3.09.2025 Pardon?

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  Wednesday 3rd 59F/15C. Bright start but becoming cloudier this afternoon.

 Up at 6.10 after a disastrous night. I woke about 1am and turned over as usual. To go back to sleep. Instead of which my world started spinning wildly when I opened my eyes. So I lay there with my eyes clamped shut for a while. Testing at intervals with a peek at the violently spinning room in the darkness. Then I badly needed the bathroom. I stumbled the length of the house with my eyes tight shut. Feeling my way by the furniture and memory.

 Where I remained for an hour. Checking at intervals if the open door was still twisted at 45º. Before I felt strong enough to return to my bed after 2am. Fortunately I had the sense to have taken a jumper with me. Or I would have added hypothermia to my symptoms. 

 Needless to say I feel somewhat fragile this morning. The dizziness is gone and I managed breakfast. Just to add to my misery. I have an itchy swelling. Where I excavated a deer bug buried in my chest yesterday morning. I saw no choice but  to scrape it out with assorted finger nails. It was flush with my skin before I attempted its removal.

  8.00 Do I feel strong enough for a walk? I have an appointment at 14.00 in town. To see [?] about my hearing aids. Which continue to bitterly disappoint in wind and against any background noise.

 8.15 Finally ready for my walk. 

 Pleasant conditions for a walk. Though I only went half my usual distance. I stopped to chat with my nice neighbour as he walked his dogs. No sign of the heron today.

 10.30 Bright sunshine and windy. I have opened the greenhouse skylights to lower the temperature out there. I risked a half hour nap but can't say I feel any better. Yesterday's downpour amounted to just under 15mm.

 11. 67F/19.4C. I wonder if the work being done on the thatched house. Will lead to a desire for tree felling or hedging by the owners? This would save me a lot of effort and a potential conflict of interests. The hedges and trees have literally soared. In the years which have passed since anybody last lived there. 

 15.20 Returned from town. Where my left hearing aid response was boosted. I have an appointment next week for a retest of my hearing after three years. 

 The builders had blocked my drive with their car while I was out. Which gave me a chance to look inside the house. The place was a mess after years of the thatched roof leaking. My wife and I were given the full tour two decades ago by the then owners. It went downhill after that. After a series of rentals.

 Dinner was fried chicken, mushroom and tweggs on toast. I thought the toast would be less unhealthy than fried bread.

 

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