Awake and up all night

I have just lurched into bed, very tired after clocking up 6 hours of solid and fast work today (over 5,000 corrections so far). Energy was up for that time, my appetite has suddenly recovered but I have been eating rubbish this evening. Maybe it will help me to sleep, unless I need to be sick later.

We have the equivalent of Citizen's Advice here, and I have them on F-book. My main problem with transport is getting from the hospital outpost to home during the 5-week marathon, and worse, getting back on a Sunday evening although I might be allowed to go straight to the hospital Monday morning.

I am due at St James's soon for an ultrasound and the radiology department is in the same area, so I will go over and see what I can find out, what options are possible. Of course, if I can have the treatment more locally that will solve the logistics problem. But I don't hold out too much hope - some patients are in Donegal and have to catch a plane to get to St James's!

 Sbird if you are not an echo or a mirage but are really there

Come say hi

Cheers 

I have fat fingers and peripheral neuropathy,  not a great combination, so I often have to edit my posts to get rid of typos. Slowness is the least of my problems.

Fireworks have been crackling away here as well. The whole town is celebrating our potential move, especially the old couple on the end as I play hell about all the gates they've put up every time I see them. God knows what we'll be replaced with but not our problem. 

Aww, thank you for all the treats you sent hon. Chomping away xxx

Fireworks are illegal here unless part of an official event, and of course Nov 5th is not celebrated. But we are close to the border with Northern Ireland so you can buy fireworks in a seasonal shop a few feet over the border. A few go off around here at Halloween and Christmas. They are thinly justified as farmers shooting rabbits, but the coloured flares are a bit of a giveaway. And farmers don't go out shooting at midnight. Usually.

Re your house needing attention. Lights on, is that for security so that it appears occupied? Low tech low cost option is lamps and plug in timers. Bright bulbs near windows work. Same for radio or TV if sound would be good too. Although it seems as though a burglar would have to have intent rather than be wandering past and taking a chance, given you are remote?

Obviously there are more hi tech solutions.

Running the heating, does this have to be triggered manually? Could you cope with a neighbour doing it?

This doesn't solve you needing your house.

Glad you have had a better spell and have eaten ... although at times I know I have munched the wrong stuff and bear the consequences

Cheers

Evening Gill ️ 

Aw I hope you can get all the travelling sorted hon. Wouldn't it have been easy if you had a friend or relative to house sit, but obviously not an option. Good luck with it all anyway xxx 

I have security lights all round, three of them are solar powered and triggered by movement. I have bought two CCTV cameras but not worked out how to install them yet. They can be monitored via my phone.

The heating can be programmed and the thermostats turned down, just to keep it from getting too cold.

My neighbour can switch on inside lights and will park a spare car outside so it looks like I have a visitor. But all of that doesn't help my need to be there most of the time. I have three pillars that keep me grounded - the house, my work and my dogs. Work is at 10% capacity on a good week, otherwise zero, the dogs are away so the house is my only reliable source of emotional comfort and peace.

Lots of campaigning here to have them banned or at least restricted to official organised displays. 

The actual fireworks are very removed from those of even a few years ago and are more like ordnance! The boom is unreal and terrifying for vulnerable people, pets and wildlife.

They have been on sale in shops for weeks already and are let off round the clock despite there being rules. It means there is no safe time for pets to access there own gardens never mind go for a walk. It will go on into the New Year.

My immediate area is many streets of terraced cottages, very different from where you are.

Cheers

Thank you, no, absolutely nobody to house sit, in any case I have a lot of personal information in the office and the house is pretty messy most of the time, so I would be too embarrassed!