The 22nd & 23rd; Just pouring in the drops again.
The 22nd of October.
I have forgotten what it is like to not constantly be thinking about how uncomfortable my eyes are. I'd really like to be able to take a picture of myself and actually focus on the camera. Why is it so fucking difficult?
I had to get up very early (for me) because I had an appointment at the GP at ten past ten. I needed to ask them to prescribe me more eye ointment, plus stuff that Miss Byrom wanted me to start doing a long time ago that got put off because I was ill and then lazy. I also wanted to ask them about my wind! Thankfully it was a woman I've seen before, so I didn't need to explain loads, just ask for what I required. She did the prescription, and she's going to run a test on my gut bacteria to see if I have a bug that could be causing it. Hopefully it's not the one we've been reading about, because I'm allergic to two of the antibiotics used to treat it!
Once that was sorted, I had about an hour and a half in which I put up a blog post, then we were back out for back to back chiro appointments. My right shoulder blade was particularly troublesome, needing a lot of crunching, but everything else was pretty much as per. Next time I see her will be a week before my epidural injections, so I'll be nicely aligned for them. I also asked her about the weird bit of my ribcage that sticks out, and apparently it's the fault of my spinal curvature. Nothing wrong with it, just annoying when I get a cough and have to lie on my front on the floor.
This afternoon I have watched just the one film. I didn't go in the room until about three, so I went for one called Assassination Nation. Half of a small town have their phones/laptops hacked, one teenage girl gets blamed, chaos ensues. It is a cautionary tale of holding others to standards which we ourselves cannot uphold, then when they disappoint us, wishing to destroy them. Cancellation culture in its extreme, mass hypocrisy, lack of reasoning or empathy, plus some girls get to kick ass. I really enjoyed it, and it deserves more than the 3/5 stars it has on NowTV.
The 23rd of October.
The eyes were pretty good for most of the day, but at some point this afternoon they got angry and now I'm just pouring in the drops again. Sigh.
This morning, I started another kitten blanket, using the last ball of this wool. It was all from the first jumper I ever made, which was not at all wearable. It was like a box, with arms that were too short, and the wool was really chunky. Therefore, it was one of several items that I unravelled and now it is blankets for floofs!
About half eleven, Alison came over with Harry. I gave him his milk, because he'd had an enormously long, two hour nap, so had no time for it at home. He drank almost all of it on my lap, then it was time to crawl. Well, it is not entirely crawling - the front half crawls, and it drags the second half behind it. He wanted the flowers in the fireplace, then the fireguard. I was constantly worrying he was going to pull it over onto himself, but he remained safe, even when he tried to get to the fire implements. Christmas is going to be a nightmare. That said, his favourite toy/thing to chew on while he was here was a coaster, so we'll see!
They went home just after half twelve, when Harry began to scream with hunger. I had to have my lunch too, because Daddy and I had to pick up Mommy from Grandma's and go to the GP again to have our flu jabs. There was only one other woman there, which was weird, because normally the flu jab clinics are super busy, but apparently people were turning up in little gaggles. The empty waiting room meant we were done straight away, so we were in and out very quickly.
Back home, I did a bit more crochet while I ate some chocolate buttons and listened to some of The Riverdale Register. When I finished the chocolate, I went to sit when the kittens. Today they were actually being quite playful, unlike the past few days when they've just been sleeping. I watched a film called The Island, where Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson live in a sterile facility with many other people, there having been some kind of contamination outbreak outside of where they live, and everyone wants to win the lottery that happens regularly, in which the prize is to go to The Island, the last uncontaminated place. However, something nefarious is taking place! It's a fairly old film, but if you want to avoid spoilers, skip the rest. Ewan has questions about his life, and manages to discover the truth, that everyone there is actually a double of someone on the outside, for the purposes of organ transplants, having babies, etcetera. There is no island! Scarlett wins the lottery, so Ewan grabs her before she goes and they escape, with the aid of Ewan's friend who is a supervisor and lives outside. They find Ewan's clone/owner, who pretends to help them, but they both end up back at the facility. However, between them they manage to bring down the facade and all the clones escape. Hurrah!
I had Blanche on my lap for about half of the film, being good and adorable. Bramble sat on me for part of it, and I didn't even have to tell her off too much for the disgusting behaviour. The problem is, she does it to herself if she can't do it to anyone else, and I'm not sure if she'll grow out of it, in which case, how do I make a potential adopter want her?
