Fighting The Flab

So Christmas day... went to Church at St Nicholas which is my old Church. I saw lots of family faces even after 14 years, and lots of new faces. One of the people I saw was an old teacher of mine a guy called Aubry, this man was amazingly influential in my life and after the service (led by Rev David Tudor) I went and spoke to him for 5 minutes. The man is still amazing!! After Church I spent some time with My God Mother and we drank and remembered old friends and family members now gone. Quite emotional, but very needed. Had lunch with the family, my mums cousin Phil and myself swapping stories over the table, strangely enough, more alcohol was drank. Helped clear the table, walked my dog for a bit, then headed out to see some friends later on.
Spent the evening with Oddness Blog (can be found under my blog lists on the right) and his lady, the discussion did ebb and flow most of the evening helped along with absinthe and port, I had an amazing time. We watched Dr who then argued about how the hell the time lords could come back. Very Geeky... drank some more port... ate cheese and crackers... then argued some more about Dr Who... all in all, it was as close to a perfect evening as I can remember. So this is a big shout out to Dan and Kelly... THANK YOU!! Thank you for understanding what is going on in my life, thank you for listening and talking... thank you for not judging, but most of all thank you for being my mates... The world would be better with more people like you two in it.

Last night I slept properly for the first time in ages, not sure if it was the fact I relaxed, or the alcohol, but whatever it was, I feel much better today.

I agreed to fix my granddad's bathroom today, so I got up early and started looking around and making lists of what I would need and started getting down to stripping some tiles. I had to take an old studded wall out and replace it with a new one and re-tile it. I figured 2 days and it would be an easyish job for me. As I edged around the bath to get access to the wall, the floor gave way beneath my weight. After closer inspection, I discovered the whole of the floor has been eaten away by woodworm... so I phoned an old friend who had done some work for me 10 years before on another property. True to his form and even after not hearing from me for 10 years he is dropping everything to come over... now that is service and friendship!! So if you need anyone for damp or rot or wood worm then give Sterling Timber and damp specialists a try. Jim is a top bloke!!

Other than that... life on the Rock seems to carry on pretty much as it always has, I do miss this place, no matter where I have lived or what I have done this will always be my home. It just took me 33 years to realise it.

Be Well