Monday, and I am brought a drink in bed and my phone at 7:45 so that I can ring the GP to get an appointment for my injection. As the system was down on my past appointment, I was unable to book then and I had to remember to book later. I didn’t, hence my early morning drink and phone delivery. So I spend a lot of minutes redialling the GP number. I eventually get through and plead a bit to good effect. I get an appointment (fitted in) at 10:10am. I get a shower and breakfast before I set out to the surgery. I feel crap as I walk down but I get there and sit patiently in the waiting room. The relief nurse calls me in, and I emphasise the need for slowness of ingress. She is very good and try’s to be as slow as possible. The system is up today so I am able to book the next jab for October.
Back home I settle down with a hot drink and watch the rain start to pour down. Today is a reading day so I settle down to read Before Your Memory Fades. It is the third in a series of books about a cafe where you can go back or forward in time but of course there are rules. The four rules mean that you can’t change anything so the way the stories of those that do decide to go back or forward are crafted are interesting and sensitive to the subtleties of relationships. Apart from reading a letter from a friend and taking in the Tesco delivery I did nothing else all day until the early evening when I completed the book.
It is always lovely to get a proper letter in the post. Today’s letter is very welcome and is well worth the break from the novel to settle down with coffee to read. I am particularly pleased by the fact that the letter is sealed with a wax seal, it reminds me that I am waiting for my new replacement seal ring to arrive. My hands still feel odd without my seal ring, and I miss being able to seal my letters with my own seal. It gets to early evening and I am beginning to feel the effects of my injection. It gets progressively sorer as the day goes on and I feel more and more rough. So as the evening comes I gather up my dwindling energy and start to draft the blog. I shall eat, watch the concluding episode of Capture and go to bed early with my other new book.
