I woke to the sound of rain this morning; I always find the
sound of rain rather depressing. It means that pretty much whatever I’ve got
planned is cancelled.
I made toast and had a little look at the Internet as I
scoffed it. It was pretty much the same as ever. Squabbles and willful
misunderstanding abounded. Apparently quite a few “Vote Labour” signs
that have been put up locally have been
destroyed. That was good for a squabble.
I then drove over to the local hospital for a couple of
appointments. First of all to the ENT out-patients department in a desperate
hope to talk to someone about my upcoming surgery. No one there was able to
talk to me, but they gave me the phone number of someone who could have helped
had she not been on holiday.
I then went round to the X-ray department to have my dodgy
knee looked at. I got to the X-ray department to see a large sign directing me
to check in at the hospital’s main reception area where the chap with whom I’d
had a minor run-in a couple of weeks ago was sitting with a rather
self-important air. He asked loads of questions and then directed me to the
X-ray department’s reception area where they asked the same questions again.
They then seemed rather annoyed that I wasn’t wearing a kilt or shorts, and
insisted I put on some rather embarrassing surgical gown and then sit in the
waiting area for all to stare at me in said surgical gown.
As I sat and waited so the three women behind the reception
desk shrieked about the antics of a colleague’s boyfriend who had got so drunk
over the weekend that he’s lost his false teeth.
After a few minutes I was called in for the X-ray. This too
was frankly embarrassing. The trainee would position me for the X-ray then the
supervisor would come over, say “No!” and the poor trainee would start
again. Personally if I was the supervisor I would have shown the trainee how
she should have done it, but what do I know?
I then went along the corridor for the pre-assessment for
my upcoming surgery. Having been told my appointment was at ten o’clock I’d
booked the X-ray an hour earlier so’s I could go from one appointment to the
other. The nurse at the pre-assessment clinic saw I was early, and asked me “what
I’d got up my arse” as people are usually late. She went through my notes
and demanded to know why I’d had blood tests done at my last pre-assessment,
talked about an ECG but didn’t do one, and took my blood pressure which at
148/98 I thought was rather high, but nurse
didn’t.
I came home. Seeing the rain had eased off I loudly
announced that I was going to the woods for a walk. Three sleeping dogs leapt
up.
We went up to Kings Wood and had a good walk. Once we were
away from the car park we went for over three miles and didn’t see anyone. And
despite the rain it wasn’t *that* muddy. As I walked I found myself thinking
about revamping the geocaches I’ve got up there into smaller walks.
We came home, and I spent a few minutes stalking “er
indoors TM” bird feeder. There’s a little blue tit which has
taken to coming for a feed… whenever there’s no cameras about. I gave up trying
to photograph the elusive bird, and had a little clean-out of the boot of my
car instead. It was rather grubby, and the dog bedding was rather whiffy; I set
the washing machine loose on it.
Before long it was time for the vets. Today had something
of a medical theme; Bailey and Morgan were due for their boosters at the
dog-doctor. The vet seemed impressed with both of them, but Bailey does need
her teeth brushing.
I then cracked out GSAK (it’s a geocaching thing)
and looked at a map of all my geocaches in Kings Wood. They are good for this
year, but come the winter they need revamping. The long route of over eight
miles is too long, and pretty much everyone who likes Wherigo has done them all
now. I’ve plans for three walking routes of about five miles each, and some
smaller Wherigo series. But it’s all in the formative stages at the moment.…
“er indoors TM” boiled up some scran,
then went off bowling as she does on Mondays. I settled in front of the telly
with the dogs… and fell asleep.
I’ve had a rather busy day today…
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