baby blues

There are 3 doctors in our practice; hence each one does every third baby clinic. I had calculated that this was not my week and would therefore be able to watch the crucial England match this afternoon without fear of interruption. To my horror, however, I was nonetheless informed that it was indeed my turn, so with some grinding of teeth I turned up at 2 o'clock for my session.

In the event, it was a light clinic, and I was able to get home in time to watch the second half, and see England prevail after a nail-biting 45 minutes. Not without interruption though: at the very crucible of the match, with 3 minutes of extra time being played out, I had to field a call from an OPH (Old Peole's Home) where an elderly man had become afflicted with diarrhoea and vomiting (whether due to anxiety over England's performance I did not enquire). I can tell you that I delayed until the conclusion of hostilities to return the call and advise a clear fluids regime for the next 24 hours, and was able to refrain from asking the staff if they had no awareness of the importance of the moment. Presumably they are no sports fans...

I am currently watching an extraordinary match unfolding at Wimbledon where Mahut and Isner (who they? Ed) are locked in a titanic death struggle at no less than 44 games all in the final set, It is a match which must be breaking all records for longevity, if not boredom and frustration in the spectators. Please, won't somebody crack and get the damn thing over with?

One of these days this is going to happen in a final, which I guess is what it will take to bring in a tie-break in the final set, something they should perhaps have done a long time ago.

FOOTNOTE

21.10 hrs: I misjudged thie aboved mentioned match. Now, with play suspened at an incrddible 59 games all in the final set, it has become one of the great tennis matches of all time, and even perhaps one of the greatest sporting phenomena of all time. Never mond their astonishing physical stamina, what of their unequalled mental strength- neither man giving an inch or even choking to the slightest degree, even though both had developed thousand-yard stares and looking virtually out on their feet. We have witnessed sporting history tonight.