I had the worst night's sleep I've had for a very long
time. I finally got to sleep about ten minutes before the dogs came up, and
they then stomped about and wriggled and scratted. When they finally settled I
eventually nodded off only to wake at half past midnight. I then just dozed on
and off. I eventually gave up laying awake at half past four and went
downstairs where I watched an episode of "Black Mirror".
It wasn't the best one - ones set in people's homes don't really work that well
when the home in question is American. My UK home has a *lot* of
differences to something in the USA, and I can't really relate to it.
Taking care not to wake those who'd woken me I set off
to work. I went via the petrol station at Sainsburys where I took a deep
breath. There was some idiot at the checkout. Once he'd paid for his petrol he
then paid for some of his shopping. Then he paid for the cup of coffee
he'd bought. Then he paid for more of his shopping... It really didn't
occur to him to pay for everything in one go.
As I drove westwards through the -hursts and the -dens
the pundits on the radio were talking about how the UK’s ambassador to the USA
has been sacked on account of his being matey with convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein, and had various university honours withdrawn.
And on the strength of this, the Prime Minister is getting a load of stick
too.
Bearing in mind that Epstein has been dead for six
years isn’t this all a little bit too late?
I got to Pembury. Having had a week off last week, and my
working days this week being today and tomorrow I've had quite a break from
working. There’s no denying that I wasn’t keen on it today. But it has to be
said that I’d far rather work where I am these days than where I was ten years
ago.
But an early start made for an early finish. I came home
and “er
indoors TM” boiled up fish and
chips which we scoffed whilst watching the third episode of “Destination X”.
It’s an entertaining enough show, but…
At the end of each episode the contestants have to
mark where they think they are on a map of Europe. It doesn’t matter how many
clues you get hinting at the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the CERN nuclear facility
or Venice if you have no idea where those places actually are on a map of Europe.
Today is the first time in two weeks I’ve not logged a
few miles on “Map My Walk”…
I’ve got to go to work again tomorrow.
Today has been dull… but I’ve learned how to measure
my stress levels with my watch. A day when you learn nothing is a day wasted…
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