As always when I didn’t
have an alarm set I slept well, finally being woken by a cold wet nose being
shoved up my bum shortly after seven o’clock. We all lay dozing until Treacle
got restless and woke everyone by stomping all over us.
I
made toast and had a look at the Internet as I do. The Facebook “Hematology
Interest Group” boiled my piss as it so often does. Someone had posted a
photo of what they had seen down their microscope and said “what do you
think?” The answers that poured in (over seventy) had very few in
agreement, and all were wildly wrong. Imagine you reaction on taking your car
to what you assume to be a collection of mechanics, saying “it’s making a
funny noise” and being told that the gearbox was poggered or the clutch has
had it or it has run out of fuel or the sparkplugs need changing or it had
blown a gasket or the radiator had blown or the tyres are flat…
I
don’t think one member in a hundred on that Facebook group has the faintest
idea.
I
sent an email to the probate people. They have now taken double the length of
time they said they would take to do whatever it is that they do about Dad’s
estate.
I
chased up the Lego mast I ordered on Sunday. With the on-line tracking I could
see it was posted from Madison WI (wherever that is?) on Monday and
moved through the Oak Creek distribution centre (wherever that is?)
yesterday and today it had got to the Chicago international distribution centre
(presumably in Chicago – I’ve heard of that one…)
I
walked the dogs round the block. They are strange things. Whilst Treacle just
keeps herself to herself, when we go to dog club the puppies charge around
wanting to play with everyone. When they are on the leads they snarl and growl.
I wish I knew why.
As
we walked so Morgan did the most humungous turd; rock-solid and probably half
as long as he was. I shall have to keep an eye on him.
We
came home and watched another episode of “Star Trek: Discovery”. I think
where I went wrong with this show before was watching each episode one per week
as it was released. By binge-watching you can follow the tortuous plot so much
easier.
I
then did some more of my current Coursera course. Whilst it is very much
work-related, I’m enjoying it and learning a few things along the way. As I
always tell the trainees, a day when you learn nothing is a day wasted… Over
the years I’ve wasted quite a few days.
The
dogs perked up as I got ready for work. They are quite clever. They know when
it is walkies time and they get very over-excited. They know when it is work
time and they go to their beds where they get a treat from me on my way out.
How
do they know the difference?
I
went to B&Q before work. The living room light is flickering. Expert
opinion on the internet (!) claims that the flickering in the LED lights
is either because they are taking too much power or they don't like the dimmer
switch. So I went to get some lower wattage LED lights, a non-dimmer switch and
a screwdriver. B&Q were in the throes of having a re-design with much of
the store cordoned off, and not a single thing on the shelf where it used to
be. I asked several assistants for light bulbs, switches and screwdrivers, and
just got blank faces. Everyone working there openly admitted that no one at all
knew where anything was.
I've
had issues in B&Q before; they really do need to work on some basic
training for their staff. When asked "where is item X" the
answer should be “I don't know - let me find out for you". It
really shouldn't be along the lines of "F... only knows. I can't find
anything either", should it?
I
eventually got what I needed and set off west-wards through the -hursts and the
-dens and the traffic lights. I lost count of the amount of road works I met
this morning before finally getting to work, where I had a rather busy late
shift.
And in closing, today
is something of an anniversary. Sixteen years ago today I signed up with
Facebook. And today would have been my Dad’s eighty-seventh birthday.
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