annanotbob2's Diaryland Diary

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Weds

1. There's been a little flurry of people I like contacting me, inviting me to meet up, which has been very gratifying. Usually I make the overtures to keep relationships going and often worry that no one really gives a fuck. So it's been nice. All people I like too, friends.


2. Today has been mainly dancing and walking in the wind - really fucking windy on the beach today. Head down and forcing myself forward. This beach is annoying in that the only parking space is in the middle so my usual method of walking into the wind on my way out and having it behind me on the way back is only partially possible. There's also sea defences that are impassable other than at low tide, so you have to be careful. I do love it though. Today there was only me and my dog and a load of kite-surfers:


3. I'm hungry but still can't bite and have to clean the (dental) plate all the time, after every time I eat or drink so I'm not snacking at all because I'm too lazy and too scared not to follow the rules about these false teeth, but after a week of this I weighed myself at the recovery centre and I'm still 14 stone - wtf? How can this be? I survived the night with the plate out - I guess I will get used to it. But still, meh.


4. During the day all sorts of things happen or occur to me that I think I'll blog about later, but I sit here in the evening with an absolutely blank mind. I mean, there's politics, but I think I've established that I'm a left-wing, socialist, feminist, anti-capitalist, for all the good it's doing me. Tho I am delivering leaflets again at the weekend for the Labour party, as we have local elections next week. You wouldn't know elections were imminent - I haven't seen a single poster. I will join demonstrations if 45 is invited here, as seems possible. Some people have been asking how we can demonstrate against a visit from the leader of our ally, which is just naive, he's a blot on the political landscape of the whole world and has to be responded to accordingly. Then they ask why we didn't demonstrate against Saudi or other ghastly world leaders and the answer to that is that we all know what they are like, they're not claiming to be the leader of the free world, or the world's greatest democracy. They are what they are. The US aspires to be better than that. Freer. And it isn't.


5. I'm taking the girl to see a comedian tomorrow night. I'll report back. I hope she gets something enjoyable from it but I do feel anxious. Hard to believe, I know, me feeling anxious, mighty warrior woman that I am.

xxx

12:02 a.m. - 26.04.18

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