Another week, another round of WTF?!
Dec. 17th, 2022 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosa_heartlilySaturday it snowed. Sunday it froze. Monday I dragged the poor husband out in the cold in order to get his sample to the GP in time for the courier. We haven't heard anything back on that, which I take to mean they didn't find anything but I will chase it up next week to be sure.
Tuesday was back to the practice nurse to check his blood pressure, which was still very low - so now he's off all the high blood pressure tablets. We also have a blood pressure monitor of our own, so I can keep an eye on it.
Wednesday, we booked a taxi and went to the Royal to attend the foot clinic - only to be told we'd cancelled the appointment because we had another appointment. That was the 'other' appointment! We got a letter inviting husband to the foot clinic and a text inviting him to a medicines clinic, which was what I THOUGHT I'd cancelled. It appears that these two clinics are one and the same, but with different names depending on the source of the information. Or something. Anyway, we go back for that one on 3 Jan *sigh*
We walked home through mostly clear streets and got some fresh air, anyway.
Thursday was stay in and stay warm day!
Friday, I'd booked a taxi for 8am because we had an MRI scan at 8.30am. The taxi finally showed up at 8.15am and hit EVERY red light between here and the hospital. But we just got there on time. Note to self - book taxi an HOUR ahead in future! We had to remove the sensor pad thingy, so it's back to sticking pins in the poor man. We went to the Skyline restaurant on the top floor of the hospital for our breakfast. Didn't get a good view, this time, unfortunately, but we ate well.
Today, I went to another local health centre for my Covid 'seasonal booster'. The husband chose to come with me and got his first jab. There's still icy patches around but it's raining now, so hopefully it'll get washed away soon.
Oh, yesterday I also managed to bag a new mattress on Wowcher - worth £600+, bought for £85 + £20 delivery. Should be here on or before Friday - very specific. After buying it, I found the local recycling organisation refurbs seconds and display models, which would have been an even better option - but I guess the one I've bought is end of line, or something; still keeping it out of landfill.
And the plumber is due to finally fit our new toilet on Thursday. The only appointment we have is the blood clinic on Friday, so I may need to recruit the daughter to sit in for the mattress.
And I finish work on Thursday until 9 Jan! Very much looking forward to the long break. Of course, my 'welcome back to work' is a 9am project board meeting >D.
Oh, and the food shop arrived earlier, so I think we can definitely say Christmas is happening! It was in serious doubt for a while.
Finished watching the new series of Warrior Nun. I think I preferred Wednesday. Next up is the Dragon Age cartoon. And ST:DS9, of course.
And that's about that. See you next week!
Tuesday was back to the practice nurse to check his blood pressure, which was still very low - so now he's off all the high blood pressure tablets. We also have a blood pressure monitor of our own, so I can keep an eye on it.
Wednesday, we booked a taxi and went to the Royal to attend the foot clinic - only to be told we'd cancelled the appointment because we had another appointment. That was the 'other' appointment! We got a letter inviting husband to the foot clinic and a text inviting him to a medicines clinic, which was what I THOUGHT I'd cancelled. It appears that these two clinics are one and the same, but with different names depending on the source of the information. Or something. Anyway, we go back for that one on 3 Jan *sigh*
We walked home through mostly clear streets and got some fresh air, anyway.
Thursday was stay in and stay warm day!
Friday, I'd booked a taxi for 8am because we had an MRI scan at 8.30am. The taxi finally showed up at 8.15am and hit EVERY red light between here and the hospital. But we just got there on time. Note to self - book taxi an HOUR ahead in future! We had to remove the sensor pad thingy, so it's back to sticking pins in the poor man. We went to the Skyline restaurant on the top floor of the hospital for our breakfast. Didn't get a good view, this time, unfortunately, but we ate well.
Today, I went to another local health centre for my Covid 'seasonal booster'. The husband chose to come with me and got his first jab. There's still icy patches around but it's raining now, so hopefully it'll get washed away soon.
Oh, yesterday I also managed to bag a new mattress on Wowcher - worth £600+, bought for £85 + £20 delivery. Should be here on or before Friday - very specific. After buying it, I found the local recycling organisation refurbs seconds and display models, which would have been an even better option - but I guess the one I've bought is end of line, or something; still keeping it out of landfill.
And the plumber is due to finally fit our new toilet on Thursday. The only appointment we have is the blood clinic on Friday, so I may need to recruit the daughter to sit in for the mattress.
And I finish work on Thursday until 9 Jan! Very much looking forward to the long break. Of course, my 'welcome back to work' is a 9am project board meeting >D.
Oh, and the food shop arrived earlier, so I think we can definitely say Christmas is happening! It was in serious doubt for a while.
Finished watching the new series of Warrior Nun. I think I preferred Wednesday. Next up is the Dragon Age cartoon. And ST:DS9, of course.
And that's about that. See you next week!
