I stopped blogging for quite some time although I have been writing on a couple of forums. Now i think I’d like to put fingers to keyboard again, i don’t really mind if anyone out there reads this stuff, it’s like a diary, a catharsis of sorts. What have i been up to? The usual stuff, working, living, trying to make sense of all the bad things that happen in this world to good people. But I’m not here to moan and whine about things I have no control over, i just want to keep a journal to remind me of what it is to be me. Yesterday i took a trip into town with a friend to see a photographic exhibition, one of the things that i will pursue when i retire is photograpy. The images were all from the world wildlife competition and some of them were amazing, from tiny leaf cutter ants to majestic tigers all captured in a single special moment of their lives. Afterwards we headed for tapas and wine, sitting on a little balcony overlooking the entrance to the complex, we could see all the young women arriving for a night at the clubs. We are both ladies of a certain age (50ish) and as we watched the very scantily clad girls go by we reminisced on our teen years and how we dressed then. I had to admit that I was into mini skirts and boots but no boobs on show, and mostly it was jeans and t-shirts. I’m afraid that i found some of the girls outfits way too revealing and some of the larger ones should have covered up a lot more, but hey maybe i’m just getting old and should actually admire their confidence. Watching the posturing and preening I’m really quite glad in some ways that i don’t have to go through all the rituals anymore, i don’t have the energy. Today has been a glorious spring day with sunshine and a light breeze, i made the most of it by weeding my garden and then sitting with my ebook and just relaxing for an hour or so. Normally i would have indulged in a glass of wine but I started a healthy eating plan with the intention of dropping 44+ lbs before the end of this year and so my wine is rationed, i will have a glass later with dinner though, it is good for the heart after all. So far I have lost 16lbs, i go up and down as i eat out quite often and then it’s hard to be really good but i am trying. Outside i hear children laughing and playing and wisps of smoke are floating past my window from a neighbour’s bar-b -q. Nothing ever seems quite so bad to me when the sun shines, but it doesn’t shine a lot here. My cat has just arrived and wants to walk all over the keyboard, obviously i have neglected him today so i will have to stop writing and make a fuss of him. Enjoy the rest of your day, wherever you are.
