Eternal Refuge

This set of icons is made for round 8 of gen10in30 and the theme is Spring. I still used screen caps, from Star Trek Voyager and from Stargate Atlantis ... enjoy

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As ever, all are snaggable, but credit would be appreciated. The credits are available over at my icon journal - d4s_icons






So, finishing those off, as well as the night before catching up with me meant I never did catch up with you all in the end yesterday ... I will try to do better later!!

Clinic was another good morning, although we ended up with 2 no-shows.  Maya still isn't learning and have tried to keep my patience with her, but it does get frustrating.  I am in for the next couple of mornings as well, but she is in another clinic, so it will be less stressful even if the patients themselves cause problems!

I don't think I told you that Tim tested positive over the weekend, and apparently yesterday ended up seeing a paramedic.  He is still at home and is having treatment that means that this morning he is feeling a little bit better.  I liked getting that positive text, but I then received a text from Brenda that her routine screening tested positive this morning ... so the family is falling apart.  Hopefully neither will be ill long, and won't pass on the bugs to other members of their families ... we were planning to all be together on Easter Day, so we shall now wait and see about that.

Now I have shopping to do so will head out, but before that -


6. What songs do you know only the chorus to?
Bizarrely I often find myself humming "Daisy, Daisy" ... what most people don't realise is that it is a chorus of a song, and no, I don't know those words.


See you later (I hope)

Yes, we are now 2 years into Covid ... 2 years ago we went into lockdown, and suddenly a new set of phrases, a new way of life arrived.

NHS staff were asked to take a moment to think & remember those who have been lost, and those who have fought, and continued to fight.

So, 2 years later there have been a lot of changes, but yet in some way nothing has changed ... plagues have exsisted throughout history. Hopefully we will learn some lessons, and be able to move on.


Anyway, yesterday was lovely - I will post a couple of photos another time as they were on Tim & Claire's phones. We had a really lovely evening celebrating Mum & Dad ... and laughing (and eating!!). Tomorrow it is their 32nd wedding anniversary, so it was nice to be able to wish them a good day. They have the day off work, and as the weather looks good they are planning a nice day out.

Work was OK, although I really feel I am going to strangle the girl I am training ... she doesn't listen, of if she does she ignores what she is told!!!!!! However to make things "better" we had 2 computers in use, and one suddenly decided to translate the peoples names (and only their names) into Korean ... odd! I re-entered the names, as Maya was "busy", and they stayed in English ... very odd!

Tomorrow afternoon I am going to see Toni & Pete ... so won't be around ... thus 2 days ....


23. Do you think the convenience of technology is worth the loss of privacy that comes with it?
No - there you are, nice easy answer!

24. What is the worst smelling place you've been to?
One or two of the patients that I nursed who were very poorly/sick/passing diarrhoea ... all at the same time!



Catch up on Friday x

I do think that my osteopath thinks he can "kill" my injured muscles ... payback for all the times I have made my patients in the past sore!  I wonder how much he has been bribed!  However, although painful, he is pleased that the foot/ankle is more stable this week than in the past treatments, so he was actually very positive.

So, good news - but the leg is still sore!

Work yesterday was good again, with another early finish, but today it was an OK clinic .... with a normal finish time.  In the gaps between tests I was able to get my on-line training up to date, so that was positive.  Pre Covid I used to spend a full day in classrooms doing on the mandatory training.  Now the only classroom training is the annual resuscitation, and bi-annual health & safety.  So, now I am up to date until my resuss which is not due until May ... yay!

My letter writing plans of Monday didn't get done, so I need to do some of that. I also am trying to sribble a story for seasonal_spuffy ... so must see if I can get my brain around that.    I have a couple of WIP's, as well, that I would like to get back to at some point ... but the brain fog really doesn't help me with that.  A couple of the exercises my specialist has given me are meant to help with them ... but I do find them almost impossible to do.  Hopefully practice will make perfect!

So, here I am, all caught up again, but before I go


26. Do you struggle with dry skin in the winter?
No

27. Have you ever gotten angry at an employee and complained to the manager?
No.  Maybe it's because I have always worked with the general public (my first shop work was at 16), and realise that most of the time it is "not their fault"

Sorry

Thursday work went well ... until the last patient arrived who argued and questioned every point of the test. Oh well, it takes all sorts to make a world!

In the afternoon I drove out to the local Covid centre, and had my booster jab. So I am allup to date again. I need to wait a bit then I can get my flu jab. By the time I had that done, waited the 1/4 hour and then got home (but we were all given a glass of water and biscuits!), it was a bit later than I had realised and I had a lot of ironing to do ... so LJ got abandoned. Sorry

Yesterday I picked up Christine on the way and we went to another National Trust stately home, this time in Plymouth (photos to come ... but probably next week). My ankle coped well with the drive and the walking so that was good news.

Now we are bck on Saturday ... walked to Tesco's this morning as I normally do on a Saturday. It's chaos there as everything has been moved as they are extending the building, but not closing at all, so it means that at the moment things are a bit more compressed. So nothing is where it was.

Now I need to make a few icons, sort out the photos from Saltram, and then disappear until Monday .... but before I vanish -


23. What is a meme or picture you’ve seen recently that has made you laugh?
My third cousin and I exchange pictures & you tube links etc ... this one was a recent one -


24. Have you ever bought something recommended by an ad on social media before?
No

25. How often do you go to the beach?
Not all that often, even though I only live about 7 miles away.

26. Do you ever look up actors you think you recognize in movies and shows?
Yes, Wikepedia is handy - I sometimes like to know what other things they have been in. Or, how old they were when they died etc

Sorry, yesterday got away from me!  I had Christine coming over and we were going to a National Trust property (photos to come at some point) again ... and yes, that was a really lovely day, and as it was OK weather-wise we did a long walk in the grounds so I was late getting home.

However the plan had been to pop in before I went ... but as I have mentioned I am off on holiday tomorrow.

I am going to Jersey ... I have added the Wikipedia link so my non-UK friends know where I am talking about!

As it's an island they are really doing a good job of keeping track of Covid.  So I had to "fill in a form" on the internet ... and it ended up 10 pages long!  Wow, there were some odd questions which took me ages to find answers for (postcode of hotel), date of my Covid jabs etc ... details seem to be in assorted places, so it took me ages to fill in.  So, I lost time and didn't have to pop in here.  Anyway the good news is that we all have to be double-jabbed and we all have to have a test wehn we arrive (at the island's expense).  So I am very impressed with how things are being kept as safe as possible.

Now I have other things to do - including making some chutney.  I know, odd!  But I grew some tomatoes and there are are loads that are still green, and the leaves are beginning to survive so they won't be allive in a week's time.  So I have dug out mum's recipe .... but, as ever, before I disappear for a week -


3. What is one of your favorite comedy movies?

I love a couple of the Carry On films ... Up The Khyber & Cleopatra especially.
I love some of the Cary Grant films .... like Bringing Up Baby & Operation Petticoat

4. Do you have a crush on anyone that you haven’t really talked to before?

Does James count - I get tongue-tied when I have briefly met him

5. What is your least favorite sour patch kids color?

Never had them

6. Have you ever won a competition? If so, what was it and what did you win?

A Lego competition, when I was 10. I won a box of Lego

7. Did you ever take classes for a musical instrument when you were younger?

Ummm - yes & no! I went to clarinet lessons for a few weeks, but never practiced. I learnt as I got older, but basically was self-taught as an adult.

8. How often do you walk around barefoot?

Used to all the time. But the day before my 21st I had an accident, and now I need to wear a heal-lift at all times, so other than pottering round the house I can't do it for very long any more.

9. What architectural style was your childhood home?

1930's ..... Tudor style decoration on the outside.

10. Who do you usually say hello or good morning first?

Whoever is the first person I bump into.

11. When was the last time you visited the park? Who did you go with?

There is a park near me that I usually walk through on my daily exercise.

12. What language did you take in high school?

French - and failed

13. Have you ever been to a drive-in theater?

No


So that's me up to date ... and now I really need to skim through your posts, before heading back down to the kitchen.

I will try to get your comments answered this evening - but can't guarantee that, so if time runs out I am sorry ... I will answer them when I get back, I promise.

So - I'm off now ... and will be back on the 14th (I hope).  I hope that you all have a good 10 daysand keep safe & happy ... bye, see you soon

Isn't it?

This morning I walked out my front door to put some things in the bin, and noticed the bush as I walked past.  And. it actually occured to me that if I got the camera then I really could get a half-decent photo ...


If I had left it any longer, with the breeze we had the flower would have been dry again.  A nice image, but not quite as stunning as I actually managed to capture.

So, go me!!!

I did my walk to the shop, and bought some bits & pieces, and once home did a bit of housework, lunch, another small walk ... and here we are.

I shall do some icons (if my brain feels OK), and then try to sort out some further details of my upcoming trip to The Lake District.  Yes, it's a Christian Convention that I am going to, and will admit I am (pleasantly) suprised that it is still going ahead.  I have to take a day out, and am only going to the morning sessions ... so will be doing some sight-seeing while there.  This convention has been running for years, and was a trip that Dad used to do pre-marriage.  Mum went on the one year that they had met, and it was a "decide whether they were going to work things out, or not" sort of holiday ... and yes, they stayed in different hotels!!  They went back about 25 years ago with friends, and I always said I would go.  I had planned to do so last year, but Covid had other plans!

So that's my plan for today ... tomorrow is Church, of course ... and then England is in the EUROs final ... so plenty of things to do ... but as ever -


10. Did your parents live in a different country before you were born?
No, although they movced to a different one when I was 3 months old!  (and back again when I was almost 6)

11. What's something you've experienced that very few others have?
Does going to a dog's funeral count ... as most people don't have a proper service for their pet.  Although there was only myself, and the "undertaker", Jiffy had a proper funeral, including a Bible reading & a small eulogy.
I have done cross-country eventing on a horse ... at a low grade, but the rules still counted.


Hope you all have a good weeked ... and "Good Luck England"  (sorry for any Italians out there!

I have decided that I really have to go and visit Auntie Joyce (Dad's sister ... thus the icon I am using!).  That's been one advantage of being ill, and then of lockdown, I have had genuine reasons for not doing the trip.  It's a long trip (and will be my first "push" of my health), but the main problem is the lady herself ... she has always been the same, so going for an overnight trip like this is the easier way of doing things.  The last few times I have been I have had Jiffy so have had the excuse to take him for a walk to "escape".  Still, I suppose now she is 94 she can be excused some of her problems (trouble is she has been like it since a child!!)

But the trip means I will be off-line, and the other side is that if I don't go now the Lockdown may return.

This morning's clinic was nice & easy ... one cancelled the day before, one no-show, one who didn't actually need the appt ... leaving 2 people. So, plenty of time to read my book! Although it was also my turn to do the cleaning of the waiting area, door handles, etc. (Something we now do at lunchtime since the start of Covid)

The rest of this afternoon I need to get some ironing done ... and also scan some photos.  I am going to Nick & Brenda's (pandemic permitted) the weekend before my birthday and she wants me to bring some photos of my 18th, 21st, etc birthdays.

But, as ever -


10. What temperature do you keep your thermostat set to during the winter?
I keep it cool now Jiffy has passed away ... I prefer to wera an extra layer, and save some money!

11. Have you ever had surgery?
I had my retina repaired back in December 1988. (This is why I am slowly losing my sight in that eye)
December 2006 the hospital thought I would have to have surgery on my damaged hand (where I had de-gloved the finger), but good First Aid, and treatment in A&E meant I was saved that surgery.

12. When you were growing up did your family move around a lot?
We moved when I was 3 months old, and again at 5 1/2 .... but then not till I was 25

13. What browser do you use?
Google Chrome


Right - see you on Monday x

Not doing too badly now ... but not doing too well either! So it's a brief visit, to catch up with questions -


22. What would you change if you knew you could not fail?
I suppose the obvious answer is I would get rid of Covid19 ... that has caused so much sadness, so many changes. So let's back time and stop that from ever happening.

23. If you could get rid of anything on the planet what would it be?
LOL - same answer again! let's get rid of Covid ... and pollution. Well, I got rid of Covid in the previous answer!


And for those who know - yes, I am still a James Marsters fan. Sad to hear that his wife has left him. So hope he will be at peace with that decision.

Yes, I had my Covid injection #1 this morning while at work.  Just before I went one of the senior nurses I work with told me it hurt them.  However mine didn't hurt unnecessarily ... but as I was speaking to the nurse who gave me the jab, we realised that the nurse I work with is male ... so ... yes, you guessed it, men are obviously wimps!!

Anyway, I haven't a date for my 2nd injection yet, but we are assured we will be getting it at some point.  The organisation was brilliant, so hopefully the rest of the innoculation sites are going as well.

So while on-line I shall do the next question -

5. What about your current life situation makes you feel grateful?

I am thankful I have had the jab .... and hopeful that it will be freely available around the world in the months ahead.

I am thankful for a roof over my head, and food on the table - Mum & Dad left me money, so I have that backgroud of safety (and am thankful for them ... and my memories of them)


Well, that's me for today, I think. I may make some icons now.

Hope that you are all keeping well & safe.

Yes, I was swabbed at 1.30 yesterday and they phoned at 9am this morning.

... And it has come back negative, so back to work tomorrow.

Feeling fine, yet not quite as positive as this time last week, so am going to be more aware - and try to literally do nothing in the afternoons (not that I did much anyway!!)

Hope you are all having a good Father's Day ... missing mine, but will admit since this pandemic started I actually have been pleased neither Mum or Dad have had to cope with all the changes.