12.03.2025 On the rack!

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   Wednesday 12th 37F/3C. A mixed day of sunshine and showers is promised.

 Up at 5.30 after a fairly quiet night. I am still feeling hot, fuzzy, headachy and sweating. I am in no condition to be prancing about in a gym. Let alone willing to risk infecting others. So physio class is off again. 

 It is eight days since I first felt freezing cold last Tuesday evening. That was after spending the day outside on demolition of the observatory. I had felt hints of what I thought were hypothermia before that. Usually following rides in the cold. Though I am fortunate to have a [recycled] windproof jacket.

 6.45 I finally got around to eating breakfast. Though I really didn't feel like any this morning. A uniformly, dark, grey sky. I am suddenly feeling cold despite the 68F/20C in the room.

 7.45 A hint of brightening in the sky. I am going for a slow walk. 

 8.20 I escaped from the busy traffic as soon as possible. Taking the now familiar loop around the parallel drives. It felt far colder than I had imagined. Several skylarks were singing overhead.

 The sun broke through but I had a nap to stop myself dozing off.

 10.20 I pushed the temperature in the bathroom up to 80F/27C using the fan heater. So I could enjoy a much needed shower. The new shower rail was easily tamed. Simply by not insisting on mounting the head all of the time. 

 I have a load of shopping to do. Some of which isn't available from the local supermarket. I'll have to drive to the next shopping village.  

 11.40 I couldn't face going any further than the village. So I sweated my way around the local supermarkets and renewed my tablets at the pharmacy. I hope nobody was infected when they stood in the puddles of sweat I left on the floor.

 15.30 Returning from the next shopping village. Mostly grey. I still managed to sweat profusely throughout the outing. A Morris Minor Woody passed where I was parked. I was going to buy a replacement dish rack for the drainer. The posh shop was closed. So I carried on to the supermarkets. 

 Netto had a rack on offer. For half the price of the posh shop's self destroying plastic thing. So I went with one of those. Different, in design and impossible to judge if it will suit. Not until I try. It certainly fits the draining board on the sink. The tap is just as accessible as it was with the old rack. The viewpoint is slightly deceptive. This my not be true once the rack is loaded with dinner plates.

 I may be doing it all wrong of course. Perhaps I should I stack the dirty dishes on the draining board? Then the clean stuff goes to the right on the new rack on the working surface beyond the sink. Using the supplied tray to drain any run-off back into the sink. Besides, anybody sensible would wash up every day. Then put the clean dishes away once dry. Though one might just as well wish for the moon!

 The car misbehaved all the way home. As if someone was randomly switching the ignition on and off.  

 Dinner was a pork chop with mushrooms. With pasta, peas and tinned tomatoes. I allowed the chop ten minutes total cooking time. The instructions on the packet suggested half that. I readily admit that the meat was as rare as I have ever tasted. I usually cook meat until brown or crisp.

 

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