With an alarm set I woke about three hours earlier today
than I did yesterday. I lay awake for a while, then gave up and got up. This
morning’s average blood pressure was 152/89 which is about average. Average for
me; far from good for anyone else.
I watched “Poldark” in which it would seem that
Verity’s estrangement was at an end, but Elizabeth was up for a portion and
made no secret to Ross about it.
I had a quick look at the Internet. It was still there.
Unlike yesterday (which was a tad dull) there were a few squabbles
kicking off this morning. Antibiotics for a fungal infection… anyone with the
slightest medical knowledge would understand why that wouldn’t work, but those
who actually knew nothing about it wouldn’t be told, and made great show of
demonstrating that they knew nothing. And pension provision… the Facebook
Retirement UK page is always good for bitterness. This morning some very silly
fellow (in his late fifties) was asking how much his pension would be
each week. He was rather dismayed to find that his future pension bore no
relation to his current mammoth salary and everything to do with how little (i.e.
nothing) he’d paid in to a pension fund.
It was very dark as I set off to work, but not foggy as it
had been on Wednesday. I popped to the Sainsbury's petrol station on the way.
As well as having petrol, they have sandwiches early in the morning. For some
reason the Aylesford filling station never has sandwiches before mid-morning.
The miserable old bat I've met before was on duty, but she was happy and
cheerful for once. That made a change.
I drove off up the motor way listening to the pundits on
the radio. Global warming is getting worse with carbon dioxide levels going through the roof. The world
will (probably) see me out, but I despair for what Lacey, Jake and
Darcie will have to contend with.
And there's been a cease-fire declared in the ongoing
conflict in Gaza... But some of the head honchos of the Israeli government have
resigned in disgust, openly
saying they want the war to continue.
Apparently making any concessions at all to the other side
is a bad thing, and these resigning ministers feel that any concessions should
be made by their opponents and certainly not by them. However they've agreed
not to try to bring the Israeli government down *if* war resumes at the
end of the cease-fire in six weeks time. They really want the war to continue.
I can vividly remember an interview with people on both
sides of a previous iteration of this conflict a few years ago when neither
side were prepared to budge an inch and both sides were harping back to
perceived insults from over fifty years ago.
I've said before that the war in the Middle East will run
and run, and it is the poor innocents on the ground who suffer.
I got to work and cracked on with the early shift. As I did
my bit the boss confirmed that I won't be doing night shifts until my blood
pressure is sorted. A minor result I suppose. I've only got one night in the
next couple of months but being a Friday night it would have made for a tricky
time getting to Dog Club.
With my bit done I came home. This evening’s blood pressure
was exactly the same as this morning’s; 152/89. And with that done we scoffed
dinner whilst watching more of “The Traitors” and “Junior Bake Off”.
Today has been… rather frustrating really. We’ve got the windows
being done next week. Once that’s done we can look to getting the electrical
issue sorted. I’ve still got a couple more days of blood pressure monitoring to
do before the doc tells me about a lifetime on tablets and the need to diet. So
much to get done, but nothing I can do right now.
There’s an awful lot in my life that’s pending at the
moment; I just wish we could get on with it.
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