So on Wednesday I went to the doctor to get checked for allergies. In the good old days that would have taken lots of painful needlepricks I think. But in this modern day and age it only takes a simple blood sample. So that was no problem. I’m still waiting for the results. I should get them within a week. It will be interesting to see. I am quite certain I have allergies. I stopped taking my anti-histamines for a week prior to the test, so they wouldn’t interfere with the results. And I have definitely felt the return of the slightly runny nose, the intermittent sneezes. I feel like the back of my throat is more sensitive. Maybe I’m just imagining that. But the nose is stuffed more too. So I have no doubt there is something there. And when the results come then the doc can hopefully tell me how best to deal with it. For now I’m back on anti-histamines.

He’s very nice, my doctor. He always asks me how I’m coping with things. The eyesight situation. He asks me what I do with my time. So naturally the talk went to the playground and the goats. It was nice talking about them. Although it lead to talking about what happens when the goat kids grow up and no buyers are found for them. And that lead to him telling me about how he had to put down his family’s dog during a christmas and how his daughter was crying and crying. That was such a sad story. But so it goes with animals. They never live long enough.

Afterwards I went to the playground where everything is still good, for now. Magnethe and Snow White were both tied down on the lawn in front of the playground. I guess Snow White can’t be trusted to walk around on her own anymore. Last time I was there I did see her and her boys sort of starting to wander up towards the residential area. I imagine they’ve been up there causing havoc and spreading fear amongst the general populace. So no more freedom for Snowy. Of course she was not happy about that. Especially when her boys run off. When I got there I couldn’t see the boys, so I went around and looked all over the playground. But it turned out that they were just snacking on the bushes next to the lawn. They soon followed me back to their mamas and everyone was much happier. Even with a slight downpour. I had wet goat boys crawling on me. I did not mind.

Here’s a video: youtube.com/watch?v=04_55ch690Y.

And that’s yer lot.

Not much going on at the moment. The sun has come back and it’s very lovely. I am the complete oposite of how I used to be, I used to suffocate in the summer and live for the winter. Now I can’t stand the winter (at least the cold) but the warmer it is the better I feel. Funny how things change.

Otherwise I have been spending a lot of time messing around with the computer and virtual machines and testing Windows 7, but it’s all a bit too boring to get into. Save to say that it seems Windows 7 has a high contrast mode that is very similar to XP, which means I should be able to use it okay even with my limited eyesight. So if I can run Win7 well then there’s no reason not to buy a new supercomputer. No reason at all. Certainly not. I might very well buy a really expensive one. Not right now, but in the foreseeable future.

Also a goat video from last week: youtube.com/watch?v=uQ33Fzst9A4. Good times with warm goats. Especially Mio with his dark fur gets quite warm in the sunshine. And as if it wasn’t enough they’re practically rolling around in the ashes of the campfire spot. I don’t know what it is about that spot but it seems to be the perfect resting place for goats.

Bandit is getting a lot braver. He comes up for treats now, and doesn’t back down as much, even when three bigger boys are cornering him. He’s a little star.

In a couple of days I will be going to the doctor to have my allergies looked at. I figure I shouldn’t just keep taking anti-histamines forever without talking to the doc. Maybe he’ll tell me to just keep taking them, since they seem to help somewhat. Maybe he’ll want to do some tests. I don’t know. I’m pretty sure I have some kind of dust allergy, but how severe or if there are other things affecting it I do not know. We’ll see how it goes.

So that’s all for now.