… that things are going downhill as far as my health is concerned. I’ve had a very bad day today.<\/p>\n
So having crashed out last night definitively at about 22:00 (and no surprise there) I was wide-awake again at 02:15 on the dot and up working at 02:40. Which meant that I wasn’t disturbed in the least by the internet connection dropping and restarting at 02:30 onwards, and pinging the telephone each time that it did so.<\/p>\n
There was time to go on my travels too – up to the High Arctic once again where I was disguised or pretending to be an Inuit, saying goodbye to everyone. And it was one of those protracted, long emotional goodbyes that somehow managed to take several days as I visited many of the places where I had recently been (and several other places that I didn’t recognise either).<\/p>\n
By the time 06:00 came around I was ready for my medication. And this was followed by breakfast. Muesli, apple puree grape juice and coffee. Back to our usual habits. and then back to work.<\/p>\n
But I couldn’t keep going, which was hardly surprising. I curled up on the bed and that was that until 13:00. Out like a light. <\/p>\n
When I awoke the coffee that remained in the percolator had burnt. That wasn’t much good. I had a bit of a stagger around to regain my composure, and at about 14:30 I decided to go out.<\/p>\n
LIDL and LeClerc were the destinations today. Caliburn started perfectly after 5 weeks of pause and that was good news.<\/p>\n
We didn’t buy anything special apart from a twin-USB plug for Caliburn but the bill still came to about \u20ac50:00. Supplies were pretty low with having had a clear-out before I came away.<\/p>\n
But I saw my first “F” plate while I was out. That was hardly a surprise. I reckoned that they were due to come out at the beginning of September.<\/p>\n
Back here I had a struggle to fit the frozen food into the fridge. I’d forgotten that I’d made a ton of frozen meals before going away. And having bought a pile of fresh mushrooms (they were on special offer) I’ll be making some more too. <\/p>\n
By the time that I had done that and made my sandwiches it was 17:00 so I went to sit on the wall in the late-afternoon sun. One of the lizards came to visit me too which was quite nice. Clearly haven’t forgotten the pear droppings. <\/p>\n
But back here, I couldn’t keep going and by 18:00 I was back in bed.<\/p>\n
21:00 I awoke and found to coffee gone cold on the chest of drawers by the bed. There’s no doubt that I’m going downhill.<\/p>\n
And the raging thirst is back. And as I have said before, that’s always a very bad sign. It usually heralds the start of a bout of ill-health and after all that I’ve been through just recently, that’s hardly a surprise. <\/p>\n
But I shall keep on going. Still some life left in the old dog yet and I intend to make the most of it. But as TS McPhee once famously wrote<\/a> I’ve done everything that I’ve ever set out to do
\nI’m like a ship on the ocean that’s rolling from side to side
\nBut I’m not drunk I’m just dissatisfied
\nIt’s not my body but my mind I can’t control
\nI have everything I need but still…..I want more<\/p>\n
\nI become so well known that they’ve put me in who’s who
\nBut I’ve reached the limit and I don’t know what to do
\nIf I can’t go no further I’ll have to go back…..to being poor<\/em><\/p>\n
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