Since I last wrote of my dull day things have showed little improvement. Nothing interesting has sold, nothing interesting has been loaded on eBay and nothing interesting has happened.
I say “nothing interesting” but had better qualify that. Nothing good and interesting has happened. I removed one of my dental crowns whilst chewing a caramel, which was interesting, particularly as I have a history of swallowing them.
I’ve wedged it back in for the moment as my six-monthly check up is due in a couple of weeks and I’m hoping to avoid a special trip to the dentist. It’s only come out twice since then, one of them being when I flicked it out with a toothpick.
Then there was the car insurance – it’s gone up by 15% so far and we haven’t even discussed my unfortunate brush with the speed camera. Someone is taking the mickey.
This morning I woke and as I sat on the edge of the bed I noticed blood dripping onto my legs. It was a bit of a surprise at the time but I have a history of nosebleeds so I’m not unduly worried. The main problem is getting the blood out of the pillowcase. (You may want to bookmark this page under “Famous Last Words” in case I’m wrong).
Minutes later things took a turn for the worse when I was informed that Julia was ill. She did this by groaning dramatically, making a sweeping arm gesture and croaking “I’m ill.”
She slept all day and has consistently refused food so it’s quite serious. I hope she gets well soon because I had to make my own sandwiches this morning.
Finally, I had a rejection on my last haiku submission. That was depressing for about twenty minutes, but after that I had plenty to do and forgot about it until now. I’m having a think now, not sure whether it’s part of the downward trend or something I should zone out.
According to my current thought process every rejection brings an acceptance one step nearer, so a rejection is actually a good thing.
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When a day starts like that it makes think you should go back to bed.
That is true. 🙂
Glad Julia is better. The day did indeed sound dreary.
It continued to get worse, as my next post will show…
Oh, no!!!
🙂 Oh yes!
Soaking in salty water is the only way.
I’m going to assume that’s for getting blood out of the pillowcase. 🙂
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See what you can do with nothing interesting. I hope Julia is better now
Thank you. She’s regained her colour and she’s watching Poirot whilst knitting so I would say she’s on the mend. 🙂
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I’m trying to persuade her that a little light exercise will be eneficial – walking to the kettle for instance. 🙂
🙂
So far she’s been resisting my encouragement to exercise. 🙂
Car insurance always goes up for no good reason!
And every year they seem to trim the benefits a little…