Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Wednesday June 7th

 Joan is off on a get-together of the EBRD tribunal in Canary Wharf: she left sometime before 8.00am. We have been messaging a bit--some of it about the business of getting an MRI appointment. 

I sent e-mails to the doctor's office, and then a short time ago I received an e-mail from a hospital in St. John's Wood offering me an appointment on June 13 at 13-00. I called and accepted the appointment.

Apart from these e-mail exchanges, I have had to fill my time with the usual assortment of puzzles--Genius in Spelling Bee: failure in Wordle--sessions of reading ( the book is called 'The Human Mind-A Brief Tour of Everything We Know'), a bit of TV, Guardian crosswords on-line, and the occasional attempt to walk around, which I cannot do without quite a bit of pain, unless I half double over, leaning forward at the waist.

I know I look ridiculous in that posture, and I would not appear like that in public. Any straightforward walking soon has to stop as the pain increases.

4.10pm--been watching some anodyne TV....

(Good word 'anodyne'...my OED says 'not likely to cause a offense or disagreement and somewhat dull" Yes, that does describe them..though 'dull' is a bit more critical than the programs deserve. Merriam Webster cannot make up its mind: 'serving to alleviate pain', 'not likely to offend or arouse tensions--innocuous' But then it sees it as a noun--but 'an anodyne' sounds wrong--"something that soothes, calms, or comforts')

You can see that I will do all sorts of silly things to fill in my lonely time.

I have also tried to do a set of exercises that I found on the Web that are supposed to relieve sciatica. Great struggle on the floor. Not sure they helped in any way... 

On through the evening, with my meal already prepared by Joan.  Lots of television.

Joan arrived back at about 9.30pm..now she is beside me at her computer on the kitchen counter, sorting out some work that has to be done...

The day nears its end.

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