I
woke half an hour before the alarm was due to go off to find Treacle had wormed
herself up close to me overnight. She looked so peaceful it was a shame to
disturb her. But I did.
We
got up and went downstairs; Treacle then cuddled up to Fudge who was fast
asleep on the sofa.
Over
brekkie I watched half an episode of "Orange
is the New Black", though anyone walking in unannounced would have
been forgiven for thinking it was some sort of porno movie. I can't understand
what the makers of the show were thinking about; usually filth is wheeled out
when the writers have run out of ideas. The show doesn't need the smut. Perhaps
the people who make it are just beasts?
I
settled the dogs and went out to my car where I spent a few minutes watching
not-so-nice-next-door attempting to turn her car. Her driving is like her
piano-playing; after several years she is still terrible at it.
As
I drove to work I listened to the radio. The pundits were discussing Doctor
Hadiza Bawa-Garba who had been struck off the medical register in
perpetuity following the unfortunate death of a child. Today the courts were to
be ruling on whether a lifetime ban was too draconian a punishment. The dead
child's mother was being interviewed and she was spitting bile about how the
doctor should never be reinstated. The doctor in question was interviewed who
was truly repentant, and there were reports from the time of the incident which
outlined how all manner of circumstances in the hospital where the death had
occurred had conspired against this poor doctor.
Is
it fair that she should take the blame for the culmination of several systemic
failings? Surely she should be reinstated? Surely no one is so perfect that
they never make a mistake? I’m glad she won her appeal.
I
got to work and did that which I couldn't avoid. Being on an early start I
hadn't had time for my usual trawl round the Internet before work, so I had a
look-see at tea break. It would seem I
missed the kite festival at Teston country park over the weekend. I'd forgotten
all about that. In years gone by that event was *such* a large part of my life. Would I have gone had I remembered?
I wouldn't have camped out but being at a loose end (and rather bored) yesterday I probably would have gone for a
look-see. Oh well... maybe next year?
As
I perused the Internet I had a rather good cake; a colleague had had a birthday
and had made us all sticky chocolate caramel cup-cakes. They were rather good.
An
early start made for an early finish. I got home at about the same time as the
rain started, and I took the dogs round the park. There had clearly been heavy
rain in Ashford today. The river was very full, but still the dogs wanted a
swim.
They
had one.
We came home, and after
a little fiddling about with printers "er indoors TM" boiled up pizza
and chips before she went bowling. I stayed home and watched endless lesbian
sex on Netflix. Mind you to be fair to the makers of “Orange is the New Black” there is a plot in between the nudey sauce
romp bits.
I
also paid the remainder of the boat hire money for the boat trip out to the
geocache in the Thames Estuary that I’m planning for in a few weeks’ time. As
is so often the case, my organizing this trip is fast becoming yet another
example of the veracity of the two hundred and
eighty-fifth Rule of Acquisition: “No
good deed goes unpunished”.
There
is a geocache (well, two actually) in
the Thames estuary that you cannot get at without a boat. So I chartered one.
To
offset the cost I offered out seats to friends and friends of friends. It is
just a private venture, but word of this trip has got about and I have lost
count of the amount of people (that I don’t
know and have never met) who have given me a hard time about it. There are
those who have messaged to tell me that they are coming and then taken offence
when I have told them they are not. There are others who have messaged to tell
how I should have advertised the event (when
it was never a public event to be advertised in the first place). There are
those who have taken their inability to secure a seat on the boat as a personal
insult from me.
I
would say that I am sorry that I bothered in the first place… but I’m not. I
want to go on this boat trip. Those that have been left behind can easily organize
their own trip. It’s not difficult to do… but I bet they won’t.
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