Learning and understanding

I feel it necessary to stress that early morning appointments are fine if they’re the only commitment of the day, like today.  I had my meeting with my doctor, came home and climbed into bed where I slept for a couple of hours.  I feel better for doing that.  Jerry had a good time running around in the park (and rolling on something  which stinks, so he got rubbed down with a dryer sheet and is now sulking at me from Don’s lap.  Don, when we came home, dozed for a good chunk of the day, and is gearing up to watch sports of some description tonight.  My plans are to finish 2 rows of my crochet project and go to bed.  I may not finish 2, but I intend to complete the one I’m working on now. I’m feeling a little tired and irritable, so this is probably not the best time to do this, but I thought I should share a short list of questions you really should not ask .  Especially not of patients with chronic conditions. Did you eat?  Why not?  Yo...

Another photo sent to me from Trinidad; this one is of Point Matelot, the most north-easterly point on the island.  One of the many rivers (to us, they’re rivers; to everyone else they’re rivulets) empties into the Atlantic Ocean.  The weather is getting nice enough now that I don’t feel the strong pull to head home, although I really miss people (you know who you are.). I spent the day recovering from yesterday’s fun.  I didn’t do a lot, but it was enough that I’m low-level tired (meaning that I could push myself to do stuff, but I’m also feeling irritable, which is a sure sign of tiredness.). I realized the irritation when I wanted to shout at Don when he asked me to repeat myself (he’s reached the age and stage where adult men lose their hearing, especially around the women in their life) and then when I evicted Jerry from the bed this morning because I needed sleep and he wanted to play.  I just looked at the time and thought I’d write a quick note and head off t...