Week commencing Monday, 27 May 2024
![A view out to see with Bembridge Lifeboat Station, Isle of Wight in the distance. A sunny day with a few clouds in the sky.](https://www.curnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_9632-1024x577.jpeg)
Quantified Self
- This week: Stand 6/7; Exercise 6/7 and Move 6/7. (86%). Morning walks: 0/3 (days in the office don’t count). Office days 1/4. Total steps: 74,977
Life
- A general election was called last week. Apparently, the man in charge of everything didn’t check the weather forecast before announcing it in the rain. Several hours after the event, I was told, and I still haven’t seen a picture of him in the rain. I didn’t mention it in last week’s notes because the only thing that will change between now and ‘the date’ is that I’ll despair more about the people in power. As a result, I resolved to spend more time in my garden.
- Bank holiday Monday to the Bembridge street fair. Just thinking about the human fruit machine, and I am still laughing. Lots of people and packed buses. Lovely community spirit.
- Related, we walked out towards the pier and lifeboat station. Lovely scone with a peaceful view of the water.
- I discovered, by scrolling to some obscure part of the NHS app, that my physiotherapy referral for my shoulder had been cancelled because I didn’t have an appointment. I called to ask why I’d not been asked to make one. After much computer clicking, I finally have an appointment (albeit for a telephone consultation). It’s a start. Yay.
- Are you here for the washing machine content? This week, a different engineer was sympathetic to the saga. New drum. The machine is not working—parts are out of stock. I can’t face the call queue.
- Difficult meeting on Wednesday. It will not be resolved quickly. Work to put in, so I went for a walk on Cannon Hill Common. It’s looking very lush and green.
- Friday night to buy paint to patch up some walls.
- On Saturday, we tried to picnic on the beach, but the wind was against us.
- On Sunday, I sat in the marina-side bar and drank wine before the train home. The sun shone. A lovely way to end the week.
Media
- Sounds Of The 80s with Jason Donovan is the music of the last bits of my teenage years. Also, the best song that was a hit but nobody remembers because “double a-sides” are not a thing the kids understand.
- Years ago, I was in Australia. I wrote about Kyle & Jackie O. Now they are being networked to Melbourne. The podcast charting the change is brilliantly produced with lovely levels of anorachness.
- Beers were cancelled on Tuesday night, but this video of Carol Voderman was shared, “the most dangerous people in this country are women post menopause. Because they don’t give a shit”.