Somewhat Better

I'm feeling a lot better, though right at this moment my stomach is complaining and my joints are aching. I feel that I'm on the upswing though.

I was supposed to get a steroid cream. However when I got to Tesco, they said that they hadn't had that particular thing in for months and weren't expecting any. The cream was on a prescription for the antibiotics, so I got the antibiotics and rang the surgery to see what the doctor suggested. When I spoke to the receptionist there, she suggested asking the pharmacist what they had in. When I asked them, they looked at me blankly for a moment, then told me that they had stuff in that really isn't suitable. So I finally rang back to the doctors to get their opinion and I'm picking up another script and I can go around all the pharmacies. I'm better in myself, but I think that I need this cream.

I've been looking closely at the fuchsia. Fortunately all the neighbours already think that I'm insane. I found a few leaves near the base.

This is in a very sheltered part, right against the wall and near the corner, so I suspect that the frost may have been hard on it - it got down to silly temperatures here, much further than normal. I wonder if that is affecting the plant. I remember reading that some plants are triggered to sprout by temperature and some by daylight length. So some plants will send out their leaves and blossom in the Spring when the daylight reaches a certain length and others when the temperature gets to a certain level. I remember seeing that seeds sent from the USA during WWII caused problems because they were varieties best suited to areas far to the south of the US and not suited for the reduced seasons here. Anyway, I'll give it a good prune and see how it goes. 

Writing stuff - the latest instalment of Invitation Accepted is here - Chapter Twelve I've also posted it on a site called Royal Road, where authors post stories chapter by chapter, like I have been doing, so I thought I would post on there. I'm getting the hang of whatever is going on, but it looks like a good place to browse for reading and it's free. 

I'm all over the place still with the whole writing thing, so all sorts of stuff could end up anywhere. 

Hugs and good health to all.