Thursday already

Not done a lot today, in fact, just did what I planned to do. I awoke after a horrible nightmare that John had left me at around 9.30, I saved myself a padded sunbed then went over the road and bought some croissants which I decided would taste good with cheese and honey ... I have no idea where that combination came from but I was right, either it was a good mix or this cold has totally screwed my taste buds!

I sat down on my lounger by 10.00 reading The autobiography of Nigel Hawthorne and it must be well good because I didn't really move again until after 3pm when I considered lunch may be a good idea. That was just a soup with a roll, was OK but hardly anything to write home about ... except I just did.

The weather changed by the time I went outside again and it wasn't sunny any more but overcast and a little chilly so, feeling tired I went back to bed where I awoke again around 6 'ish to another nightmare, this time the kids were all taken away from me ... I figure my brain is telling me I am homesick though I am trying to overlook it as the concept is a little too upsetting.

Just been to the Yumbo and came straight back again as I didn't fancy going there in the first place, it was just somewhere to go walking to keep me active and try to flush out the virus. I should grab some food but am not really hungry at all ... the rum and raisin back at the apartment seems tempting though.

I think I may have got a bit of a tan today, but then, I may just need a shower!

Is anyone reading this I wonder?

Hope Daisy is OK, heard she got hit by a stone at school yesterday.

Well, that's me, may see Jim later for another chat, I hope so else I may just go back to sleep and yet, I don't feel tired, just knackered!

I'd use some smilies but I can't find them on this flippin' keyboard, they are not where they normally are and the marking on the keyboard are all wrong too, hey ho!

Comments

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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