I just started writing something to clear the sleep from my head, and realised, after 300 words, that it was for my other blog, not for this one, so here I am, starting again, with no particular thought in my head. Sorry about that.
I had a glance at the headlines to see if anything grabbed, and saw we are in for warmer weather very soon, as a cold front is doing something over the Atlantic and another front is doing something else elsewhere, and there’s nothing I can do about either, so I turned the page and discovered that ‘They’ are expecting more extreme heat in Europe this year, forest fires, the usual doom and gloom. Nothing I can do about that, either. And onwards, to see that everyone is predicting the UK will again become the yUK at the next general election as a new ‘political’ party is expected to take over, but there’s nothing I can do about that, so why bother? (Which is kind of what’s caused that country to get not the state it’s in. That “Doesn’t matter if you vote or not, a government will get in” kind of attitude.) There’s also news about what Greece is up to, but I can’t do anything about that, as I can’t vote in Europe anymore, not even for the mayoral elections here, which must be coming up soon (next year?). I can’t remember, because there’s nothing I can do about them anyway. So, what can I do? Enjoy the views, I guess.
I can also mark myself safe from any spider invasion last night, though I was uncomfortably aware that at any moment I could see that dark dash to a shadowy corner… I didn’t. Phew. In fact, there was really nothing of great import that occurred yesterday, not to me, at least. I heard the ambulance siren at one point, soon followed by the air sea rescue helicopter coming in, which is always a worrying combination. We often hear the chopper coming over and practising its manoeuvres, but when it is combined with an on-land siren, you suspect it’s not a drill. I hope everything was alright for whoever might have needed the service.
It’s one of the oft-asked questions around here: ‘What are the medical services like?’ By which people often mean, ‘How do I get to hospital if I need an ambulance?’ Well, dear, it depends on how ill you are, but the bottom line is that you don’t need to worry, because you’ll get there. Under your own steam if you can, by boat if it’s urgent but not that urgent, and by air lift if the medical teams here deem that necessary. In which case, I think the whole thing takes around 20 minutes, but I am not totally sure. Let’s say it is as fast as it can be, and my advice is, make sure you have insurance. Greek National Insurance, or something private, or even only holiday, but as long as it covers such costs, you’ve got nothing to worry about, apart from whatever is causing you to call for a medivac. And I have no idea how I got onto this, so I’d better go before I bore you into an emergency situation. Oh, too late.
