Avocado and Other Adventures

My Mum brought an Avocado Pear for us to have on bread for lunch. We think Avocado is an acquired taste but of course, when Wendy asked for a bite, we gave her some. That was it! She was away! She scoffed a whole lot and then began licking the plate. She had us in hysterics.



Mum took me to see the Consultant at Canterbury Hospital today. I'm to have a procedure under anaesthetic but on an "urgent" basis, meaning within two weeks tops. I have to be "on call" to come in within 24hrs notice, although they will try to give me more notice than that.

Canterbury is such a nice hospital. Kate had some surgery there and my friend June was in there for a while too and the staff were so nice and kind and the hospital was sparkling clean even though it is an old one. I hope they send me there, but I will have to take the first open space at William Harvey in Ashford, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in Margate or if I am lucky, Canterbury. I dread the William Harvey. I have never met anyone who looks forward to going there.

We stopped off at Kate and Nigel's house on the way home to beg a cup of tea, which they willingly gave us. My mother then suggested we order a take away so we did. For the very first time in her life, she had a Kebab.

She also got her new phone today, a Nokia 6500 Slide, and she asked me to set it up for her. I was dying to get my hands on it and had great fun playing with it. Kate got her new Nokia 6300 last week and she asked me to set that up for her, and she wanted it set up exactly as I have set up mine. Somehow, I seem to have become the Mobile Doctor in the family. I'm no expert, but I find it absorbing as I work out what to do. Its a bit like solving a crossword puzzle.

The Courier is picking my camera up tomorrow morning, so I should have a replacement soon. The photos in the Light Railway post were taken with that camera. Today's photos of the Avocado Adventure were taken with my mother's camera.

I am ordering my new laptop tomorrow and expect it to arrive on Friday. I'm going to have a lot of fun setting that up too. I have changed my mind about the model. I was looking at the exceedingly well spec'd Hewlett Packard DV6870 for £499 at Comet.
When I was looking at various laptops in shops, I felt them to see how sturdy and durable they felt. For me, the Sony felt better but I wasn't keen on that model. I wanted the features of the HP but in a sturdy Sony body, so I scouted around on the internet and found one for just £8 more, the Sony VAIO BX51VN at Dabs.com for £507. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping it will turn out to be a good choice.

My current desktop is barely working and Michelle's boyfriend Richard has been keeping it going - just. I know a desktop would be cheaper but I want a laptop for times when I am too ill or in too much pain to physically sit on a chair. A laptop can be used in bed or on the sofa if necessary. Actually, I have a rule about electrical stuff in bedrooms. I think if you allow things like that in your bedroom you no longer associate it with a calm, restful place to sleep. It would be better sleep hygiene and better discipline to work from the sofa rather than the bed.