Thursday, March 20, 2008
20th March. Health, rain - and happy Easter.
Yesterday I managed to include a brief description of some things in my life unconnected with health.
I really felt quite rotten yesterday evening. That was a shame because I had thought I was beginning to climb out of the deep pit of infection.
I was not much better this morning and neither was Bill.
It had been suggested yesterday, when he saw the nurse, that he ring this morning and leave a message for a doctor who would ring back when free. I suggested he include me on the need for answers.
Dr Donelly rang back later and happily agreed that we both might benefit from course of antibiotics and a little later we collected prescriptions.
I presume all GPs will do this nowadays - patients can consult with the doctor over the phone and be offered the right medication. We would have had to wait a week to see a doctor in person.
Then we posted parcels - only a few people have delayed their payment. One I shall have to write to in the morning because 5 days will have passed and she has made no contact at all. I am always very gentle at first and point out that I know that other things crop up with a greater priority than EBay. Inside I feel crosser than I sound because it is not good manners to be forgetful or lazy and that is what has ususally happened. But if the money arrives eventually then all is well and I don't have to go to the bother of reporting a non payer.
I didn't write much about the EBay hobby yesterday, mostly because I wasn't up to much and also because I wouldn't want to leave an impression that I am just money grabbing. EBay is a game to me and I am amused by some aspects and I enjoy putting in quite a lot of effort to be the best sort of seller that I can be. The feedbacks we get show that we are appreciated. It is good to be able to feel proud of an aspect of life - I rarely felt proud of any of my time in education, mainly because I didn't want to be there.
I should keep in mind that any past pupils I meet remember me with affection and I should have been feeling proud of that.
There are few people (except those in tabloid newsapapers) who can claim to have been greeted warmly with kisses in their bed by a past pupil! This happened when the son of the lady in the next bed in Buckland ward came to see her.
Anyway, enough of wandering doen that path; after our trip to see Brenda and Sandra - the ladies who run the local branch post office we went on to Tescos at Hookwood. I am not sure why I thought this shop might be preferable to the Three Bridges store.
I don't think anywhere would have been really pleasant today - the world has been preparing for a siege it seems. Trolleys were laden for the Easter break and aisles were crammed with shoppers.
We were tired after shopping and decided to eat out, using the Tescos cafe.
This was actually a mistake. Don't get me wrong, the food was fine, but we had foolishly believed that it might cost less than in Wetherspoons. We were wrong and of course Wetherspoons provide a much more relaxed and attractive atmosphere - and the one in Horley ( in an art deco building where the racing driver Jack Fairman worked in the 1930s) is only about 5 minutes drive away.
So next time we will keep that in mind.
Now we are looking forward to Easter. Ashley will arrive this evening to spend the week with us. None of us have committed ourselves to any particular activities because we don't know what the weather will be or how we will feel.
I have just checked the weather forecast and there is predicted to be heavy snow in these parts on Easter Sunday morning - even if they exaggerated it doesn't sound very promising for outdoor activities like car boot sales.
Ashley will be in church every day I would imagine - so probably we will just be chauffeurs, cooks and cleaners for him. I know he will enjoy a break, free of responsibilities.
The bad weather has already begun. I hung washing out this morning, but the heavy rain began whilst we were in Tescos and the clothes had to be brought in, all cold and wet.
Perhaps we can all attack the pile of jigsaws! The one called Blast Furnaces which I grumbled about, already has 6 watchers on EBay, so I assume that it will be sold in 10 days time.
Have a good Easter weekend, despite rotten weather in the UK. Maybe elsewhere things are more pleasant - though Thailand has not yet got caught up in the commercialism of Easter. They are not chocolate eaters in Thailand - it would melt; and of course Christianity is not the main religion.
I really felt quite rotten yesterday evening. That was a shame because I had thought I was beginning to climb out of the deep pit of infection.
I was not much better this morning and neither was Bill.
It had been suggested yesterday, when he saw the nurse, that he ring this morning and leave a message for a doctor who would ring back when free. I suggested he include me on the need for answers.
Dr Donelly rang back later and happily agreed that we both might benefit from course of antibiotics and a little later we collected prescriptions.
I presume all GPs will do this nowadays - patients can consult with the doctor over the phone and be offered the right medication. We would have had to wait a week to see a doctor in person.
Then we posted parcels - only a few people have delayed their payment. One I shall have to write to in the morning because 5 days will have passed and she has made no contact at all. I am always very gentle at first and point out that I know that other things crop up with a greater priority than EBay. Inside I feel crosser than I sound because it is not good manners to be forgetful or lazy and that is what has ususally happened. But if the money arrives eventually then all is well and I don't have to go to the bother of reporting a non payer.
I didn't write much about the EBay hobby yesterday, mostly because I wasn't up to much and also because I wouldn't want to leave an impression that I am just money grabbing. EBay is a game to me and I am amused by some aspects and I enjoy putting in quite a lot of effort to be the best sort of seller that I can be. The feedbacks we get show that we are appreciated. It is good to be able to feel proud of an aspect of life - I rarely felt proud of any of my time in education, mainly because I didn't want to be there.
I should keep in mind that any past pupils I meet remember me with affection and I should have been feeling proud of that.
There are few people (except those in tabloid newsapapers) who can claim to have been greeted warmly with kisses in their bed by a past pupil! This happened when the son of the lady in the next bed in Buckland ward came to see her.
Anyway, enough of wandering doen that path; after our trip to see Brenda and Sandra - the ladies who run the local branch post office we went on to Tescos at Hookwood. I am not sure why I thought this shop might be preferable to the Three Bridges store.
I don't think anywhere would have been really pleasant today - the world has been preparing for a siege it seems. Trolleys were laden for the Easter break and aisles were crammed with shoppers.
We were tired after shopping and decided to eat out, using the Tescos cafe.
This was actually a mistake. Don't get me wrong, the food was fine, but we had foolishly believed that it might cost less than in Wetherspoons. We were wrong and of course Wetherspoons provide a much more relaxed and attractive atmosphere - and the one in Horley ( in an art deco building where the racing driver Jack Fairman worked in the 1930s) is only about 5 minutes drive away.
So next time we will keep that in mind.
Now we are looking forward to Easter. Ashley will arrive this evening to spend the week with us. None of us have committed ourselves to any particular activities because we don't know what the weather will be or how we will feel.
I have just checked the weather forecast and there is predicted to be heavy snow in these parts on Easter Sunday morning - even if they exaggerated it doesn't sound very promising for outdoor activities like car boot sales.
Ashley will be in church every day I would imagine - so probably we will just be chauffeurs, cooks and cleaners for him. I know he will enjoy a break, free of responsibilities.
The bad weather has already begun. I hung washing out this morning, but the heavy rain began whilst we were in Tescos and the clothes had to be brought in, all cold and wet.
Perhaps we can all attack the pile of jigsaws! The one called Blast Furnaces which I grumbled about, already has 6 watchers on EBay, so I assume that it will be sold in 10 days time.
Have a good Easter weekend, despite rotten weather in the UK. Maybe elsewhere things are more pleasant - though Thailand has not yet got caught up in the commercialism of Easter. They are not chocolate eaters in Thailand - it would melt; and of course Christianity is not the main religion.
