Inset Day

Ellie was dropped off soon after 07:00. It wasn't the usual school run today. The teachers have an Inset Day which means the school is closed. Ellie would be with us for the bulk of the day. She was her usual chirpy self as she had breakfast and went to get washed and dressed. She had a play date arranged for the morning so at 09:00 I walked her along to Lorraine's where she would play with Maddie for the rest of the morning.

We finished our breakfast and waited on tenterhooks to see where Jasper would hide. We had him fooled this time. He swaggered into the kitchen for a snack. We closed the door behind him and I brought the carrier in and left it open. We left him alone for 5 minutes or so, allowing him time to quieten down a bit. H~e scooped up and placed in the carrier and the carrier was loaded into the car. An hour later we were home and Jasper was settling in for his latest spa break with Mark.

Ellie arrived back at midday. She was a bit "hyper" but soon calmed down at the sight of lunch. She seemed to eat nonstop for an hour or so, then settled down with Nana to do some homework and start preparing for a forthcoming school project.

While researching interference on the DAB radio in the car, I discovered that there was an update for the SatNav. This occupied far too much of the afternoon., without achieving anything. The SDCard is prepared for another attempt in the morning. (This is the 3rd time I have prepared the card). Let's hope this works.

There has been another breakdown in communications between the Hospital's AntiCoag clinic and our local Surgery. For the second time in a couple of weeks, Diane has received a text from the Surgery claiming she last took an INR test in November and that they will stop prescribing Warfarin. This, of course, is both worrying and absolute tosh. She, again, phoned the AntiCoag Clinic and they, again, confirmed that they send a monthly report to the surgery with the relevant information. She then photocopied the results from all of her INR tests, took them around to the surgery and told them how upset she was that they clearly didn't check the information from the hospital. The (very nice) receptionist explained that the Pharmacy Technician had gone home but she would leave all of the relevant information for her to collect and action in the morning. (We also heard from the AntiCoag Clinic who had sent a stroppy email to the surgery). Hopefully, this will be resolved.