Journal for Friday 15th October Awake quite early today and downstairs for a brew at 5am. Posted yesterday's journal and started one for today. I am in the home stretch for my personal target of a week's worth of daily journals to assess whether to continue in the same vein. Really funny email from a colleague at work about a recent trip which didn't quite go to plan. Genuinely made me laugh out loud. Early decision to have Birds Eye chicken pie for dinner. There's a cunning plan involved in that choice... can I avoid another cooking disaster? Am sat on the bed trying to work out what to get up to today. I want to dust the Wii off over the weekend and have some playtime, so I might prep that today. I have some syrup to make for my ice maker. But that's a kind of 10 minutes here and there over the course of the day job, so I will get to that anyway. Hmmm... The day seems to have disappeared on me. Despite feeling pretty good first thing, the morning disappeared on me. I perked up a bit by lunchtime and pottered in the office this afternoon for a bit. Watched a film this evening and then a bit of reading on the iPad. What a glamorous life! Saturday 16th October Woke up at the usual time, a bit groggy. Had a cup of tea, stomach felt really ropey for a few minutes. When it settled I took my pills, had a second cup of tea and promptly fell asleep again. Didn't wake up until almost 11:30, but felt the most refreshed I have in ages. It's like I have a bit of energy, a little bit of fuel in the tank. It feels, dare I say it, almost normal. I hope that it isn't tempting fate in any sense. I don't like to think of myself as a fatalist but sometimes in my darkest moments that's what I think I might be. There's only one way to find out. I will take on the day and see what happens! So far, so good. NIce walk this morning, now trying to work out what to do for lunch. Feel more thirsty than hungry so I've had a Fortisips. Might risk something when we are out. Feel like a trip to Northampton, don't want to waste time on a journey as such to get anywhere - the gamble being it's looking dark and it might rain and Northampton isn't a covered shopping centre as such. Somewhere like Milton Keynes is a bit further but all under cover. Then again there is Ikea. Had a great afternoon out in Northampton. Was a bit of a grey, rainy day but I felt good and it was just fantastic to be out and about. Bought a couple of puzzle type magazines which had a bit of an unemployed / hospital stay feel about it, if you know what I mean but I've already had a good hour or so just disappearing into a couple of logic puzzles. I'm kind of interested to see if they will keep my attention or not. Also bought a couple of technology / iPhone mags - will be interested to see if I can find any new apps for the phone, it's been a while since I've seen any recommendations on any of the blogs I read regularly. For some reason I really fancied a roast pork sandwich for lunch, you know, the kind of hog roast job you get at country fairs. For some reason I thought there was a wagon doing them in the market square at Northampton but I'm either wrong or, being kind to my memory, they were not there today. Didn't fancy anything else but we decided to go my favourite diner on the way home. And lo and behold, on the menu is something called a pulled pork sandwich. Boy, that hit the spot! Couldn't finish the whole thing, but that's just the state of my appetite. I enjoyed every mouthful of what I did manage to eat. With cheesy chips and beans to accompany it, great dinner!!! I see that a WHSmith ebook app has been released. Have downloaded and installed the app and also downloaded a free book to have a look at the reader functionality and quality. I think this is really good news, an app to give the Amazon book store a run for it's money - for example they appear to be running a promotion on the Millennium Trilogy books which are currently cheaper than at Amazon. Some competition on price will be a great thing for readers of ebooks. The reader itself is adequate to the task, although I can't tell if it has the same ability to synchronise across installations as the Amazon app. Overall I recommend the download. Heard nothing on the X Factor tonight to change my mind, my top two remain Rebecca and Matt. I think the show (and for show read Simon Cowell) would prefer not to turn out another black female vocalist from precisely the same genre as Leona Lewis and Alexandre Burke. So my money is on Matt. Sunday 17th October Had another good nights sleep. That's two in a row, long may it continue, although it makes me wonder if there's a downside payback for it somewhere - probably the return of the constipation. Food of no interest this morning so I've substituted in a meal replacement. Planning to go for a walk to in part try out my northamptonshire pub walks guidebook I bought on the cheap the other week helped by the Red Laser app for the iPhone. Not even planning a full walk as unsure if I have the stamina but we can use the map to just walk a section of a route. I've downloaded the YouTube video of Randy Pausch delivering the Last Lecture. If you haven't heard of this, Randy was a US University Professor, who died a couple of years ago from pancreatic cancer. The Last Lecture was delivered when Randy thought he had about 2 months to live. The main theme is about realising childhood dreams. The lecture is in turns funny, sad, poignant and heartwarming. Definitely worth watching. Back from the walk and knackered. Managed about a couple of miles (or what felt like it) and turned around and came back to the car. Walking is not easy because it feels like I have lost both muscle mass (in weight) and muscle tone, so it feels like I am having to work extra just to walk normally. I'm almost having to will my right leg to pick up - and it's probably why I felt like I was falling over my own feet when I was out in town yesterday. Of the bottom two, probably the right result in the X Factor and Strictly. Simon Cowell gets to crow that the only two groups left are the manufactured ones he put together at boot camp. I can't get particularly worked up about the result because all we're doing is arguing about who goes home first from amongst the losers. Wagner and Widdecombe should have gone by now, but let's face it they aren't going to make the finals. I suppose the gamblers and the bookies get annoyed, but who's worried about them?
Sunday, October 17, 2010
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