I haven't been firing on all cylinders recently

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• My laptop crashed on the 18th and has been flaky ever since; I think yesterday was the first day it didn't give me any trouble except for running slow. So I spent most of the day catching up on reading.


• I've got a new health issue to worry about. Oh, joy.
  
  I've been having dizzy moments - more "What was that?" than "Which way is up again?" - and on the 16th I was having lunch with some people in a pub, waiting for the food to arrive, and sort of fainted (I don't think I lost consciousness, hence "sort of"). Somebody gave me a boiled sweet, which had a remarkably fast effect in restoring some of my energy levels and coordination.
  
  I saw the doctor that Monday, who told me to report for a blood test and ECG. The ECG was OK a/c nurse in charge, but the blood test had to be rescheduled because I hadn't realised he meant a fasting blood test, doh. So it was set for this Thursday, with much emphasis on only water from the previous evening on, and I'll see the doc again next Friday when he'll have most of the results, and perhaps find out whether the fainting spell (one-off, alarming) was anything and whether the dizzy moments (repeated, minor) are connected. Perhaps. Also, asthma review.


• So this Wednesday (27th) I was already anxious about that, when I was going out to an event in the evening after a busy day, and my front door lock jammed. As in I pulled the door to, put the key in to lock it properly (it's a barrel lock) and the key wouldn't turn in either direction. This is the new lock I got in September.
  
  The friend who was giving me a lift had a go also and confirmed that it wasn't just me, so I had to leave it at "not properly locked, but I can't get in" and go to this event our group was hosting. I was somewhat distracted during. Also, the guy who installed the lock didn't answer his phone or return messages.
  
  We ended up calling somebody out of the Yellow Pages (ouch - not quite enough to be worth calling the insurance folks, considering the excess and my no claims bonus, but a lot more than the original lock), who (after all three of us failed to get the key to turn) opened the door with a Cunning Device. The Real Locksmith couldn't find anything to explain the jam - the lock's not faulty, but a different one would be more secure, apparently.

There's been a few things recently I should have commented on but didn't get my thoughts in order, and it's a bit late now; can I have a clean slate please?