Wednesday… Autumn round the corner?
Aug 29th 2007PeterGetting My Life Back! & Tech stuff
It was a lovely sunny weekend, not without its events, but I can’t help noticing that there is that little edge to the air that heralds the arrival of autumn. Still, there is always the chance of an Indian Summer, and a long autumn is not an unpleasant prospect – evocative of bonfires of leaves, smoky afternoons etc. I suppose I need to think about bringing the lemon tree indoors! Still, the lawn was cut (I managed all of it in one go – perhaps more evidence of increasing strength and stamina, although my weight remains about the same) but on Sunday, I was cleaning my teeth when I felt a wobble – and a crown with a large chunk of tooth fell out, leaving some sharp edges! A quick call to to the dentist, followed by an equally quick trip soon got the edges filed down. This is a tooth that was scheduled for extraction anyway, and now that I can see the junk that came out, I can see why! I wonder if that was harbouring a source of infection that has been affecting my mouth. The mouthwashes that I picked up on Friday are now kicking in, although Saturday was a bit uncomfortable.
Vicki brought Olivia over at the weekend, there are a couple of photos, which I will post later, but Vicki also has some which I will put into the gallery when I receive them!
On the computer side, the migration to a RAID array went well. I have installed an array controller, so the array appeared as another disk drive (although it is two drives, mirrored) so the process was similar to the one I went through a few months ago when I replaced the last hard drive for a bigger one – but having done it once it was much easier! the new drives are SATA2, so the system should be a little faster and more responsive. The system was down for about 30 minutes over the weekend, and then about 90 minutes last night when I physically removed the old drive and physically installed the new ones (the longest part!) so apologies to anyone who got the “server unavailable” message.
End of geek speak! On the health front, things seem to be back on track with the mouthwashes now kicking in. The next haematology check up is on the 6th, with a visit to the oral clinic on the 20th!
So – Onwards and Upwards!
10 Responses to “Wednesday… Autumn round the corner?”
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Richard on 29 Aug 2007 at 7:43 pm #
Don’t you just hate corners?
Gillian on 30 Aug 2007 at 7:35 pm #
far better to be well rounded
Peter on 30 Aug 2007 at 7:52 pm #
How deep should the well be? (and don’t call me rounded – a long way to go yet!)
Richard on 30 Aug 2007 at 10:38 pm #
Just deep enough and no more!
I thought that you were a well rounded personality Peter, was I wrong? 🙂
Gillian where did this thread come from????
Richard on 30 Aug 2007 at 10:39 pm #
PS where are the bacon sandwiches?
Elspeth on 30 Aug 2007 at 11:36 pm #
Sorry about the loss of a tooth, but it seems to have been a bonus afterall. I trust the clinic appts prove as positive and everything else.
L’n’Hs OOXO
Gillian on 02 Sep 2007 at 10:02 am #
Richard – it’s probably a loose thread!
Still no sigh of the bacon sarnies, and it’s Sunday brunch time now..
Peter on 02 Sep 2007 at 10:30 am #
Gillian – indeed it is – and I have just had my bacon sarnie!
Elspeth – I shall try to remeber that positive thought as they are blasting out the stump! (I am a complete wuss wwhen it comes to dentistry!)
Liz on 02 Sep 2007 at 9:32 pm #
Hope you got a visit from the tooth fairy and that all is now going well mouth-wise!
Lots of love,
Liz
Peter on 02 Sep 2007 at 10:37 pm #
Liz – I don’t know about the tooth fairy, but I got to keep the crown!