10
February
Two days
off for which I’m thankful for and I sit down to start writing for today, full
of interest and eager to get going – then Jan’s sister Trish comes through on
Skype on Jan’s lappy. I’ve sat listening to her rattling on for five minutes before
I can start. On Sunday I did get some writing done though, getting around 2500
words of Bristol Fashion done. First
time in weeks I’ve been able to get some done. Yesterday I had a no ‘puter day
all round. In the afternoon I went off to Asda to do a bit of shopping. It was
my first time out for ages.
I found a
chunk of cod in the freezer on Sunday so I got it out ready for Sunday, but I
didn’t feel much like having anything that evening. So I had it yesterday with
small boiled spuds and a mix of green beans and sweet corn. Very nice it was
too. Today we are supposed to be having fish fingers and chips with our son
Tom. But now he’s put it off for a week cos he can’t afford the pus fare over.
Jan has refused to go and fetch him because she is short of fuel in her car.
This is deliberate because she is hoping to pick up her new car on Saturday
morning. If all goes to plan we have a trip planned out to give it good run out
to see how it behaves on a decent run.
Some time
ago I said that I had bought a book called Pinocchio.
It’s basically the normal story re-told from his perspective. Of course it’s a
children’s book with loads of drawings in it. I read it over two night and
enjoyed it, at least for what it was, but I’m not sure it will get read again.
Years ago I was told by a friend that one her friends, a man I don’t like at
all was, ‘very very fat, very very tall, and very very ugly’. Hmmm … good job
she is a friend then not an enemy methinks. Anyway, I took that description and
applied to a story about a lonely bus driver. It reads like a children’s book
but the biggest drawback is that apart from my pension, I can’t draw anything.
But I have become aware that someone I know can not only draw, but is pretty
damned good at it. Later I shall ask him if he’s up to doing a combined book.
We’ll see eh …
When I
read The Fellowship of the Ring I
found an easy read; but now I’m part way through The Twin Towers and I’m finding it a lot harder. It seems to me
that Tolkien has become more obscure with his use of language. I hope the third
book won’t be even harder. We have watched the films a few time and the
differences between them is fairly major; still enjoying it though.
At long
last Jan has ordered my new phone; all I have to do now is to sit and wait for
it to arrive. Getting to this point has been a bit of pain though, although it
was worth it because instead of the £29 pm package we were told in the shop was
compulsory, I am not going on to a £17 pm contract. I just wish that training
for shop staff was better, it would save a lot of hassle and silly games. As I
said on Saturday, I want to phone so I can use an office suite on it, or at
least Excel. I used to use it on my old PDA where I used to keep a list of our
DVDs as well as what books I had. I would like to do that again seeing as my
PDA died a death years ago. I get fed-up of buying books and finding that I
already have them when I get home. So now we sit and wait.
Today’s
photo then …
An alleyway in Glastonbury.
Today’s
funny …
I intend to live forever… or die trying
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