Yesterday I attended my GP’s medical centre for my first Annual Health Assessment. It is funded for Australians over 75 by Medicare. It took about one hour with a clinical nurse and then a followup with the GP. I was tested for mental, physical and other functions which at 75 start to slow down. She told me that I perhaps should drink less, or no wine and get some regular exercise. I countered that I walk a lot especially as I usually forget what I went out to my workshop for and have to return inside to remember what it was.
Generally I measured up pretty well. The doc gave me my free flu shot, had a bit of a chat and it was done.
In the evening my daughter Helen went to the Perth Crown Casino with a couple of her friends to see ‘Wicked’. I got the job of looking after my grandkids; her two Staffies. Helen and friends had booked a room and were making a night of it and I had the girls overnight. I drove around to their house to collect Rosie and Ruby and strangely Ruby was spooked by me and went and hid. I rang Helen and she suggested food was the answer, so I returned with some dog food and Ruby decided that it was OK to get into my car and we were home. Helen had brought their sleeping mat around and we had a good night. I took them home this morning. They are both very loving dogs and it reminded me of this cartoon.
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