Chapter 581 - Far Less Than Perfect

 I hadn't intended to waffle here today but I feel so out of sorts that I decided to produce my usual yearly Blog2Print booklet and equivalent PDF file of my last 12 months of jottings so I am forcing myself to write today as my final memorial this year. Just in case I am not up to the task later.

Each morning after breakfast, from about 0830, I begin to feel weary, unable to concentrate, my head feels "light" but not dizzy, I lack energy (whatever that means) and I have difficulty concentrating, all as if I had a bad night's sleep, which was not the case, sleeping solidly from about 2100 to 0600, perhaps getting up twice and also she asked me to turn the "radio" off at maybe 2200. She was speaking of the Amazon Alexa on which was playing light classical music very softly. Usually I sleep all night with an ear bud in my right ear listening to ABC Radio National in bursts because the feed tends to drop our after half an hour or so. The ear bud is in my right ear because the left is deaf. I admit this is not the ideal environment for sleeping. I failed to mention I also wear a CPAP mask all night.

On Tuesday the nurse from the Duodopa distributor called in to do the required regular maintenance on her pump's PEG-J fittings. The nurse was quite informative and will save us the stress of travelling all the way to West Beer twice each year.

Also on Tuesday the Samsung tablet arrived  from way up north and yesterday the coordinator connected to it and after a couple of learning difficulties we connected via Skype. Once the volunteer who will chat with my PWP has some training there will be a regular session between the two. I am unsure how well she will be able participate in a conversation so I am hoping the volunteer is able talk easily; after all, I see a Skype session as a poor substitute for a face to face conversation.

So now to Blog2Print to bundle this year's blogs into other media, none of which will withstand the ravages of time.