Days 90-97: Going it alone

Dad was very pleased with himself when I called him up.

He'd been down to the Post Office all by himself. The Post Office is probably only a 50-metre walk from our block. But it's a huge trip for someone who has had to re-learn how to walk.

He hadn't told anyone he was going to make the trip though - which is potentially dangerous. It's true that there would be plenty of people around to help if, say, he'd had a fall. But he's still quite vulnerable by himself.

"Don't tell your mother," he said, "or she'll be angry."

Of course he told him herself as soon as she got home.