This wasn’t a good start to the day.
Then I forgot the afternoon reading (it’s not a normal day if I remember them all 😀
In the evening I took a reading which was pretty much where I expected it to be other than the heart rate, which I find quite concerning.
So I took another one half an hour later. That wasn’t exactly much better.
The GP seems unstressed about this. I’m sure it can’t be good long-term though.
Interview with a West Bank Jew
What the interviewee wants isn’t anything to do with punishment. It’s out and out genocide. Probably based on a hideously distorted view of his religion that tells him his views are right and anyone who doesn’t share them is less than human.
This quote is crazy:
“But this is the truth, because God chose us [and] because of this you are jealous.”
Grandad, we’re not jealous. Some of us have absolutely no belief in your (or any other) magic sky fairy and the only feelings we have towards you are that you’re delusional and need taking somewhere that you can’t hurt anyone.
The civilised world needs far fewer of these people. Preferably none at all.
Yes, I forgot the evening reading again 😀
Everything pretty much where I expect it to be otherwise though.
Started fine in the morning, but 128/94 is way too low for me to cope with and the afternoon was basically a write-off. Things didn’t get much better in the evening, either 🙁
I can’t claim to be very happy with a heart rate of 100bpm when I’m not doing anything, either.
A small harvest from today.
Plenty of different tomatoes beginning to ripen, and our first courgette. May the glut commence! 😀
I also spent a little time picking blackberries. I shall pick more in a week or so.
I was given an appointment with one of the nurses at the surgery to have blood taken for more tests. Not entirely sure why, but I was told it was a requirement that it be done before 9am. I know they can do the tests on the same day if blood is taken later than that, so I assume they’re thinking that something about my blood may be different at that time of day. Perhaps they don’t realise that since I’ve been on medication, even waking up before 9am is a struggle.
Anyhow, I measured my BP before I went, just out of interest:
After taking my blood (I’m amazed I have any left, really), the nurse measured my BP and checked it a second time. In both cases it was well over 200. I think the first was 215. That came as something of a surprise as whilst I’m aware of “white coat syndrome”, I was actually very relaxed about the whole situation.
When I got back home, I measured it again:
So, for whatever reason it really does look like white coat syndrome 🙁
I managed an afternoon reading too, but failed on the evening one yet again. Doh!
I started (attempting) to save seeds from my pepper plants today. I’ve not had much success using bits of stocking to isolate the flowers and prevent cross-pollination, so I ordered some drawstring mesh bags to try instead.
Once I’d identified a shoot with flowers close to opening, I removed any large leaves that would get in the way and slipped the bag over the end of the shoot, pulling the neck closed around the stem.
Now it’s just a case of waiting to see if the flowers set fruit. At that point I can remove the bag and I’ll mark the fruit by putting a tie around its stem.
Clearly I was so disgusted with this reading that I didn’t bother for the rest of the day.
I like the humour of the temporary name and I can see that it’s a benefit to the park in terms of bringing in cash and I don’t see that this specific instance is “excessive commercialisation”, but I do agree with those who are saying that it’s indicative of a wider problem with funding for national parks. Perhaps given the state of the economy this is the best we can hope for in the short term.
Those who are just saying “it’s not right” don’t really have a leg to stand on however, unless they can a cogent argument as to why. Otherwise they’re just saying “I don’t like it”. Tough. Life’s like that sometimes.
I’m am now waiting for Nissan to launch a new model, the “Bannau Brycheiniog” 😀
Perhaps. Or maybe a mouse of some sort. Clearly they’ve been burrowing amongst my tomatoes, anyhow. I did see one the other day, digging about around the base of the cucumbers. I don’t think it was after the cucumbers themselves. I suspect it was looking for grubs or insects on the top of the compost.
