Today was soup day. Mother cooked up a fresh pot of excellent soup. Well enjoyed by all. And as always, my fridge is full of leftovers.

It has been raining quite a bit. A lot of the snow has washed away. Unfortunately it’s very slippery outside now, so it’s still a little hard for me to get around. But it could be worse.

On Thursday I finally got to see the goats again after the holiday break. I always worry about them over new years, but luckily there doesn’t seem to have been any trouble at the playground. Magnethe and Grethe were both doing fine and seemed happy to see me. A little video: youtube.com/watch?v=z3Ais1v9XSk. I also took a little walk in the park, to enjoy the newfallen snow. It reminds me of the good old days, just walking around and looking at the pretty scenery.

But other than that all is quiet at the Plume front.

So yesterday I was saying how we’d try to get me an appointment at the eye doctor soon. Well, today my dad went there to make the appointment for me. And it turned out they had an appointment the very same day. Today, that is. If we didn’t take that then we’d have to wait a while until they could fit me in. So off we went. Short notice, but I was just glad that I could get in quickly.

The eye doctor took a look at my eyes. He said that under the circumstances they looked fine. The cataracts aren’t back I guess. He told me that if I felt my eyesight getting worse I should get in touch immediately, but otherwise he’ll see me again in three months for another checkup. So that was that. He also did a sight test on me. My left eye is around 15-20%. Up from the 5% before the cataract treatment. So that’s still a good improvement. Of course the right eye is still 0%. We didn’t need to test that. It’s crazy to think that I have been down to 2,5% eyesight overall, not too long ago. That is almost as close as you can get to 0% without actually being there. That’s a little scary. I guess that’s why I can still appreciate having just the 10ish% I have now. It may not be much, but I have tried worse. That makes it easier to appreciate that I’m not completely blind. So if I can hang on to the improvement then that would be really good.

As we left the doctor’s office the snow was coming down outside. Winter is still here. By the time we got back home the pavement that had been clear when we left was now again all white, covered by newfallen snow. Very beautiful, and I love that I can actually see it.

Meanwhile, the mailman brought me treats today. Amongst them the movie The Goonies from Traci. Thank you very much! And thank you to Deb, who sent me another pair of those excellent gloveymittens. I liked the ones she sent me for christmas so much that I asked her if she could send me another pair. So I’d have one pair for goat trips and one for human trips. Can you believe, some people don’t like the smell of wet goats? I can hardly believe it myself.

If only this was a scratch’n’sniff blog. If only.