I had an early night... and woke before midnight
feeling full of energy and raring to go as I do whenever I have an early night.
I managed to nod off again and stayed asleep until er indoors TM” went
to the loo an hour or so later. It wasn't her that woke me so much as as the
dogs jumping off the bed to follow her. And when they all finally settled again
I had maybe twenty minutes before little Bailey started licking my hand.
I gave up trying to sleep and was scoffing toast and
watching "Orange is the New Black" by five o'clock.
It was as well I was on an early this morning; the
dustmen make quite the racket when they drag the bins about, and the bin lorry
that follows half an hour later makes a point of being sure that the road
impassable. I got away before they showed up this morning.
As I drove the pundits on the radio were talking to a
blackcurrant farmer. Did you know that ninety per cent of the
blackcurrants grown in the UK go into making Ribena? Makes you wonder where the
stuff for the jam comes from, or exactly what the stuff in the jam is, doesn't
it?
There was also a lot of talk about the strike by junior doctors which was starting
today. Is it a good or bad thing? Do doctors get paid too much? I don't
know, but they certainly aren't getting what they once were. And neither am
I... Are you? Here's a challenge. Work out your hourly rate of pay in terms of
how many chocolate frogs you could get for one hour's money.
Then see how much your hourly rate of ten years ago would have got you.
Makes you think, doesn't it.
Today as I drove west-wards I only faced three sets of
temporary traffic lights, which made for a better journey. Again I stopped off
at Tesco for lunch and one or two other odds and sods. Lunch today featured
another coronation chicken sandwich, and sweet chili houmous with breadstick
dips. The Tesco coronation chicken sandwich was twenty calories more than
the Sainsbury's version, and the sweet chili houmous with breadstick dips was
double the calories of the normal humous with carrots, and wasn't anywhere near
so good either.
Work was work. I did my bit, and being on an early
meant for an early finish. I came home and “er indoors TM” boiled
up pizza for dinner which we scoffed whilst watching the most recent episode of
“Star Trek”. Both weren’t bad…
Today was dull and I’m rather tired…
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