Thursday – Cricket can be bad for your Health

It was another day for work, but this time I was on a late. That entails starting at 10 in the morning, instead of 7. My goodness, I don't know what I'll go when I start up doing nights again soon.

I woke up late, and ended up rushing out the house. I had a few routine chores to take care of before going to work – like paying the rent. I would rather not have had to pay, but I guess that it is one of those things. At least I haven't got a mad Chinese lady shouting about it, and ringing me up all the time to ask me about my rent money.

Interestingly, she still rings me up occasionally, but most of the time – unless I am feeling extremely lonely and need someone to talk to – I don't even answer my phone.

I had set up my rent to be paid by direct debit, but this week I had to pay cash to get the estate agent in line with when I am being paid fortnightly. Also it gave me a chance to mention that the dishwasher and oven are both on the blink.

How much use would one person get out of a dishwasher, I hear you ask. I've managed to get used to one for the last 10 years, and it is very easy to use stick everything in the big white cupboard dirty, and then in the morning everything is clean. I only turn it on about once a week, and end up washing the few mugs, and plate I use most of the time anyway. Anyway it was a little broken – like that when we moved in!!

Also the oven doesn't work – I found that trying to bake a potato the other night. After 1 ½ hours, I thought excellent, I'll be enjoying that, only to find that although the light and the fan in the oven work, there isn't any heat coming out of it. It would be good on a hot dark night, as I could put the light and fan on, and sit in front of it, and cool off, but I don't think that is what an oven is for. Anyway I have lights in the ceiling, and an air conditioner for that sort of thing.

Work was again uneventful. Even the Flying Doctor transfer we did didn't get me excited, as it was as routine as an emergency patient transfer can be. I probably looked more drawn than the sick person. I had only managed to get about 3 hours sleep during the night.

Every night from late until very late the TV channel shows Twenty/20 cricket matches that are being played in India, and I watched a couple of them last night. That is the reason cricket can be bad for your health and why I am struggling to get to work on time