DH had an appointment with his general physician yesterday, a person we refer to as "Doctor Ding-Dong". It's not a respectful title, but there's not a lot of respect for him from DH all around. As an indication of how in-demand the doctor is, DH can make an appointment with him less than three weeks ahead. My doctors, on the other hand, require a good six months before they have any openings.
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I've never personally met Dr Ding-Dong, but he certainly hasn't merited DH's respect over the years. I've encouraged DH to switch doctors, but the other doctors at the clinic aren't accepting new patients. Or so he says. |
Doctor Ding-Dong did the usual checks and questions, and then talked DH into having both a flu shot and a pneumococcal shot - and they were both in the same arm. Dumb! So, DH was complaining about how much his arm hurt throughout the evening, and was up at 3:00 am this morning, looking horrible and telling me that he had barely gotten any sleep at all.
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DH is feeling horrid. He's not getting any sleep, he aches and hurts, he looks his age (which is never a good thing at our age), but he's his usual stubborn self and refuses to switch days off with me. I'll ask him again when I get home from the pool. |
I offered to switch days off with him - I would work today, he could work tomorrow. Even though I have a load of laundry already in the washer, I could manage. In some ways it would be almost better for my schedule. But he turned me down, took some outdated Tylenol, and he's going to tough it out. He said he'll never get another pneumococcal shots, and maybe he'll remember this when he's approached about it again.
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This is a slightly newer model than my own Drumi foot-powered washing machine. The top of this version is clear, mine is not. But it works the same way and I do love my hand washing machine. |
It's my "day off" (unless he switches) and I have a ton of work to do today, including a hand-wash load for my Drummi. I got three sets of cold-weather hose from Amazon yesterday, and they need to be washed before I add them to my clothes drawer and start wearing them. That'll be an afternoon thing - the three new pairs of hosiery and a sweater dress I purchased a month ago and have worn a couple of times. It's a wonderful dress and I love it, but it does need to be hand-washed (ideally). I should also wash the cap I knitted for myself last year. I've been wearing it a lot, lately. It's been cold.
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I'm a bit of a gadget geek, I fully admit it. But when I can find something that does exactly what I want it to do and does it well, I'm delighted. My Drumi does my hand washed laundry beautifully. My new bone induction headphones for swimming and the treadmill are also a delight. I've had failures, but I tend to get rid of those quickly. There's no time in my life or space in my house for failures. |
On that note, I'm off to the swimming pool for my Wednesday swim. Have an excellent Wednesday, stay flexible (with your time and within your body) and I'll be back tomorrow. *hugs*
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