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Exciting

Last night’s football was very exciting, and extrmeely amusing to see all these English people not quite daring to believe. I stayed in today, resting my hands and feet again, though I do think I’m nearly well. I hope the second vaccine dose doesn’t lead to a repeat, though.

Venturing out

Today I ventured out after days, rather cautiously as afraid of causing the feet to flare up again. The feet actually stayed fine and, oddly, it was my hands which objected. In any case, we went first to the flat where I got to see all the changes. The windows have arrived and are being […]

Honour guard into hell

Rumsfeld surely has one of the more substantial honour guards into the afterlife with tens of thousands of Iraqis, Afghans and Pakistanis killed because of him. As Afghanistan teeters on the brink of America’s latest abandonment it’s hard not to remember that this man’s hands are covered with blood. I saw something on Twitter some […]

Hooray

Second dose booked, yay! And I’ve been told that in the UK at least worsened skin conditions have been widely reported as a side effect of the vaccine, so hopefully the eczema will settle down soon. And also not recur with the second dose. Donald Rumsfeld is dead. A man who loomed large over my […]

Back to the doctor

After last night’s consultation I caved and returned to the hospital seeking a doctor. It was not easy as walking is difficult and my hands are rather grotesque at the moment. Nevertheless I made it there by taxi, to a nice older woman with an interpreter. She is a dermatologist so was more interested in […]

Go, go, go!

And my computer came on this morning and I immediately set to work, frantically backing up and setting up backup systems. I have no idea what happened, but well, I suppose it’s time to pay for a proper backup now, automated, since I’m incapable of managing it myself. Thank heavens. I’m reconciled to buying a […]

Flicker of hope

A flicker of hope this morning as my computer came on for a few seconds, seemingly in the same state as I’d left it on Saturday. It immediately went out again but it seems at least that the data at least is still there. I should have gone for the repair today but my feet […]

Shattered

This morning I turned on my computer for a bit of work and – it would not come on. The power light stayed on, the fan was on but the machine was cool, and nothing. Dead. It looks like the motherboard, which has long threatened to expire, might finally have died, and of course this […]