A Bonus

So as they say money goes to money and so today Mum received a cheque from Atlantic Insurance which was the dividend for the shares which Dad used to have and which are now Mum's.  Not a huge amount but 144 euros is 144 euros.  It wont be available for Mum to spend for months as it takes the banks forever to clear a cheque!!!!  I duly went to Alpha to bank it on my way down to Mums for our regular mid-week meet up.  I would be all out of sorts for the rest of the week as this was Wednesday and not my regular Thursday but I had said I would go down earlier this week.

Last week Mum announced that her blood sugar monitor wasn't working which was a bit odd because I had checked it the day before to see what her recent readings had been (they are recorded in memory) they were low as I had expected.  I had said at the time that the batteries were showing that they were low so she had taken herself off to go and get them replaced and then it wouldn't work at all which led me to think that they had been put in the wrong way round.  She was quite indignant at that suggestion and had rung her doctor to ask for a new machine.  Dr Mala said she would issue a prescription and we would then have to collect it from the pharmacy at the General Hospital.  When we went on Sunday we ascertained that the batteries were indeed in the wrong way and that there was nothing wrong with the machine so we went to Dr Mala's to cancel the new machine.  

When I arrived today Mum said that her air conditioning unit in her bedroom had stopped working but she had contacted Fadi who installed it and he would come but he didn't know when.  I asked if I should have a look - she said I could but that there was nothing I could do it was completely dead.  It was completely dead - because it was switched off at the socket!  I switched it on and blow me if it didn't work straight away - there's a surprise!!!

We went shopping.  It was mighty hot down in Paphos, hot and sticky, but as Mum needed a bit of shopping in Lidl we went out.  I picked up some wine that was on offer - sporting a rather unusual name of Hemlock it was an American Cabernet Sauvignon and at a price which meant if it was awful there would be a stifado following pretty soon.  It was actually very very nice.  John and I had it with our supper sat outside later that evening.  So nice that we think we might shoot down and go and grab some more!!!

I have eventually managed to get through to Dr Lykoudis's secretary to confirm my operation.  It will be next week on 14th and I have to go in the night before.  I need to go and see the anaesthetist and she was going to arrange an appointment for me.  It sounds like I could be in hospital for two or three nights - deep joy.  I haven't asked what they are doing, I really don't want to know what I have got to look forward to.

On the subject of operations my sister text today to say that she has been to see the eye specialist after her recent cataract operation and they have advised that there is really nothing else they can do which is pretty unsatisfactory plus she has to have the other eye done in 3 months time.  They are hoping to restore some balance to her sight when she has that done.  It doesn't exactly fill you with confidence.