New Spectacles.

Alberto Giacometti.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Giacometti

I am starting to feel abit better today, glad that I am no longer on the antibiotics as they seem to really drain me of energy.

Today is going to be a short post as Richie is taking my glasses in right now so that the optician can put in the new lenses that I need to have.

Right now I am using my old glasses which are ok but not ideal, so I do not want to strain my eyes by too much close work.

Looking forward to getting my new glasses tomorrow afternoon at 16.00 when Richie can go and collect the updated spectacles, for me.

Will be good to get the updated glasses tomorrow afternoon, shame that I have to wait so long.

Last year the optician made my new spectacles the day after he came and measured my eyes for the new glasses.

I can hardly wait for my new glasses as already after just 30 minutes, the old ones are starting to bother me quite abit.

Richie has just gone down to the opticians now and will come back via the market and MyCom.

Once I have posted this I shall have to take it very easy and sadly that means no reading or writing for me until tomorrow afternoon.

Cyril Is Getting Happier Everyday.

 
The Red Tower.
Giorgio de Chirico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chiricohttp

I meant to write about Cyril yesterday until the drama of the broken adaptor happened; by the time Richie came back I was pretty frazzled.

Glad I managed to maintain a calm exterior; inside I was anything but calm, inside I was extremely upset.

So pleased that I did not let rip and upset myself even more than I already was, there was no point at all in getting unnecessarily upset about something I could not influence in any way

I had wanted to post about Cyril, who is settling in very nicely, he seems to like us a lot already.

Following Richie everywhere, when I am in bed he is nearby, either under or next to my bed, he even dragged a dog blanket to the foot of my bed.

He loves getting up on my bed, in fact he jumped up three times not long after he got here on Wednesday.

Which was sweet, since then when he wants to be on my bed,  he stands looking at me and squeaking until Richie puts him up on my bed.

Cyril and Marleen are getting on well; they are starting to become buddies, Friday and yesterday they played together lots in the park.

They have also been running around in the house, and playing growling at each if the other comes near their special toy.

Both are very obviously enjoying the interaction with each other, so glad we have given Cyril a go.

He is a sweet, loving and very playful little dog, who really seems to like us, Marleen and his new routine.

Still can not believe that someone could have had this delightful little dog and not treated him well.

The long toenails indicate that he was never taken for a walk, certainly not for several years, he had Howard Hughes’s style toenails which were too long for him to walk well.

Amazing but seems there is a lot of this negligence mainly due to ignorance about what a dog needs.

On Thursday Cyril had this years injections, got chipped so if he gets lost we can find him, he had his nails clipped and Richie de-wormed and de-fleaed him at home.

So he is all set now to enjoy his new life with us, which seems to really agree with him, he is showing all the signs of getting happier everyday

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Saturday, 8, January, 2011. Dramatic Saturday.

 

Cyril.
A very late post today because I was so tired after the drama of the laptop adaptor suddenly not working.

A very brief post today because I was so tired after the drama of the laptop adaptor suddenly not working.

What a horrible shock that was today, happened not long after I started up my laptop, one minute the battery was 100% and charging.

The next it was not charging and losing power rapidly, it went from 100% to 96% at top speed.

Richie tried all sorts only to eventually conclude that I needed a new adaptor, so there I was with no laptop and no contact with the internet, for what seemed liked forever and was just three hours.

Afterwards Richie said it was awful seeing me being so calm and stoical, he knew then that I was really upset.

I felt extremely upset contemplating having to wait until Tuesday until an ordered adaptor could be supplied by MyCom, who I phoned to see if they had an adaptor.

They suggested I come to their shop and try the universal adaptor first and if that did not work they could order one for me.

Richie went down with my laptop and did not return for more than a couple of hours, when he did he had an adaptor for me.

Brilliant, he had been ages waiting to be helped before finding out MyCom could not help me, well not until Tuesday, as they had to order an adaptor.

Richie paid for an adaptor, left the shop unhappy that I would not be connected until Tuesday, and then, he remembered a small computer shop up the road, and went there.

He got lucky when after much rummaging the man in the shop found an adaptor for me it was wonderful when Richie arrived back with it and I was once again connected.