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5.9 this morning.

Mr K was naughty and carried a heavy bag of dog food out of the car so he was sore today, but insisted that we still did the Sunday morning visit to our local market town and of course we were dragged by Bonnie to Starbucks for her puppuccino.

He is feeling less sore now. The panadol did help.
 
Blood sugars this morning were 8.3

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, isn’t it pleasant to have something nice to look forward to? All you need to do is avoid all the media and weather forecast, get a little gentle exercise and most importantly be a multi millionaire :-)

Koffy is calling, I’m smiling, yep I have wind !
 
6.0 this morning.

@alf_Josiah just having a koffy to look forward to really makes me happy.

Have just received an email from Costa coffee that made me really happy. I had to sign up to their app and add my Costa club card to it before I could get the free coffee i was due on my card.

Disaster struck and I made a hash of signing up and I didn't add my card so was assigned a new number.

Costa has sorted it and my card and points are on the app. - so free coffee at our next visit.
 
Blood sugars this morning were 6.7

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, here in a very wet Tilehurst Towers my day is a total unknown until this evening, luckily Mrs J will fill my day with in all probability un welcome tasks.

Stay dry if you can.
 
5.3 at 03.00 today.

Frustrating day today. As you will know, I've had a lot of trouble recently with my pc. It didn't help that the old laptop Neil dug out for me decided that even though it was plugged in to the mains, it wouldn't work without an operating battery. The fact that we could no longer buy a replacement battery for it was the reason it had to be abandoned in the first place.

So Neil had to try to get the pc working again without the gadget that should have arrived in the post last Friday, but hasn't yet. I did some work on the reduced capability that he could provide (another story that I've been working on all week). Just about finished (probably within two or three pages of finishing - I was up to page 40) and, trying to save onto a memory stick; it just wouldn't do it. I only had it saved onto the desktop, none of my usual folders being available. Knowing how precarious the pc is at the moment, I wasn't happy about that, so I mentioned to Neil that I would just e-mail it to myself and that way, when I can access my e-mail, I would be able to retrieve it. Oh no. Not good enough. Neil would try to fix it. He jumped in and took over my pc.

We decided that the new Linux software update wasn't any use so we would go back to the old version. That eventually loaded so all should be well. But now it won't recognize my backup disc with all my work for the last 2 years on it. And that is the only place I have all that work. I should have had a 2nd backup, but it failed some time ago. When (if) Neil can manage to get it all back for me, I shall have to find a more secure way of backing up. I've had lots of problems over the years with backups failing. Not only do I not really understand technology, I don't trust it not to fail. That's one of the reasons I don't like AI. It's a machine. It can fail. :arghh:

At least Neil managed to get my current story back. It's now on a working memory stick and the desktop. But, whether Neil likes it or not, I am about to e-mail the files to myself. :writer:
 
A good morning to all.

Life's been hectic of late, and I've been ignoring things I shouldn't be ignoring .

A trip to the doctor's for my missed T2D check up, proves how things have lapsed.

So with a fresh wind in my sails, I determined to do some basic daily tasks to see me through the winter in better order than the last few years .

Fbg yesterday was an inspiring 6.5

I'd missed dinner (not hungry) but was so hungry later I ate way too late in the day.
So 6.5....ill take that thank you .

By way of the 'new me' I spent yesterday with my Steph & her b/f at theirs

Took the car to bushy park (close to them)
And a gentle walk to the lake to watch the ducks & geese etc, while they walked Frankie.

Cold & a tad rainy, but a most enjoyable afternoon .
Just what I needed for my mental health.


Of late full retirement has been a cloud hanging over me... Yeah yeah yeah, I know.

But I needed that social interaction post accident as part of my rehab...in fact I'd go so far as to say it was, apart from the surgeries, the most important part of my recovery...I just didn't know it at the time .

The cloud I refer to, was missing out on that daily contact, with customers I had come to see as friends.

I loved the chit chat and keeping up to date with how they were doing re family etc

However my new boss has made the atmosphere where I work so toxic, I've been forced to take time away from work .

Unlikely I'll be back where I normally work, so taking this extended time off work to evaluate my next steps .

Bonus, if there is one, letting go of old friends has been made easier by his attitude.

I'd already told them all I might be leaving at very short notice, (I had reason to believe for everyone's benefit the best course of action at the next flare up would be to leave the office asap ) and said my goodbyes, passing on my best wishes to them and their families .

But an incident while I was off work made that decision for me .

So with all that out of the way
This moment in time is a test of how well I'll cope being a 'gentleman of leisure'

So far, so good .

Thank for having me back guys
Hope to be a more regular member once more .
 
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jjraak said:
A good morning to all.

Life's been hectic of late, and I've been ignoring things I shouldn't be ignoring .

A trip to the doctor's for my missed T2D check up, proves how things have lapsed.

So with a fresh wind in my sails, I determined to do some basic daily tasks to see me through the winter in better order than the last few years .

Fbg yesterday was an inspiring 6.5

I'd missed dinner (not hungry) but was so hungry later I ate way too late in the day.
So 6.5....ill take that thank you .

By way of the 'new me' I spent yesterday with my Steph & her b/f at theirs

Took the car to bushy park (close to them)
And a gentle walk to the lake to watch the ducks & geese etc, while they walked Frankie.

Cold & a tad rainy, but a most enjoyable afternoon .
Just what I needed for my mental health.


Of late full retirement has been a cloud hanging over me... Yeah yeah yeah, I know.

But I needed that social interaction post accident as part of my rehab...in fact I'd go so far as to say it was, apart from the surgeries, the most important part of my recovery...I just didn't know it at the time .

The cloud I refer to, was missing out on that daily contact, with customers I had come to see as friends.

I loved the chit chat and keeping up to date with how they were doing re family etc

However my new boss has made the atmosphere where I work so toxic, I've been forced to take time away from work .

Unlikely I'll be back where I normally work, so taking this extended time off work to evaluate my next steps .

Bonus, if there is one, letting go of old friends has been made easier by his attitude.

I'd already told them all I might be leaving at very short notice, (I had reason to believe for everyone's benefit the best course of action at the next flare up would be to leave the office asap ) and said my goodbyes, passing on my best wishes to them and their families .

But an incident while I was off work made that decision for me .

So with all that out of the way
This moment in time is a test of how well I'll cope being a 'gentleman of leisure'

So far, so good .

Thank for having me back guys
Hope to be a more regular member once more .
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Good to see you posting @jjraak. So sorry times have been difficult for you but you've come through it as a winner (as the emoji indicates). Apart from Neil, I am fairly isolated here but this forum gives me lots of support and, I feel, real friendship even if at a distance. I hope you can regard me as one of your long distance friends and chat away as much as you like. Maybe, as well, your new leisurely life will allow you to find something new to interest you and give you the fulfillment that work did.

BG by the way was 3.7 at 03.00 (Libre alarm told me) but by the time I got to the kitchen it was 5.2. A bit up and down since.

Just had a letter with the appointment for my Endoscopy. 9 November at 10.00. Really looking forward to that, especially since the surgeon told me that they won't be able to give me any sedation because of my other health issues! Lovely! :bigtears:
 
Annb said:
5.3 at 03.00 today.

Frustrating day today. As you will know, I've had a lot of trouble recently with my pc. It didn't help that the old laptop Neil dug out for me decided that even though it was plugged in to the mains, it wouldn't work without an operating battery. The fact that we could no longer buy a replacement battery for it was the reason it had to be abandoned in the first place.

So Neil had to try to get the pc working again without the gadget that should have arrived in the post last Friday, but hasn't yet. I did some work on the reduced capability that he could provide (another story that I've been working on all week). Just about finished (probably within two or three pages of finishing - I was up to page 40) and, trying to save onto a memory stick; it just wouldn't do it. I only had it saved onto the desktop, none of my usual folders being available. Knowing how precarious the pc is at the moment, I wasn't happy about that, so I mentioned to Neil that I would just e-mail it to myself and that way, when I can access my e-mail, I would be able to retrieve it. Oh no. Not good enough. Neil would try to fix it. He jumped in and took over my pc.

We decided that the new Linux software update wasn't any use so we would go back to the old version. That eventually loaded so all should be well. But now it won't recognize my backup disc with all my work for the last 2 years on it. And that is the only place I have all that work. I should have had a 2nd backup, but it failed some time ago. When (if) Neil can manage to get it all back for me, I shall have to find a more secure way of backing up. I've had lots of problems over the years with backups failing. Not only do I not really understand technology, I don't trust it not to fail. That's one of the reasons I don't like AI. It's a machine. It can fail. :arghh:

At least Neil managed to get my current story back. It's now on a working memory stick and the desktop. But, whether Neil likes it or not, I am about to e-mail the files to myself. :writer:
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A really good idea to e-mail the files to yourself @Annb. I do hate it when tech goes wrong
 
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jjraak said:
A good morning to all.

Life's been hectic of late, and I've been ignoring things I shouldn't be ignoring .

A trip to the doctor's for my missed T2D check up, proves how things have lapsed.

So with a fresh wind in my sails, I determined to do some basic daily tasks to see me through the winter in better order than the last few years .

Fbg yesterday was an inspiring 6.5

I'd missed dinner (not hungry) but was so hungry later I ate way too late in the day.
So 6.5....ill take that thank you .

By way of the 'new me' I spent yesterday with my Steph & her b/f at theirs

Took the car to bushy park (close to them)
And a gentle walk to the lake to watch the ducks & geese etc, while they walked Frankie.

Cold & a tad rainy, but a most enjoyable afternoon .
Just what I needed for my mental health.


Of late full retirement has been a cloud hanging over me... Yeah yeah yeah, I know.

But I needed that social interaction post accident as part of my rehab...in fact I'd go so far as to say it was, apart from the surgeries, the most important part of my recovery...I just didn't know it at the time .

The cloud I refer to, was missing out on that daily contact, with customers I had come to see as friends.

I loved the chit chat and keeping up to date with how they were doing re family etc

However my new boss has made the atmosphere where I work so toxic, I've been forced to take time away from work .

Unlikely I'll be back where I normally work, so taking this extended time off work to evaluate my next steps .

Bonus, if there is one, letting go of old friends has been made easier by his attitude.

I'd already told them all I might be leaving at very short notice, (I had reason to believe for everyone's benefit the best course of action at the next flare up would be to leave the office asap ) and said my goodbyes, passing on my best wishes to them and their families .

But an incident while I was off work made that decision for me .

So with all that out of the way
This moment in time is a test of how well I'll cope being a 'gentleman of leisure'

So far, so good .

Thank for having me back guys
Hope to be a more regular member once more .
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Really great to see you back @jjraak. Good that being a gentleman of leisure is going well
 
Annb said:
I am fairly isolated here but this forum gives me lots of support and, I feel, real friendship even if at a distance. I hope you can regard me as one of your long distance friends and chat away as much as you like. Maybe, as well, your new leisurely life will allow you to find something new to interest you and give you the fulfillment that work did.
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Thank you so much @Annb

Such a lovely sentiment, fully received and understood.

I do have so e ideas for how to fill the gaps, not working is going to leave, but fur now I'm just enjoying the peace and quiet of each day as it comes


I think we can be surrounded by people, yet still feel alone .

I fully agree on the benefits of this particular thread.

It is indeed so nice to share , care & simply listen to anothers experiences.

Although we are geographically spread out, there is a force in hearing others advice & even when it comes down to simple emoji, it's still good to have said what's on our minds and get back that support from the good folks on here.

Long may it continue

Fbg yesterday a scrumptious 5.8 :cool:
 
5.3 this morning (04.00).

There was something on the early news on TV that was talking about a new problem that has arisen with computers. Something to do with PHP which has caused quite a lot of websites to close down to avoid a cyber attack. I didn't understand it, of course, but I mentioned it to Neil and he (again of course) knew about it already and has downloaded and fixed the issue on our domestic network. I didn't even know that it affected domestic systems at all. No fuss, no panic. It's an easy fix. According to Neil, it's not a newly discovered thing. He's known about it for a couple of weeks. The urgency and newsworthiness seems to be that someone has released a way for hackers to exploit the problem. That meant that vulnerable sites had to close down before someone took advantage of it. There must be millions of people out there, like me, who haven't a clue about all this kind of thing. I had never heard of PHP, never mind being aware that we used it.
 
Blood sugars this morning were 3.8 whoops

Good Morening Ladies and gentlemen, I was rudely awakened by my low blood sugar alarm, never mind, but the positive side is an early tea followed by a koffy.
Today I am unsupervised by Mrs J, and surprisingly no instructions left.

Possibly given the forecast wind speed it might be not be a good day for partaking in aerial sports or you could be doing a Mary Poppins!

Stay safe, stay well all.
 
jjraak said:
A good morning to all.

Life's been hectic of late, and I've been ignoring things I shouldn't be ignoring .

A trip to the doctor's for my missed T2D check up, proves how things have lapsed.

So with a fresh wind in my sails, I determined to do some basic daily tasks to see me through the winter in better order than the last few years .

Fbg yesterday was an inspiring 6.5

I'd missed dinner (not hungry) but was so hungry later I ate way too late in the day.
So 6.5....ill take that thank you .

By way of the 'new me' I spent yesterday with my Steph & her b/f at theirs

Took the car to bushy park (close to them)
And a gentle walk to the lake to watch the ducks & geese etc, while they walked Frankie.

Cold & a tad rainy, but a most enjoyable afternoon .
Just what I needed for my mental health.


Of late full retirement has been a cloud hanging over me... Yeah yeah yeah, I know.

But I needed that social interaction post accident as part of my rehab...in fact I'd go so far as to say it was, apart from the surgeries, the most important part of my recovery...I just didn't know it at the time .

The cloud I refer to, was missing out on that daily contact, with customers I had come to see as friends.

I loved the chit chat and keeping up to date with how they were doing re family etc

However my new boss has made the atmosphere where I work so toxic, I've been forced to take time away from work .

Unlikely I'll be back where I normally work, so taking this extended time off work to evaluate my next steps .

Bonus, if there is one, letting go of old friends has been made easier by his attitude.

I'd already told them all I might be leaving at very short notice, (I had reason to believe for everyone's benefit the best course of action at the next flare up would be to leave the office asap ) and said my goodbyes, passing on my best wishes to them and their families .

But an incident while I was off work made that decision for me .

So with all that out of the way
This moment in time is a test of how well I'll cope being a 'gentleman of leisure'

So far, so good .

Thank for having me back guys
Hope to be a more regular member once more .
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Hello old cyber pal and fellow ex motorcyclist, it is amazing how my ex work time got filled up with time for hobbies, tasks etc, but I am fortunate in that I’m not keen on the idiot box!
When you depart work I wish you well, take care.
 
6.6 at 04.00 today.

Finding it difficult to stay awake but I have to go to get my diabetic eye screening done.

Respiratory clinic yesterday. Consultant couldn't hear much wrong with my lungs and Xray didn't show much. All to the good. Now he wants a CT scan to confirm that they're just worn out and not diseased. Suggested that my weight was part of the problem (of course it is) but wasn't happy about the weight loss pill which, he thinks, leads to weakened muscles so he feels I should keep moving and walking as much as possible. I'd rather enjoy it if I could walk!

In fact, when I first had a problem with my lungs was about 20 years ago - before I put on all this weight and when I was still working, walking, jogging, working with sheep and goats, gardening, etc. I used to sing in a choir and at the College we used to have a Christmas concert. It was just a small group of us there and I was the only one who could hold those long phrases (Glororia, gloria, gloria, gloria, in excelcise deo, and so on). Then, one Christmas, I couldn't. Nor could I get my breath when walking uphill. Lungs shot - nothing to do with my weight. I never smoked, but maybe it was something to do with 2nd hand smoke.
 
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