torn...

I want to read more... this morning I found this post and this post so now I want to delve deeper. More later... I am torn between daily living and philosohical debate. Both are important!

Right now I must see if I have enough Italian to pick up my prescription to attack a solar keratosis. Too long at the computer, pondering rather than doing! Move it!

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Later: more learning to do...

Helpful dottoressa arranged for my prescription to be written via a hospital so that I didn't need to pay the huge price for it (having already paid a huge price for her consultation). I went to collect it... to find (why was I expecting otherwise?) that there is a heap more paperwork that needs to be done before I qualify for the prescription relief (IF I qualify... in my mind I am asking why should the Italian government subsidize New Zealand sun damage treatments?) And to do that, of course, I have to have my own doctor here. I have seen three different doctors - and been in hospital once while visiting prior to moving - but don't have my "own" doctor yet. I guess it is time...

Now, how do I find out if residence and permesso di soggiorno is enough to qualify for this prescription? Otherwise I will have to cut off the leg to go with the arm that paid for the kind dottoressa.

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I am thinking of writing here one thing I am grateful for every day.

Today I am most grateful for the sun streaming through my window onto my hands as I type, while a gentle breeze brings in the scents of spring and the birds hold a singing competition in the trees outside. Magic.