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Another island

It was a bank holiday for the GF and I had arranged my work so I didn’t have anything today, so we took a ferry to another of the Princes Islands, this time to Kinaliada. It was a less sunny day than the last time we went over, and in fact it pelted with rain […]

A moderate success

The workshop is over, and it was a moderate success. The timing was very poorly managed, and my technical skills were not up to managing breakout rooms etc so that was a fiasco, but my bit of the presentation was ok, and I think most people appreciated the one-on-one discussions (other than the time issue). […]

Another scan

Had an ultrasound this morning, so went off early in the morning, with 2 litres of water in my belly and no breakfast, feeling rather hard done by. There was a rather long wait as due to a misunderstanding the receptionist thought I had not drunk any water, whereas I thought I might burst soon. […]

Terrors ahead

I had a longish zoom meeting today about a workshop I had agreed to cohost on Friday, which now has me absolutely terrified. It’s going to be truly terrible, I think and I am overworked as it is. Well, at least I’m only responsible for a 20 minute slot in a 3 hour long session, […]

Back to the grind

Though it was Sunday I had a rather hardworking day, not that weekends mean much in pandemic life (or, truthfully, in my non-pandemic life). I felt a little better for most of the day, well enough to work but not so well as to stand or walk much, so finished some long-pending work, started on […]

Setback

I was convinced yesterday that today I would be well again, and it started out promisingly, as I slept well through most of the night till around 4.30. Since then I’ve felt under the weather again, and even more so because I was so sure I was well. I haven’t had such a sustained bout […]

Taste of telemedicine

I had my first taste of telemedicine today, as I’d made an appointment for a service the GF (and family) gets through work. It was a UK service, of course, and it was notable after yesterday how distinct GP interactions are in the NHS compared to private systems. There was no surprise or shock here […]