hard adulting

we switched from E.ON to Bulb cos the latter promised cheaper electricity and the first promised to raise it, without any choice. also it helps that Bulb seems to have fairly happy customers on average, when i googled reviews, and they dont force you to a 1 year contract. so, lets see how this goes. so far amazing customer service.

what surprised me today was when i was (finally) doing my tax returns online and needed advice and called HMRC and the robot first asked me all the usual details...  then wanted my voice recording so in the future i could be recognized from my voice. now thats fancy. time will show if it actually works. but it seems like technology has arrived to UK.

Economist's take on childlessness, some new points and angles i did not know about. such as

 Many countries that have lots of childless women today had even higher rates in the early 20th century. Indeed, the baby-filled late 20th century looks like a blip (see chart 2). That reflects deep-rooted social norms. In pre-industrial western Europe, men and women did not marry while they were maids or apprentices, but only when they could set up households of their own. To stay unmarried and childless was a sign of economic failure. But it was not shameful in itself. “It is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible,” explained the heroine of Jane Austen’s novel, “Emma”.

found a great new detective series, La Mante. french stuff. watched the whole first season in one sitting. now trying Hard Sun, a BBC pre-apocalyptic detective show or something. its very rainy, thats is for sure.

day 27.  funny compared to the right foot. wrinkly, from being swollen so long i guess. and there is still swelling... i regret not taking comparison photos all the way along. the bruising has disappeared mostly, but there is some left in the toes, lol. its funny how blood travels within 'compartments'.

doctor is supposed to come home late tomorrow evening. its been 2 weeks since i last saw him so i admit im counting the hours. im independent and all, dont mind my time alone, but the past 2 weeks have been physically hard and thats mentally taxing... and of course ive been worried about him and his father in turkey, and staying indoors has started to get on my nerve. etc. yeah im glad he is returning. maybe we can try get the year to a better start.

the facebook group i started for 'turkish doctors in UK' is nearly 800 members now - enough to start being active on its own and people contributing. im quite pleased and hope a lot of doctors will immigrate here... UK doesnt want more immigrants? well im so sorry! lol.  

today i treated myself with sushi...   nom nom