so this week we've learned that:-

1. the missing bit of cartilage in my shoulder might never have been there in the first place but a few staples should sort things out. so more shots of hacked up shoulders will be in the blip pipeline followed by a long (9 month) skateless period... :-(

2. my hearing is getting worse in the bad ear and the discrete and only 3 yr old hearing aid is to be replaced by something a bit bigger but hopefully less feedbacky. oh no, shades of the kid in the blue NHS glasses loom large in the memory of a 70s primary school child....

3. my dad's bladder has some more mysteries lurking within that the dr will look at tomorrow under general

4. my mum is due to get a new knee on thurs but is hoping the drugs will be stronger than last time

5. my sore back is about having strained the spine not the muscle

6.that the body can become used to pain and develop a lower threshold so it's good to take painkillers when things hurt

7. carpetbiter1 is to be supervised at lunchtime because she's not eatiing - is it her sore tummy or is it her just fannying about?

8. you can't make pancakes on pancake thursday if you only have olivio. the olivio does not behave like butter

8. sometimes 5 year olds need more patience than their tired, over medicalised mothers can manage. impressive rant in the car on the way home probably went straight over everyone's heads

9. 30-something neighbours who move into densely populated west end glasgow streets for 'peace and quiet' should think about why any of their neighbours might be living in a house with a garden full of plastic toys before they move in and complain about kids being let out to play at 9.30 on a saturday morning

thank you for listening. off to drink beer.