Again I woke at half past midnight having had about an
hour and a half's sleep, then dozed on and off until finally giving up and
getting up. I made toast, and watched another episode of "Danger UXB"
in which our hero was getting jiggy with the mad professor's daughter. As one
does, given the opportunity.
And with telly watched I set off to work.
The journey through the -hursts and the -dens was
better today that it had been yesterday. It wasn't raining, and far fewer
drivers had their headlights on full beam. I always say that I like working at
Pembury but I hate going there, and that really does sum it up. I like working
there, but the journey leaves a lot to be desired.
Still... I knew what the journey would be when I took
the job on, and it is far better than the nasty bullying environment I had
elsewhere for many years.
As I drove I listened to the pundits on the radio
spouting the news. There was a lot of talk about a sperm donor whose "product"
led to the births of over two hundred babies over the last twenty years... it
has been announced that the chap's genetic heritage gives him a much-increased
risk of cancer, and he's unwittingly
passed that on. Apparently ten of his offspring have already gone
down with cancers, and some have already died. And (as is so often the way)
those on the radio who know absolutely nothing about science tried to make some
sort of scandal out of the matter.
And there was more talk of the situation in Ukraine. The Ukrainian
president has said he won't give up any land in any peace deal. He might not
have the option - apparently President Trump is getting a tad fed up with him.
Whether it is fair or not, the Ukrainians are fighting a war that others are paying
for. I don't want to be selfish or bury my head in the sand, but is a war
half-way across the world something I should be funding?
I stopped off at Tesco to get lunch. Often I get
little packs of carrot sticks with hummus. They didn't have those today;
instead I got apple slices with peanut butter dip... at four times the
calories. And when I came to scoff it, it wasn't all that good. I'm
blaming it for the guts ache which lasted all afternoon.
The drive home this evening was better than
yesterday’s. I left work at sunset; it was rather pretty. And what with no rain
it got completely dark about half an hour later than it did yesterday.
“er indoors TM” boiled
up a rather good chili which we washed down with a bottle of malbec, and with that
shifted so the dogs looked on hopefully. They usually get to share dry biscuits
with me when there’s a bottle of plonk on the go. I opened a packet of cheese
straws.
We all liked that…
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