Sunday, 18 September 2016

I went to bed late last night but slept very well. I also got up too late to go for a walk before breakfast.

After breakfast, though, I walked over to my appointment with my family doctor in Shakhamon (about 2.3 km). He's was running quite late, so I had to wait a bit, but I really wasn't in any particular hurry. He gave me the referral I need to get the process on track for my surgery. While I waited a few minutes at the bus stop after finishing at the doctor's, I snapped today's pic of the day, a beautiful yellow flower on the median:

I took the bus into town to the Maccabi office there to get the approval process for my next trip to the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv started. It's not yet clear whether I'll have to see the urologist again before seeing the surgeon and the anesthesiologist or not.

After that, I walked down to buy Goldfinger's weekly mouse and then, of course, took the bus home.

Goldfinger was so excited he actually got my finger first, but it hardly hurt (as is usual with such things). A little alcohol, followed by a little pressure, and the bleeding stopped (despite the blood thinner I'm now on).

I had cheese and tomato sandwiches and a beet for lunch at home.

I called the Ichilov Hospital to make an appointment, but I was number 10 in line, so I opted to have them call me back, which they still haven't done. They'll probably call in the middle of a lesson tomorrow. If I haven't heard from them by Tuesday, I'll call again.

This afternoon, I took time to listen fairly carefully to Brahms' 2nd symphony, which I hadn't done in a long time. It really is a masterwork, and I think I enjoyed it even more than the 1st (which I had listened to yesterday).

In the late afternoon, I took a bus to Ice Mall, walked around a bit there, window-shopping, and treated myself to a frozen yogurt (with strawberries, banana, and sugar-coated pecans).

Next, I took another bus (the all-day pass is great!) over to the industrial area and checked out the brand new Rami Levi supermarket that just opened there this week. I walked all around the store, just noticing what they had. I only bought some cashews, since my supply is getting a little low and I figured their price was probably a little better. Luckily, they had an express line because all the regular lines were long, filled with people buying LOTS of things.

Then I took yet another bus back home, listening to most of Shostakovich's 5th symphony on the way. It's interesting, but I can't quite put it on a level with Brahms.

I walked a total of 7.13 kilometers today.