Splish splash

A handy tip for the future, should you ever find yourself using crutches and attending hydrotherapy sessions.

If you’re using a crutch (or two) to assist while getting into the pool, and the crutch (or crutches) in question (or questions) are the adjustable sort with holes along the sides… Don’t neglect to consider the possibility of the lower part of the crutch (or crutches) filling up with water.

The funny thing is, you may not notice the difference immediately afterwards. You might walk some distance with water sloshing around in there without even knowing it. Perhaps later that same day, you might go for a light aperitif* at a licenced establishment of your choice, propping your crutch (or crutches) upright against the bar. You could even walk (or stagger) home, with your waterlogged extra legs.

It’s just possible that having arrived safely home, you might decide to close a door a few feet away from you. But rather than expending the effort of walking over to the door, perhaps you’ll decide to use your crutch to close it… tilting the crutch to the horizontal, and watching in sheer drunken bewilderment as a couple of litres of water start pouring out onto the carpet. Oops, you might say. Or, What The Fffff...... Or some other word (or words) of your choice.

* Six or seven pints, say.

Interesting Times

We recently received some interesting and - to most of us - unexpected news at work. We've been bought over by another, much larger, software company. You can read the full story here. It's still early days at the moment, but hopefully this will turn out to be a good thing. There are no plans for any changes, restructuring or redundancies at the moment, but who knows what's ahead? Guess we just have to wait and see. There's currently a 90-day review period, after which they'll decide what action, if any, they feel needs to be taken. Hopefully nothing major.

Bloody Hell

Yesterday morning, I had a blood pressure check for the first time in a few months. Apparently my BP was 'very high', despite the various magic potions I've been prescribed to keep it in check. But then,

1. I have a sneaking suspicion that I suffer from 'white coat syndrome', and the very knowledge of an impending BP check may in itself have pushed it up a few notches.
2. I may have inadvertently failed to take my medication for a few days last week.
3. I was driven to the surgery by my mum, and that would put anybody's blood pressure up*.

* I fully realise that I am in no position to be critical of anyone else's driving. And yet, I just did.