February232013
Spending 15 minutes pretending you’re not hungover on the radio is not the best way to recover from a party. The fact I’ve lost count of how many times i’ve done this over the years means I should possibly reconsider my Friday night activities or my Saturday morning football analysis.
Chances are I’ll keep doing both though.
February42013
It has just occured to me that I do not own a plate.
I’m making soup at the house I have just moved into for a few weeks and as I pulled out the bowl for said soup I realized I did not own a plate. I own a mug, I own glass Port sippers but not a plate. I’ve climbed mountains, I’ve travelled the hemispheres, met royalty, performed Shakespeare and yet I do not own a plate. It strikes me as being odd. Should I own one? It feels like I should own one.
Just a thought.
January122013
I like Saturday mornings. They’re full of potential and seemingly always promise a good day weather-wise. I may be wrong (in fact I almost certainly am) but I can’t recall waking up on a Saturday morning to see lashings of rain battering the windows. It’s Saturday morning right now, as I write. It’s sunny with a slight breeze. They’ll be football on the television tonight, sadly not my beloved Manchester United but I’ll be watching nonetheless. I’m about to make myself a cup of tea, the house is quiet and I have nothing planned at all. The day is mine.
But a small slither of my mind reminds me of something. This is the last Saturday I shall have in this house. We’re moving out this week after five and a half years (and approximately 280 Saturdays) of living here. Whilst we are moving into a house that is going to be lovely, it doesn’t detract from the fact that I am leaving somewhere that I like and am very comfortable with. I shall miss the Saturday mornings in particular.
Change is ever-present in life and it can be for the good, perspective allowing. Next Saturday will be quite a change as I shall be in Malaysia, not Australia. I am not moving there I should probably say, I’m still going to be living in the Lost Continent. I am just having a little Shakespeare based holiday which I’ll explain more in the coming days. I wonder if I will feel the same about Saturday mornings there.
If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a cup of tea to make. After all, the day is mine.