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Wednesday January 3, 2007

A pleasant buzz

Not too successful a day. Graham needed to go over to the holiday camp for a few hours to clean up, drain and clean beer pipes and pumps and attend in general to all the things that need doing when a bar is to be laid up for a few weeks. It was a balancing act for me. Should I drive him over, come home, do my shopping and chores, and be ready to go fetch him when he'd done, or should I simply wait in the caravan until he'd finished? I opted for the latter.

Big mistake. The weather was too wet and windy to permit a stroll along the cliff-top, video camera in hand, so I settled down to watch junk TV instead. Needless to say, I dropped off. Woke once or twice, the second time to find the world clean, clear, and sparkling in sunshine. Trouble was, before I had time to collect my wits about me the sky covered over once more and the rain and wind started back in earnest.

It's been a stormy day.

I sighed, shrugged, made myself a coffee and sat huddled over it with a box of Christmas biscuits at my side, and then snuggled down on the sofa to doze the time away until Graham had finished.

It took longer than expected. He got all his things done. I got none of mine done.

Hey ho. I'll set my hopes on tomorrow.

As if to salt the wounds of a trivial, wasted day, TV started in on the new season of 'Celebrity Big Brother' this evening. Triviality upon triviality. Serves me right.

Only a ready supply of chardonnay rescued my day and now, at the end of it, I have a pleasant buzz on. I don't deserve it. But it is remarkably pleasant.