January Afternoon – Country Park

I got up this morning noted the condition of my joints, flexed a bit, groaned and then went back to sleep. It seemed the logical thing to do. It was just after 8.00 when I finally thrust my head out from beneath the duvet like a disgruntled tortoise and blinked. At least, I noted, my eyelids weren’t hurting. This was a start.

Unfortunately, it was destined to be a day of aches and pains. Some days are like that.

It was also a day of phone calls. One was from a man who told me that my telephone SIM card was going to be blocked in two days unless . . .

I’m not actually sure what he was going to ask me to do as I stopped him there and told him I would talk to him in two days as I wasn’t going to speak to anyone ringing up out of the blue as there are a lot of fraudsters about. He didn’t protest, so he is either a poor scammer, or he is from the phone company and they are going to cut me off. Time will tell.

Robin

Then I had a call to organise the delivery of my new supply of anti-arthritis injections. I have mixed feelings about them. I don’t like injections, but I really don’t like the regime of ten pills once a week. They are tiny and fiddly, they taste horrible and they often upset my stomach. I also have to order them every month and this doesn’t leave much room for error when ordering.

Later, I had a call from rheumatology asking if the delivery company had rung.

Bird report – nothing new. We refilled the feeder and adjusted the arm that gives the squirrel a foothold. It has not tried anything yet, though I have no doubt it will be back with a cunning plan.

Julia and my sister went for a walk in the country park this afternoon. They are just back, reporting seeing parakeets on one of the feeders near the bird hide. I wonder if I can tempt them down here . . .

Header Photo is from Julia’s walk.