Never Been So Bored...

Hi Readers,

Well, since my last post I have had more time than ever to write things, but have had just NOTHING to write about!!

Tomorrow marks the 3rd week that I have been stuck at home on the couch, and as I rarely get to even go outside I have done nothing whatsoever that is mildly interesting, newsworthy or even remotely worth mentioning.
So, this will be a challenge to write a post about nothing, but here goes!!

For those who aren't regular readers, I have had an adverse reaction to some medication that I was put on to treat an arthritic condition that I have developing. It has caused some liver damage that can only be treated with extensive rest.

And also throwing the medication as far away as possible!

I have needed blood tests every few days, followed by a doctors appointment where he tells me, "Bernard, your levels may be dropping, but they are still way too high. You will have to take another week off".

And speaking of blood, a couple of test tubes taken out every few days is no big deal, but imagine the shock I got just over a week ago at the Peter Mac hospital in Melbourne when they took 15 tubes!!
I'm due back there in a few weeks for another visit, so I might just take a large bottle for them in order to save using so many tubes.
Environmentally safe blood letting at its best!!

While this might suit some people, it's not for me. A day or two I can manage, but three weeks?

Usually any enforced time off work has been due to recovery from operations, but this is doing my head in as there are no visible signs of illness or injury. Okay, I may have been yellow for a few days, and I have developed 'Grandma arms' as my wife calls them, as I have lost so much body tone and weight.
But being told to just sit and rest? Aaarrgh!!

So, to give you an idea of my average day. This will be so riveting I can assure you!!

This morning I got an early call from the Principal at my school asking if I could ring around and get a replacement teacher, as someone had called in sick. He hated asking me, but he knew I wanted some things to do, so that killed about 15 mins.

I actually thought I had a doctor appointment today, so I got mildly excited as that meant getting out of the house for an hour. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that it is tomorrow. 

So after reading the paper online (is it still a paper if it is online?) on goes the TV as I now know that one of my favourite tv shows, The Amazing Race is on at 10.00.

The reason I love this show so much is that I love it when they go to places we have been to, or are planning to go to.

Still awake? If you are, then well done!!

I then stumbled across a cooking/foodie show (I did warn you that I am incredibly bored!) that was all about street food in Lisbon, Portugal, where my wife and I were just a month or two ago.

It was just great seeing all of the landmarks that we had visited, especially the street trams that the city is famous for.

The best thing I ate over there were these small custard tart type of things that are a national delicacy, and for sale in just about every bakery in Portugal. 

And to make things even better, when we flew from Lisbon to Bilbao in Spain, they served them on the plane. 

And it gets better Readers...My wife cannot eat them as she is gluten intolerant, so I got hers as well.

Winner Winner!!!

Let's just say though, I really had to keep up with my exercise in Portugal when I was demolishing a couple of these bad boys each day!!

It was worth travelling to Portugal just for these pastries alone!!

Well Readers, I won't bore you with the gory details of the rest of my day in front of the TV/Laptop/iPad/phone, rest assured I kept travelling between each device as different jobs came my way or a show came on that interested me.

Adding to this blog has been on my mind for days but for the life of me I just could not think of what to bang on about!! Looking back now I feel that I have created something that just might be mildly interesting to some of you at least!

And speaking of Readers, I can vividly remember when the views on my blog was creeping up to 

1 000 just a few years ago.

Look how things have changed since then.

Not sure why so many Americans tune in, but you are all welcome!!

Now for just a few readers to leave the occasional comment...

Who knows, I just might finish my enforced layoff with a bang and pump out a few more posts that might contain something bordering on interesting or worth reading, or just might encourage some casual readers to become regulars?

As always Readers,

Until my next post...

Cheers!!