Sunday, November 6

yet another day

Compared to some people I don't get out much.Today was an exception. In the morning I met Cap'n Kev for breakfast. Later we drove to the foreshore for coffee with several of his chums - I was the youngest one there, and the only one still working. I got a foretaste of the social life of old guys.

After all the coffee/tea in the morning I was full of energy. This afternoon I went with the woman across the road, and her dog, for a walk along a different part of the harbour shore.

Back home: light weight training. Mowed lawn and weeded.

In the evening, the cellmate had all her fem chums for dinner, so I was off duty. From time to time I crept into the kitchen and stacked their dishes into the dishwasher. None of them are domesticated. Untamed as a matter of principle.

At one point, the cellmate suggested I go to the living room and say hello to everyone, but when I do that it always feels like being sent downstairs to kiss the adults goodnight.

Another day gone. Sometimes I can hardly believe how long I've lived. And still never broken a bone or had a crash (except once). Like many people, my ambition was never to have a job, but to my surprise I've ended up not claiming the dole since the 70s. Amazing. It's been an easy life, apart from the black spot and a few other disasters.

5 comments:

  1. Sounds like a good day.

    I am starting to find myself in the company of old ladies and not sure I enjoy it more than I did younger ladies. Women in groups aren't always nice.

    This is the first time in my life I haven't had to work. It was hard to adjust to. I grew up thinking that work is what you did and that was that.

    Of course I am always in the wrong time for things. When I was a young mother I got grief because I had to work to support my family. Now I get grief because I don't work. There is no winning.

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  2. I say!

    It's never a good idea to have a dinner party if the servants are not on duty. However, they can always do the dishes and cleaning up the next morning.

    MM III

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  3. Nanners, there is indeed no winning.

    Because I rarely resent my work, it never feels like work, more like "what I do in my life". I'll probably miss it when I retire.

    Mingers. Hereabouts I am the servants.

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  4. Albert? I had a jobbie once. I have not missed it for one second! Hotboy

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  5. Hotters. It all balances up.

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