Treacle woke me up by stomping all over me at three
o’clock. I then lay awake for an hour before giving up trying to sleep. I got
up and looked out of the window and saw a parking space up the road so I went
out to move my car. I’d parked round the corner where parking is only allowed
until eight o’clock so the car needed moving. As I walked to my car I was
amazed at just how dark it was. Over the last year or so the council have
replaced most of the street lights with l.e.d. lighting which is cheaper and very
environmentally-friendly but doesn’t actually provide any useful illumination.
As I looked up and down the street I could see one or two of the old-style
sodium street lights – around them were small islands of visibility.
With the car moved I watched “Hot Lesbian Prison Action” (Or
“Orange is the New Black” – the title Netflix eventually went for) then
went back to sleep for a few hours.
There was a minor near-panic at brekkie time. Not wishing
to disturb "er indoors TM" I’d moved her car too. I
didn’t tell her; I’d let her sleep. Perhaps I should have told her before she
looked out of the attic window and saw it had gone.
Over brekkie I emailed my local councillor to complain
about the rather rubbish street lighting. I doubt it will achieve anything, but
a whinge never hurts. As I griped, "er indoors TM"
and "Stormageddon - Bringer of Destruction TM" played
with the Lego. They saw the Lego box as a toybox; Treacle saw the Lego box as
her own personal sweetie jar. Much of our Lego now has teeth marks in it.
After two hours we were finally in a position to walk round
the park. As we walked, mayhem ensued as it so often does. I made a little
video of out antics; you can see it by clicking here.
We
came home, had a sandwich, then drove round to "My Boy TM"
who was staging a bank holiday barbie. A few beers, some chicken and burgers, a
bit of cake… you can see some piccies
from the day here.
I then slept all the way to Margate as we took "Stormageddon
- Bringer of Destruction TM" home.
I’ve had quite a busy bank holiday weekend… I’m looking
forward to going back to work for a rest.
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