Just a few 'Days' to go now ...

Until Martyn an I are off to GRan Canaria for what will be my 4th visit I think unless I have miscounted.

The weather here isn't bad though. I am looking at lovely blue skies with those vapour trails to remind me of next week ... if I don't think about it too much I can convince myself it is hot out there too!

Myself and the girls visited Jermaine yesterday. He was there but not there. It seemed to me like he needed a bloody good cry and maybe he did. It must be terribly lonely there. I can remember when I was a kid when even overnight away from home was really upsetting. Of curse I have no idea of his level of understanding but I do so hope he simply doesn't miss us that much but I suspect that may be the case so roll on the move to Kettering when I can visit at least once a week.

Nick kindly chemicalled me with Veet the other day but we ran out of the stuff so a little shaving was required so I do now have some itchy bits :-( Am looking forwad to my hair being done on Friday.

Hips, ankles and knees are painful this morning ... shoulders as well but that's a given really.

Last night I did my packing, well, most of it ... little unimportant details such as my passport are still to be put in my bag!

I am feeling quite upbeat and just chilled out, a good way to be just before a holiday. Now, if I can manage to stay healthy for the duration as well, that will be a bonus!

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You Bloody Idiot

I had a really enjoyable time in Meltham with Stan and Pete, even that walk against the wind up the pub on Saturday evening in a blizzard was fun. On the way there I thought it’d be fun to take some pictures of the car in the snow. I had not realised just how windy it was, I seriously thought my door was stuck when I tried to open it but it was just being pressurised by the forces outside. I am lucky really the wind had not been behind me else the door would have been ripped off. On the way back on Sunday I paid a visit to Sue in Sheffield. I like Sue and she is a great conversationalist. The journey was not without incident as the satnav kept failing and crashing and just became useless. I eventually tracked the problem down to the loudspeaker connection for the mount and once I’d removed that it was stable and guided me well to Sue’s door. I am really happy to report that the steroid injection I had last week as helped ease my pain. I still have the pain but it is not restricting me ...

2 Weeks in

Amazing as it seems I am two weeks through my visit here. Some might be getting a little confused about why I am here. There is only one important reason and that is to be with Dennis. This isn’t a vacation to me, it’s just about having to travel to the Philippines because it is where Dennis happens to be. I’m still in very regular contact with home dealing with daily issues, the council, social services and so on. I am geographically away from it but technically still connected. Obviously it’s cool to wander into Manila and see the place, travel in a Jeepney and so on. Wandering around the malls is fun but it is who I am with rather than where I am that matters most to me. Highlights for me, apart from every second I spend with Dennis have to be meeting family and friends. Veronica and her family and Imee of course who has kept me entertained for hours with conversation about anything and everything Ireneo too tries real hard wit...

Not a good day

Today is a very emotional one for me. I have no idea why that would be the case but apparently it is. For a day that had nothing pre-arranged this one has turned out quite busy. First, I agreed to take Matt for breakfast though I wasn't really hungry. He was being quite argumentative in the morning about some thing or other, I don't recall what exactly but some matter of politics where he was going to argue the toss whilst knowing little or nothing about it. But, even so, I was quite upbeat as Jermaine had gone to school on time ... no, scrub that, i was upbeat until I yet again had to tell Zoey to get her arse out of her room, downstairs, do her chores and get to school, that is when this day started to go downward. I spent way too much money on a new doorbell, true, we needed one but not one that cost nearly £50! This too has not helped. I went to see a garage that can fit parking sensors to my car, all well and good but they needed me to supply paint to match the circles up ...

Steve from England

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