October 29, 2006
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The Loch Ness Blog has been updated to include belated tales and photos of my London excursion earlier this month. I hope you take a peek and enjoy!
In other news, my eye was just acting freakish because I must have scratched it accidently with a fingernail that had been cutting hot pepper for my stir-fry dinner. After a strange encounter with National Health Care, where the nurse asked me what was wrong over the phone, I answered “I think I have conjunctivitis,” and she arranged for me to pick up a perscription without me ever having seen a doctor, my eye had gone back to its normal, not red nor gooey state. I think I was just exhausted plain and simple. All better!
Today was lovely. We woke to the sun pouring in through the windows. Always a good sign here. We drank coffee at the local cafe and walked the Kalvin River all afternoon long before coming home to some garlic bread, soup, and poetry. We read aloud, in bad Scottish accents, from The Penguin Book of Scottish Verse, decoding the old language as we went along. My reccomendation: Robert Burns’ Tam O’ Shanter. If nothing else, read it as an excuse to say the word “howlet” aloud. It means owl and I love it.
That’s all. Now go to Loch Ness and read my good post for the day.
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How was your Sunday?
Comments (6)
Today was very windy, gusts up to 50 mph. Brisk. Got some groceries. Did some laundry. Watched our fledgeling women’s hockey team look pretty good in a very respectable 3-3 tie against an established Cortland program. It’s true: Women’s college hockey can be really exciting!
Oh yes, do be careful with the eyes and the hot peppers. I’m glad it’s not conjunctivitis, though, because that’s unpleasant. I had it once and I mostly felt like I had something stuck under my eyelid for a few days. Annoying. I regularly get hot pepper in my eye when I cook with them. Also annoying.
I have the Loch Ness one book marked and am reading it in parts. You put a ton of work into that. The photos and descriptions are great. Glad to hear that your eye has cleared. And wow, you can get a script that easy? Well, eye meds are not addictive I’ll bet.It was sunny and brisk here today. The trees still have some color but the pathways are now lined an inch deep with leaves. (Not cruchy but tender ones due to all of the rain.) It’s been quiet and peaceful though.Your day sounds beautiful.
Sunny days on the Emerald Isle are to be treasured (remember that when you’re going crazy in April and can’t figure out why — ask yourself what a week of sunny days would do for you).The National Health are pretty good about getting you the stuff you need without a lot of hassle. They don’t have the legal beagles chasing ambulances and they don’t have the whole mega-marketing drug companies vs. the profit-greedy insurance companies dynamic. On the other hand, they actually expect you to use common sense (e.g., not taking the meds if your eye clears up), which is not altogether a bad thing either.Your evening sounds lovely:Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse–and ThouBeside me singing in the Wilderness–And Wilderness is Paradise enow.– Omar Khayyam
My experience with the National Health was not so great, so I believe it when I heard they just prescribed something without seeing your eye. RYC: I feel for you about not having Giles with you. I think I’d go into a severe funk without my kitties.Today in Chicago it’s in the 60s! I have a rose blooming outdoors and it’s sunny and gorgeous. You have to take these things when you get them. November is looming and we all know what that means.Lynn
Conjunctivitis is gross. Chelsea gets it all the time and I’ve had it a few times as well. I’m glad it was just tiredness! It must be, um, reassuring to know that although it is difficult to see an actual doctor, you can very easily get your paws on prescription meds.