I need fava beans and a nice chianti
07/11/2008
It seems the nose job went well. Daddy Dearest arrived home yesterday.
We were expecting him to call to say he was on his way around lunch time, mid morning at the earliest…
But no, 7am the phone rings to say he’s on his way.
What kind of a time is that to be kicking sick people out of a hospital?
Mind you, if it’s anything like the time I was in hospital years ago, they wake you between five and six to then make you sit there until 9am to get fed 
Turns out his nose has been broken at some point and nobody realised, and it’s healed up slightly crooked, which has caused his bunged nose feelings.
I wish you could have seen the bandage they sent him home in, he looked like he was wearing a muzzle!
I got down the stairs and thought it was Hannibal Lecter!
Oh, and as he can’t move his head much for the next few weeks, he can’t drive…
Which means I get to try driving the new car.
It’s an automatic, which is far better for my joints than our old manual car, but I’m still used to a manual gear stick…
Not to mention I haven’t actually been well enough to drive for seven years… 
We need to go grocery shopping this afternoon…
To say I’m feeling nervous would be an understatement!
I didn’t feel this naseous when I had to sit my driving test!
blulady said,
July 11, 2008 @ 2:21 pm
Well glad your dad made it through. He’ll be back to his old self but with a better nose by the time the bandages come off. They do like to kick people out sooner and sooner from the hospitals these days.
Don’t worry about driving the automatic. I prefer the stick myself but we’ve had automatic cars the last few years.
Driving is like riding a bicycle Mark, it will all come back to you once you’re behind the wheel.
moonshadow said,
July 12, 2008 @ 12:17 am
And you have to drive on the wrong side of the road.
Cia said,
July 12, 2008 @ 12:53 am
You’ll be fine, if i can adapt to driving over here with an automatic you can do it.. just be thankful you don’t have to drive on the WRONG side of the road like they do out here!!
4raindrops said,
July 14, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
hehehe yep your dad will be fine….
and don’t worry just take a nice deep breath before getting into the car you can do it and it’s been about that long for me too for not having my license granted but i am on my way to getting it back i have my redriving test on aug 1 what a bunch of hoopla i tell ya they know i’ve had my license for a good 18 years but because i let it go our new licence program you now must retake test if you let your license go for more then 2 years see if i ever do that again eh
and heck if i can do it i know you definately can go out in your dads car and drive around;-)
Ren said,
July 22, 2008 @ 10:42 am
It was very strange… But I survived, and better yet, so did the car and all the other road users