Late last night, I drove to the airport to collect my teenage son and his girlfriend from Gatwick.

A 40-minute drive in the dark isn’t so bad, with the radio as a companion.

Words overheard - “heat dome”, “crop failure”, “climate crisis”, “reduced carbon emissions”, “mitigation”, “Cerberus” 😳

Apparently, there’s going to be a strike at Gatwick Airport on the 5th-10th August.

The exact dates I’ve just booked for a mini break to spend time with a wonderful family I work with ❤️

I feel slightly better about my carbon footprint knowing I haven’t flown for several years and am eating more lentils - will this 1 short flight make an impact?

I’ve opted for the cheapskate carry-on luggage price where you put the baggage under the seat CLICK ➡️Luggage or Baggage?

📏This has to measure 45 × 36 × 20 cm 

As I stood waiting for the teens at Gatwick watching people streaming past, I was slightly obsessed with the size of their bags 🧳

The teens walked through the sliding doors at 1 am, with one large shared with wheels. They’d had a wonderful time. Tenerife was cooler and had a breeze, he’d returned with a cough and sneeze.

Meanwhile, one of the FBOTs (see last week’s update) shared this:

I've found a baby-changing bag with the correct dimensions. It was in a charity shop for £4, and usually costs about £80 at John Lewis. The zips and material are way better quality some of the crap I almost bought on Amazon. I’ll post a video of it on Instagram soon 🎒

👀Apparently, Nostradamus predicted heatwaves in 2023 » Jason says so.

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Don’t make the NHS become insurance-based by Ian Moncrieff MacMillan

An NHS insurance scheme based on income level + the super-wealthy going private would give the worst outcomes for everyone - including the super-wealthy!

1. Private hospitals have to generalize and not specialize to stay in business. The NHS is so big it can support more specialists for more types of health issues. So if you get a serious or unusual problem, you're better off in an NHS hospital...even if you're super-wealthy.

2. The NHS is so big it can get big discounts for their supplies/medicines....and get treatments the private sector can't always get (or afford).

3. If citizens get ill and aren't fixed quickly, they can't work, and can't earn and pay as much tax..which makes the NHS difficult to fund...and the downward spiral kicks in.

4. Businesses would also face higher staff costs, as they'd be paying for more health insurance....making them less competitive.

5. And the government would probably make zero savings anyway!

So it's not worth it!

Random Diablogs

From Heart to Mind: Sound Healing (cont) by Yvette Masure | Health is Wealth

The pressure of our blood in our heart enables our heart beat. Without a heart beat we get what is known as oxygen binding , and life as we know it goes downhill.

The oxygen in our blood needs a low frequency at best, for its performance. A healthy low blood pressure maintains our life.

Low-frequency sound in our environment makes for more oxygen available in our blood.

Nature and natural spaces ideally give rise to this state of well-being: and to good levels of blood pressure.

The Vagus Nerve is responsible for optimal health and good blood pressure maintenance . It is stimulated by low-frequency music that you love :)

Addressing the immune system in this way can even reduce chronic inflamation: to say the least.

Dopamine then empowers our immune system and our white blood cells : which are a part of our immune system. They help the body fight infection and other diseases. Made in the bone marrow and found in the lymph tissue, oxygenated blood is the best way to improve our immunity.

Breathing deeply , consciously, enriching our oxygen intake, and listening to low-frequency sounds, enhance our natural immunity.

Love and look after your heart.

Bathe in nature too. The quality of our blood is our life force, after all 💚🌱#wabisabi

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• Thursday 27th July, 10 am to noon, Guildford Buzz, at ZERO Guildford » ATTEND

• Monday 31st July, 2pm to 3.30pm, Family Relaxation with me, at Burpham Yurt >>CLICK

• Monday 4th September, 6 pm FREE Canva for Beginners on Zoom (I’ll show you how to make the gif I made above) » BOOK

• Thursday 28th September, 8 pm to 9 pm Random Dialogues #25 online What’s the Topic, Issue, or Subject that you’re Passionate About and Want to Share? 6 speakers, 6 minutes each, 60 minutes. Confirmed speakers at mo - Clare Millington, Phil Shepherd, Matt Cadman and Sarah Winterflood » SPEAKER BRIEF for info, perhaps you’d like to give it a go? Respond to this update and let me know.

Until next Friday at 6:08 am (ish).

Thanks as always for your contributions and encouragement.

By the way, we got in at 2 pm, then the teens decided to Facetime each other to say more goodbyes, and kept me awake for another 10 minutes. I drifted off and was awakened by my husband’s 4.45 alarm and I haven’t returned to sleep.