Crash landing

[shewhomust]

There's still one last day of holiday to write about: no major excursions, but full of small pleasures. And the journey home went smoothly, too. After which -

For some reason I had a bad night on Friday: this happens occasionally, and mostly I can pin it down to eating too richly, or too late, or reacting to something specific that I've eaten. I used to have a digestion of iron, but this is no longer the case - increasing age or side effects of medication, who knows? From time to time I have a night of indigestion and sleeping badly, and then I'm fine - if a bit sleepy - the morning after. This one was worse: indigestion plus feeling sick, and still feeling fragile the morning after (still not one hundred per cent today, but nearly). It's no big deal, and many of the people I know have it much worse, all the time - but I felt particularly affronted. The holidays are over, I'm back home, and this is the welcome I get?

Fragile or no, yesterday was the start of a bank holiday weekend, we'd been away, time to go shopping. I went to check what there was in the freezer and discovered that the rim of frost had gone from around the cabinet; the motor was running but the contents were no longer entirely frozen. This, too, could have been much worse: I had been trying to empty the freezer, so that we could carry out a long overdue defrosting. Well, now I know what happens if you put that off for too long... Is it repairable? Neither of us is inclined to grapple with that question: and if durham_rambler isn't trying to find a mechanic, to patch up the old rather than replace it, then I'm pretty sure the answer must be no, anyway. So we have ordered a replacement, which will be delivered, and the carcase removed, on Friday afternoon. We're going for another chest freezer, but a smaller one - though, irritatingly, it is marginally larger in the two external dimensions where I would really have appreciated it being smaller (height, and distance it will project from the wall).

Meanwhile, we are attempting to use up as much as possible of the contents. J has very kindly agreed to come round after church and help us eat things. I wonder how much I can persuade her to take away with her?

Comments

[athenais.livejournal.com]

I usually have a night like that after overeating. It's miserable, but relatively short-lived. I am sorry to hear you had an extended version!

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The mean thing is, I hadn't been overeating - or not since lunchtime, anyway! Despite which, I'm sure you're right, that's all it was!

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

No-one should wake up feeling fragile. Not ever! (I did that too, this morning.)

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Your fragility is one of the things that helps me keep a sense of proportion about mine (but really, it's too kind of you, you shouldn't do it!).

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

What can I say? I'm a very kind person!!

My fragility this morning turned out to be a fascinating weather change. We had a severe weather warning for overnight and tomorrow. I am very impressed with my body :).

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

You clearly have a right to feel affronted, neither machines (that cannot be trusted anyway) nor tummies have the right to do this. It´s not polite, it´s not cricket. Tell them off. Hope you are feeling better and that the new freezer has better manners if not dimensions.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping for great things from the new freezer: it will be smaller, I'll keep it full, it will require less defrosting (it promises that in the product description, and they never lie, do they?)...

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how this post got by me, except maybe it came to me over the weekend and there was a lot going on. See recent posting.

But I hope that all the machinery (yours and otherwise) is now working well?

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I am fine; new frezer due to be delivered tomorrow (the moment of truth...)