It's been a long, strange, trip week, but I'm
surviving it. It could have been much worse. Let's get that part out of
the way first.
I had a doctor's appointment Monday, to discuss my lab results from the
previous week. One of those meetings that really should have
been an email. Along the way there's a tram station where they're doing
some work, so one has to detour; they've laid down sheets of plywood to go
across the tracks, and the grassy embankment on the south side. Meaning
that on the way home it's up a rather steep slope. Steep enough for
(scooter)Gizmo to flip over backwards. I landed flat on my back.
Fortunately I was wearing Colleen's scooter cape and my fuzzy hat. I
could easily have gotten a head or back injury, but apparently I didn't.
What I did do, apparently, was pull some of my upper abdominal
muscles. It didn't hurt much, until I went to bed. Then came
the painful spasms. So I went back Tuesday -- you can't just walk in to
urgent care here; you have to go through your GP. I went by Uber this
time. So I got an EKG to confirm that my pain was not cardiac-related,
and told that the only pain-killer safe for me at my age was paracetamol,
which I was already taking. Now, six days later, it's mostly better.
Wednesday was noteworthy for not one, but two high-priority security problems. Hopefully you
haven't been putting off those updates. I spent lots of time on Wednesday
installing updates and keeping an eye on DreamHost's status page.
Meanwhile, N and G took off Thursday for New York City, to visit her
father and stepmother, and Columbus, Ohio, for OVFF. So I'm borrowing N's cat, Brooklyn. Or he's borrowing me; you
never know with cats. He's an absolute darling.
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