Drinking WOW

Unfortunately I can't remember where this wombat coaster came from! I'm pretty sure I bought it, I don't think it was a gift. It is used under my coffee cup but is resting on some pinwheel blocks. This looks like a Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat, they are little different to the Common Wombat - which is what most of my wombats are. They may be named Common, but they are all uncommon to me!

The new sewing room curtains are hemmed, and one set is hanging. Some of the dooverlackies on the curtain tracks that the hooks go into seem to be missing, so we will see if we can buy more tomorrow. You know the things I mean......hooks are threaded into the back of the curtain tape along the top, then they hook into the dooverlackies which slide along the track. It will be nice to have the view of the monstrosity next door obscured a little - even sheer curtains can screen a less-than-lovely view. I'm glad we won't be living next door when that house falls down, as one day it surely must. It's been a long time since I have seen such a crappy building job. Seems the builder's and owner's motto was "near enough is good enough", except that some of it is not even very near.

Today I went for a dexa test. That's when you lie on a couch and relax while a machine above you slowly passes along your length and measures the density of your spine, then you fold your arms onto your chest out of the way, turn your left leg at a funny angle and lie absolutely still while the machine makes a few passes over your hip. Then the technician says relax it's over, so you straighten your left leg and breathe a sigh of relief. It measures bone density, and after the recent break I thought it would be a good idea to have one done. Tomorrow I have to take the result to the doctor, but the technician told me when I asked (although she wasn't supposed to, seems that is the doctor's job) that my bone density is getting low, as happens in a woman of my age and genetic inheritance. My mother had a few breaks, in fact she broke her shoulder just a year before she died. So no doubt tomorrow the doctor will tell me what the report says, and I will ask what that means, and he will probably suggest some wondrous bone-strengthening medication. That's what I am told is done, by a woman who has had the experience.

My goodness.....getting old is not for wimps. Some of tomorrow will be spent at the medical centre as I have an appointment with the nice young physio bloke, then I will hang around to see the doctor. This evening I noticed that Kevin's right eye looked red so we wooshed him off to the doctor on our way to choir practice, and he has burst a blood vessel in his eye, probably when he had a fit of sneezing this morning. So, because he is on blood-thinning medication, he has to see the eye doctor as soon as is possible tomorrow. I wonder if they give frequent flyer points at the medical centre?

"The eyes.
Beautiful eyes are the gift of Nature, and can owe little to the toilet. As in the eye consists much of the expression of the face, therefore it should be born in mind that those who would have their eyes bear a pleasing expression must cultivate pleasing traits of character and beautify the soul, and then this beautiful soul will look through its natural windows.
Never tamper with the eyes. There is danger of destroying them. All daubing or dyeing of the lids is foolish and vulgar."

Just remember that, the next time you pass the cosmetic counter with the oh-so-glamorous eye products.

Jennifer