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May. 22nd, 2026 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsI got an unexpected phone call from the doctor yesterday saying they needed me to go get blood tests to keep an eye on things due to me taking the beta blocker now. Which is fair enough. They had an appointment at my own practice the third week in June, or else I could go to the out of hours clinic and have an appointment today. Of course I took that one as the out of hours is pretty much the same distance walk away as my own GP. So, I'm off there tonight at 6:30, bonus being James can pick me up after on his way back from work.
Then later, I was in McDonalds with Bodhi when the surgery phoned again, the same lady saying the doctor also wanted to know my weight and BMI so could I attend an appointment to get that done. Not going to lie, that got my back up a little as it seems so unneeded and brings back the days when everything medical was brought back to my weight. But, for some reason they can't do that at the out of hours clinic so I needed an appointment at my own GP surgery. That's going to happen next Tuesday, they did offer one today but it just didn't work with the other appointment as I'll be walking to both.
I'd picked Bodhi up from school yesterday, and the day before, and also had her at my house for a few hours Wed evening for sad reasons when Kayleigh had to unexpectedly go to the hospital to visit her seriously ill friend. All the Bodhisitting went well, but man, McDonalds after school kick out is full of feral kids. My ears were ringing when we left.
In other news, the Radio One Big Weekend is happening a few miles from where I live and while I'm sure it is good for the area the road closures are insane. I've just had a text from the doctor warning of road closures in my town and to leave plenty of extra travel time if you're coming by car. And as for driving anywhere close to Herrington Country park where the event is happening, forget it.
We've tickets to see The Mandalorian and Grogu tomorrow morning and would usually drive that way to get to MetroCentre, but I suspect we'll be going on a detour and bypassing that area completely.
James had some annual leave yesterday so before picking Bodhi up we got a fruit and vegetable box from Re.F.Use. As usual it was great value and for once only contained one lemon. It did have dried thyme, dried basil and finger chillies, so I see some kind of pasta sauce and stew in my future, especially as the box included loads of onions and a punnet of mushrooms. Not sure what to do with the finger chillies as James doesn't tolerate anything spicy and there are only so many stir fries I can eat. Oh, and the extras this time were a beautiful bouquet of flowers and the tiniest almond and cherry loaf cake. Seriously, I bet you can eat it with one bite.
Then later, I was in McDonalds with Bodhi when the surgery phoned again, the same lady saying the doctor also wanted to know my weight and BMI so could I attend an appointment to get that done. Not going to lie, that got my back up a little as it seems so unneeded and brings back the days when everything medical was brought back to my weight. But, for some reason they can't do that at the out of hours clinic so I needed an appointment at my own GP surgery. That's going to happen next Tuesday, they did offer one today but it just didn't work with the other appointment as I'll be walking to both.
I'd picked Bodhi up from school yesterday, and the day before, and also had her at my house for a few hours Wed evening for sad reasons when Kayleigh had to unexpectedly go to the hospital to visit her seriously ill friend. All the Bodhisitting went well, but man, McDonalds after school kick out is full of feral kids. My ears were ringing when we left.
In other news, the Radio One Big Weekend is happening a few miles from where I live and while I'm sure it is good for the area the road closures are insane. I've just had a text from the doctor warning of road closures in my town and to leave plenty of extra travel time if you're coming by car. And as for driving anywhere close to Herrington Country park where the event is happening, forget it.
We've tickets to see The Mandalorian and Grogu tomorrow morning and would usually drive that way to get to MetroCentre, but I suspect we'll be going on a detour and bypassing that area completely.
James had some annual leave yesterday so before picking Bodhi up we got a fruit and vegetable box from Re.F.Use. As usual it was great value and for once only contained one lemon. It did have dried thyme, dried basil and finger chillies, so I see some kind of pasta sauce and stew in my future, especially as the box included loads of onions and a punnet of mushrooms. Not sure what to do with the finger chillies as James doesn't tolerate anything spicy and there are only so many stir fries I can eat. Oh, and the extras this time were a beautiful bouquet of flowers and the tiniest almond and cherry loaf cake. Seriously, I bet you can eat it with one bite.
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Date: 2026-05-22 02:58 pm (UTC)enjoy the movies!
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Date: 2026-05-22 03:01 pm (UTC)Thank you again.
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Date: 2026-05-22 03:06 pm (UTC)I hope you enjoy The Mandalorian and Grogu movie. Not going to like. I kept hearing people call the show the Baby Yoda show, so I thought it was Baby Yoda. And it's not. And the show is based more on the Mandalorian, but that is the title. I watched at least most of it. I'm not sure I watched all the episodes. But I'll watch or rewatch them all before I ever see the movie... which will be whenever it airs on the Disney Channel. I'm still waiting for the latest Avatar movie to show up. One day.
That sounds like a great Re.F.Use box. That's such a cool program.
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Date: 2026-05-22 03:22 pm (UTC)If some of those Baby Yoda people are like me they'll use that as a much easier spelling. I have to double-check The Mandalorian and Grogu each time. I missed the latest Avatar movie at the cinema, so I need to watch it on Disney too.
I love the Re.F.Use programme. They've started to do £5 dry goods bags which I'm tempted to try, but they're always popular and I haven't managed to grab one yet.
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Date: 2026-05-22 03:19 pm (UTC)I hope you enjoy the movie!
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Date: 2026-05-22 03:24 pm (UTC)I'm looking forward to the movie :D
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Date: 2026-05-23 07:52 pm (UTC)I definitely understand why that second call made you a little irritated. Strange that you got two calls about tests/checks so close together. You would think they could have asked you both at once and saved both themselves and you time!
I don't even want to imagine the sound levels at McDonalds!
Congratulations to getting so much tasty fruits and veggies! Chillies are EVIL! Well, not as evil as cilantro but definitely to be avoided at all costs :-)