When not attending to garden tasks what other things have filled your day?

I have to go to my Doctor's office to get my prescrptions refilled at1pm. today. Normally I have a yearly free wellness exam in November and they call me early in the month with my appointment date and time. This year I got no such call so I called them. They wouldn't give me a wellness apointment until Dec. 20 with my Doctor which is past the Nov. 30 deadline for my yearly exam. They said I could see "Kayla" ....... is Kayla the Nurse Practitioner? I asked. Yep.

Oh hell no !! Last year while I was having my exam with a young Doctor right out of medical school who was interning there, "Kayla" burst into the exam room, flinging the door wide open. No knocking and waiting for a reply. No Excuse me for interrupting". She immediately outstretched her right arm, finger pointed at my face and said: " YOU need to go RIGHT NOW and get your blood draw because it has to be out of here by 12:30. "

Well, the poor kid was so mortified by this self-absorbed tyrant's behaviour that he bowed his head, turned to the wall in his swivel stool and turned beet red. I, until I saw his reaction, was about to get up from my chair and light right into her. Never had I, in a professional setting, been so rudely accosted.

But, I didn't want to escalate the situation considering how strongly he had already been effected by her actions so, I leaned back in my chair and, dismissively (which miss bossy-arse, self absorbed bully didn't catch onto, of course) said: "I'll just pass on it this time" and turned towards the kid.

To which she replied: " Are YOU refusing to have your blood drawn? !! " Now I turned to her again, leaned back and told her: " Refusal is such a strong word. I'm going to pass on it because I don't get the results in a timely manner anyway. "
I looked towards the kid again and...you guessed it!! Her mouth started flapping for the third time. "YOU get a Patient Portal" she barked. (Online you can review your records on this site every patient is signed up for.)

I said: " Yeah, I was here in March and in November for blood draws. In Dec. I got a Patient Portal in my email with the March results on it. " She lets out a very loud Tsk !! then a very loud sigh and I won't say she slammed the door but she came verrrrry close to it. I

While I was typing I got a text from the Doctor's office that my Doctor is not in today, she's sick and I need to reschedule.

If it weren't for the fact that she is a VERY, very good Doctor, I would go somewhere else as some of her staff leave A LOT to be desired.

 

It's very cold again today, so I might not do anything as I did a lot yesterday.

I'm presently downloading some Buddy Holly recordings from YouTube.
These were highlighted by someone on one of the vintage audio message boards.
Several of them I'd not heard before, Others "I wouldn't have wanted to hear."
I think his record label after his death, released some of his recordings, even he wouldn't have wanted to have been made public.

 

I had another text from my bank last night saying they would be phoning me about my complaint today.
If it's on my mobile it'll get ignored. If they use the landline, which they know I prefer, my wife will answer and tell them, that I don't appreciate phone calls, texts, or e-mails in answer to the polite letter I wrote them, I expect them to respond in the same fashion.
They are unaware of the fact that I'm leaving, whatever they say, the process will start on Monday.

 

I've had an e-mail from my golf club to advise me that I'd come second in the Wednesday competition this week. So, at least a bit of good news after the "trauma" of my problems with my bank.
I was one stroke behind the winner. I had the same score as the guy who came third.
In the event of a tie, it's settled on a, "back-nine card play-off." That means the player with the best score, on the back nine out of the two, wins.
The other guy also had a higher handicap than mine. So did the winner!
I'll get another £25 added to my account in the pro shop. You don't actually get the cash!
It tends to build up in your account, as I've had a few previous wins or second places this year, as I and my two regular partners play in the same competition every week.
Three weeks ago, I used some of the money to buy a new driver.
It costs £4 to enter the competition each week, so even if you have a few wins or second places, you aren't really any better off. But that isn't the point.

There's no prize for coming in third, as I did on a card play-off a couple of months ago, to another member who also had a higher handicap!