announced soon (and as others said maybe this is an excuse for you to check out the ones you didn’t see)