A break at last

My last day at work before a week off. I’ve not had more than a couple of days off at a time since Christmas.

 I’m ready for a decent break. I’ve had to break my neck finishing things off though. Still I’m almost done.

It wasn’t good coming in today though – Monday is a Bank Holiday, so lots of people have taken today off.

I hate that feeling where you’re in work and most people aren’t.

The streets were really quiet.

Still, I can gloat next week.

I’m looking forward to some good days out with the kids.

I’ve tried to plan a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities to cover any weather fluctuations.

I’ve got tickets for a local theme park, so we should be having lots of fun on rides at some point.

There may be pictures to follow if I remember the camera…

Stolen meme

from Lily and Snav

1. How tall are you barefoot?
six foot one and a bit

2. Favorite movies?
Depends on my mood and which genre we’re talking about.

3. Do you own a gun?
Yes that’s a pistol in my pocket, of course.

4. Who is your biggest enemy?
 My self-doubt

5. Favorite Scent?
the smell of sweet, sweet love making

6. Do you like hot dogs?
Except when they try to hump my leg.

7. What’s your favorite Christmas song?
Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade. I know it’s getting close when I hear that for the first time each year

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Coffee

9. Do you do push-ups?
You mean as in the exercise or the euphemism for sex? I don’t do enough of either.

10. Brothers or sisters?
None, sniff.

11. What’s your most liked piece of jewelry?
My only jewelry is my wedding ring. No Mr T house of bling for me.

12. What do you take for pain relief?
Not fussy, whatever is to hand.

13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
It’s so secret it hasn’t even been revelaed to me yet.

14. Do you own a knife?
yes, and forks and spoons.

15. Do you have A.D.D.?
No, yes, no, maybe.

16. Middle name?
I wasn’t blessed/cursed with one

17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
I wonder what my favourite film really is?

Can’t wait for the weekend, I’m off work all next week

Shit, I’ve got so much to try and get finished and yet I’m doing this.

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought.
Newspaper

Sandwich

And I can’t think of another

19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink.
Coffee, water and wine

20. What time did you wake up today?
5.38am thanks to my eldest child.

21. Current worry?
My mother’s health

22. Current hate?
this cough I have

23. Your favorite place to be?
bed with a willing woman

24. Least favorite place to be?
bed with an unwilling woman

25. Where would you like to go?
Summer 1987 – before I started college. A long, glorious summer spent with good friends.

26. Do you own slippers?
no

27. What shirt are you wearing?
A work shirt, white with large blue checks

28. Do you burn or tan?
Tan and burn

29. Least favorite color?
some sort of smingy green brown

30. Would you be a pirate?
Shiver me timbers, hoist the mainbrace you scurvy dogs!

31. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
Saturday night

32. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don’t sing, the neighbours have an injunction against me

33. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
er, nothing that I can recall, perhaps I’ve blocked it out too well?

34. What’s in your pockets right now?
mobile phone, security pass, packet of gum, oh and that pistol of course.

35. Last thing that made you smile?
my daughter, she’s 3 and hysterical.

36. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
What? They were just sheets, I didn’t think an awful lot about them

37. Worst injury you’ve ever had?
Torn ankle ligaments/ fractured toe

38. What is your favorite pet?
I only ever had one – a tortoise.

39. How many TV’s do you have in your house?
Three

40. Who is your loudest friend?
Kevin – a riot of fun

41. Who is your most silent friend?
my imaginary one

42. Does someone have a crush on you?
Doubtful, but there is this one lady…

43. Do you wish on stars?
When I get to see them yes. None have worked so far mind you.

44. What is your favorite book?
Like I can pick just one!

45. What is your favorite candy?
anything my children share with me

46. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
I can remember Careless Whisper  being on the radio in the limo on the way to our wedding in Las Vegas. Can’t say I wanted it though. I also remember Moby’s Porcelain being played in the helicopter on the way to our wedding meal in the Grand Canyon, oh, and Ride of the Valkyries a la Apocalypse Now.

47. What song do you want played at your funeral?
 You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends by The Wedding Present. All those gathered may take it to heart.

48. What were you doing at 12 a.m. last night?
Sleeping

49. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?
Why are you waking me up Godzooky 1?

50. Do you have a favorite charity?
The hospice that cared for my father.

Sod’s law in action

Something occurred to me last night as I made my way home from work.

Every time I go to put my MP3 player on I always seem to pick the wrong earbud for the ear I want.

Last night I even tried to double bluff, and deliberately picked the one I wasn’t originally going to pick. I still got it wrong!

 Whilst this isn’t a major gripe, it’s startling that it happens every single time.

I wonder if this is a common occurrence or is it just me being singled out by Sod’s Law?

Change in the wind

in a reversal of my recent fortunes, the weather came to my aid last night.

I had got off the bus and was walking down the road when I saw a piece of paper blowing down the road towards me.

As it got closer I saw it was a banknote, a £10 note that blew right up to my feet.

I bent down and picked it up, then looked up the road for signs of anyone chasing after it.

No-one in sight.

I walked along following the path the note had taken, and still not a soul in sight.

I always worry about finding cash in the streets. This may not be a life changing sum, but I know how annoying it is to lose money.

On the upside I would like to think that anyone who found cash I lost used it to bring happiness to others.

That’s what this £10 will be doing. Next week, while I’m off, the children will be getting unexpected treats. 

What a way to go…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6954728.stm

 I won’t even mention about her getting the hump….

Sick old man

I’ve been struggling with a cough/cold type thing the last few days. Not man flu or anything, but a general fuzziness of the head.

 You know the type of thing that I mean, a constant headache, tendency to get distracted easily, generally feeling sorry for yourself type thing.

On the way home on Friday I had a horrible experience.

I was sat on the top deck of a double decker, ostensibly reading my book. It’s a weird one, a travelogue of two ex pop stars journeying up the Congo river to confront Satan and claim back their souls.

Told you it was weird.

Anyway, it’s fairly fanciful prose, and, coupled with my vagueness from my bug, I had drifted somewhat and was staring out of the window.

I must have had one of those thousand yard stares that people get, but I was brought crashing back to reality and made to feel slightly grubby and distasteful.

The bus had stopped to let people alight and board. It was in the city centre and we were adjacent to an office block. My thousand yard stare must have left me “leering” at some poor young girl sat in her office.

Although I was totally innocent, I felt really bad about staring in such a way, although in my defence I wasn’t staring at anything in particular.

I would hate to be thought of in such a way, and my attempt at a conciliatory wave didn’t make me feel any better either!

Oh the shame.

You just can’t win some days

I’d struggled with a headache all day yesterday, mainly due to an irritating cough I’ve developed.

My busiest day at work in the month crumbled before my eyes, like the huge dungball it felt like.

Playing football I got the ball booted straight into my man porridge producers, provoking hilarious laughter from my fellow players.

I got home and prepared to watch my favourite team play live on TV, when our cable went off.

A long wait on hold revealed a customer service fuckwit who couldn’t help himself to a slice of pie, let alone get my cable back on!

He promised to send a technician to repair it…next Monday.

Great thanks for nothing.

In sheer frustration I banged the cable box and it started to work again.

Hooray, I can watch the match!

Oh shit, my team played dreadfully, losing to a crappy scrappy goal. I wish my cable hadn’t been working after all.

To bed. Mrs Zilla is feeling amorous, she has a toe curling orgasm, and then falls asleep. Thanks.

What a way to end a truly shitty day. 

I have nothing

but a killer headache and a stressful work day.

Was that her?

You know those moments when you do a double take? When you glance at something and then have to immediately look again to confirm that your eyes aren’t lying to you?

It happened to me last night, on the bus, on the way home.

I glanced up from my book and thought I saw a familiar face. Upon double checking I was right: it was an ex-girlfriend of mine from 20 years ago.

What are the odds on spotting someone from that long ago, in a completely different place?

It certainly took me back. She still looks good, better than good actually. She was way out of my league back then.

Being funny and beautiful she wasn’t short of admirers, but she never seemed to realise that.

She was a year younger than me, and that proved to be the problem ultimately.

I got to know her better because she was the sister of one of my female friends. Whenever we hung out, her sister would be with us.

It must be down to my modest nature, or my lack of awareness that I never realised she found me attractive.

I’d gone away to college, but still got together with my friends back at home when I could.

My friend sent me an invite to her sister’s birthday party, saying that Sarah had asked for me to go.

Living in my bubble of stupidity I thought nothing of it, and just thought it was a great chance to meet up with lots of old friends again.

My bubble was so big that it took my friend to point out that her sister liked me, a lot. This despite me dancing with her and talking to her for most of the evening.

My lack of self-confidence shines through in this example doesn’t it?

I’m glad she was patient enough for me to wake up and do something about it. I did make my move, and she was a very good kisser.

We went out for about six months, but eventually the distance was proving an obstacle.

I do have good memories of time spent together though. We’d hung out for so long before getting “involved” that there was no awkward stage to work through.

I do sometimes wonder if I missed out on other relationships because of my lack of self belief. These women just see me as a friend and nothing more?

If only every woman came with a sister to point out that their sibling found me attractive!

That’s straying from the point though.

It was a chance glimpse that lead me on a great walk down memory lane last night.

Mood Booster

I thought I’d better try and do something to lift my mood, so I resorted to an old favourite.

On Saturday I sat down and watched Dumb and Dumber with the kids.

The film never fails to put a smile on my face, I guess it sums up my level of maturity!

It was the kids’ first viewing of it, and they found it hysterical. Toilet humour just hits the spot I guess.

At least I now feel on a more even keel, and I’ve got another common bond with the kids.

I like it a lot.