annanotbob2's Diaryland
Diary
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Big Three
This has been a day of three parts.
- Going round the Artists' Open Houses with MH which was as fab and annoying as ever. There are so many beautiful things people make and they are so fucking expensive. I can't even begin to recount the things I would have bought had I won the lottery, but I settled for a ring of twisted willow to make into a wreath. Christmas is heading for being shite, just me and Bloke, but I'm not surrendering - there will be a wreath, there will be a tree, there will be a fancy dinner. There will be a Christmas Day swim.
- I've been very anxious about the do's and don'ts of cold water swimming as the water temperature has plummeted - I really wanted a book as I forget it all, again and again. All I've been able to find has been lyrical accounts of the bliss of being out at sea in a snow storm and that kind of bollocks. Last night I finally had a brain wave and searched for a manual and there it was 'Chill: the Cold Water Swim Cure' by a doctor, a manual, Fab. Sold out everywhere though - not surprising really, it's the time of year. Eventually I found a copy in Waterstones in Guildford and it seemed I'd be able to select an option to have it delivered to a branch of Waterstones near me, but if there was I fucked it up and got a message saying it was ready for me to collect from Guildford. Guildford isn't really that far away (to you in the US), but it's across country - you can drive fucking miles round in a big square on fast roads, or you can creep along country roads. I phoned them this morning asking them to send it but they don't have the necessary to do that so I decided to go this afternoon, after we'd done the Open Houses. Sigh. I forget that I'm not really up to much, but I remembered once I was on roads I didn't know as the light was fading and the rain was starting. It was OK, but it takes it out of you, all that concentrating. I used the satnav on my phone which was fine but didn't tell me up front that the shop was in a pedestrian area or where I could park. It's all horrible modern buildings and a three lane one way system, and meh meh, I made it, but had no cash for the pay and display car park, it didn't take cards, no internet to download the app, aggro all the way but finally I got to the shop, had the book in my hands and all was good. But I was hungry. There were no independent places to be seen, all franchises. I tried McD's as it's cheap as shit, but none of their fucking screens worked, their was a queue of gobby teenagers a mile long and no fucker taking orders so I tried Five Guys. The girl who served me was lovely - she'd let me use the toilet on my way to the bookshop without buying anything, and recognised me. I told her I was hungry but skint so what was the cheapest? She told me, I ordered it, but when it arrived, she'd given me a massive meal! She gave me a big grin when I picked it up - I couldn't eat it all, but it made my day. Just as well as the fucking phone ran out of charge when I was half way home, going a different route as I had a different destination. Pitch black, pissing rain, no idea where I am, too many fucking roads, full of villages with stupid names I'd never heard of. Something is going on with the charger in my car - it's suddenly started draining the charge instead of increasing it. Anyway, after I stopped crying I did my om gum ganapataye namaha mantra for the removal of obstacles in my path - could have started that a bit earlier perhaps - and I just drove home - I went here and there and over there and suddenly it was the A24 and I knew where I was. So much emotion though, just driving up the road a bit.
- This evening I prepared to start the Zoe diet app, where you get a personalised load of info about how your body metabolises food - I'm not sure if that's the word - it's all about blood sugar and fats and it's meant to be good - people have more energy, sleep better, lose weight and eat better - though apart from the odd diversion to the likes of Five Guys my diet is pretty good, but I could do with more energy, that's for sure. But this bit was a struggle - downloading two apps, linking them, fitting a sensor to my arm, reading it with my phone and getting it all set for more tests tomorrow - a blood test and a poo test, which you send off, and eating some muffins they send you to get a base reading. I eat them tomorrow after fasting tonight. We'll see.
1:00 a.m. - 27.11.22
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