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Up at 6.30 after a remarkably quiet night. After yesterday's long naps I feared hours of sleeplessness. I have coughed a couple of times but not that desperate trying to clear thick glue.
A baby black elder. Planted by my babysitter.
I am expecting the delivery of a Wi-Fi Access Point. To boost the Wi-Fi signal out of doors for the robot mover. After initial tests I discovered that the mower could not reliably map the far reaches of the drive. The Wi-Fi signal hardly extended beyond the house. I could have used my mobile phone but decided against it.
The router is now downstairs. Where once it was located upstairs in the rear dormer window. Of largely wooden construction and therefore transparent to radio waves. As was the observatory. Which gave me an excellent signal over in the dome. Now demolished and I have moved all the computer equipment downstairs.
According to the tracking the delivery company have yet to receive my parcel! Lies. damned lies and online sales platforms. The parcel arrived at the delivery agent's premises at 14.00 today! On the day of delivery! Here's a capture of the 2-3 days promised delivery on their own website. As part of an email AFTER I HAD PLACED MY ORDER! This is false advertising.
I am still waiting for their promised email with dispatch details.
As I was feeling a bit stronger today I have cleaned the pond filter of algae. The perforated cover has to be scrubbed with a stiff brush to make any progress. I used the hose and rinsed the internal filter mats as well. Then dropped the filter back into the greenhouse pond. I am now using the spray head to top up the pond. The level had dropped by 10cm due to evaporation.
I had a call from the Council heart physiotherapists in town. They want me to come in, next week, for a chat. Before deciding if I am ready for heavy exercise. My recent dizziness, coughing and heart problems are all being stored and shared in my online, health journal.
A truly valuable asset. Which avoids my having to update every new and existing contact. Moreover, I can read the journal myself online. To catch up on the professionals' reports when I am taken to hospital and released. I can also see my latest medication.
Which is often updated in the light of my changing health issues. Then communicated to the chemists. They can access my information on production of my health insurance card and verbal permission. The card is also a form of ID and readily accepted. The serial number includes one's date of birth. I have nothing but praise for the Danish health service and its use of technology. The staff are always so professional, helpful and kind.
Even the free parking at the hospital includes online registration of arrival. On a computer screen at all the relevant, outpatient clinics. Arrival at the doctors surgery is registered via a scan of the same health insurance card. The monitor calls you by name, time of your appointment and asks you to take a seat. No queuing at the receptionists window.
It is all so effortless. Teenagers asking for cigarettes and booze at the supermarket are asked to show their card to prove their age. I have never, ever heard anyone complain about invasion of privacy. We were miles from home once and stopped at a routine police checkpoint. This was outside a vast, annual, car boot sale. I showed them my Welsh Driving License and they began to question my identity. The printed language was completely alien to them. So I showed them my insurance card and was waved cheerfully on. We belonged.
I started feeling dizzy so lay down for an hour. I am wondering if I need me eyesight checked. In relation to the time I spend on the computer. I chose a weaker prescription for my first "proper" reading glasses in 40 years. Though that doesn't explain the dizziness every time I cough. Which is a apparently a well known problem with lots of Latin names.
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