As planned Rosie drove me over to pick up Karola for our six-weekly hair appointments with Kim in Ahuriri. I had TXTed Jodi, the lead at the memory care unit, but she didn’t answer. I should have rung the care unit phone. When I got to Summerset Palms I found that Karola was having an off day and didn’t want to come for a haircut.

The appointment was for mid afternoon so Rosie and I had a coffee at Miss Browns and then I had my hair cut. I tried hard to get Kim to accept payment for Karola’s missed appointment but she refused quite strongly, said it was all part of what happens.

Rosie suggested I get some flowers for Karola, for her apartment in SUmmerset Palms so I bought a small bunch from the flower shop next to Miss Browns and on the way home I popped them in for Karola. She was dressed and in a much better mood when I dropped the flowers off. Turned out, I’d forgotten completely about it, that Jenny visited Karola in the morning and that had been difficult too. But the good hours and days outnumber the bad ones, and the good times are increasing.

Rosie is looking for a car to replace her old, rusty one and Bridget agreed we could sell her the Subaru as me having the Landrover and MG was quite enough. I transferred ownership this evening. Rosie is very pleased with her purchase. She looked up on-line on Trade-Me for a price and we split the upper and lower prices suggested there; $3000. I think Marcus may be using it to tow his jet boat as his old red Landrover doesn’t lock so they can’t leave things in it when they go out on the water.

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