May 19th – My shoes today
My shoes today… well some of them. What should be a chilled day off turns out to be somewhat more complex. First off the fence gets painted. Then the washing is done and hung and repeated with the paint spattered clothes. The whole thing was a three cup of tea job.
Then off to the GPs to argue with the receptionist about an appointment for C and my meds – there are no Pioglitazone 15mg to be had in the country. Still waiting for an alternative from the GPs pharmacist.
Meet C off the bus, she decides to change GP practice. Fetch forms, nip to the Tom and Gerry’s because she’s knackered. Nip to the shop as she heads home. Pie for tonight and shove on a chilli on for tomorrow.
Music
- Luke Haines & Peter Buck – Beat Poetry For Survivalists
- Walter Daniels And The Del Valle Trustees – Have a Coffee Break With…
- Walter Daniels And The Del Valle Trustees – Work Release
- Pete Shelley – XL1
- Pete Shelley – Homosapien
- Pete Shelley – Homosapien II
- Pete Shelley – Heaven & the Sea
Well that was an interesting morning, herself goes off on one, I escape to the shop via a coffee which provided me with the shot on the table. Fail to find the required pasta. This is not greeted well. Get on the bike to test my fix (didn’t make much difference, chain still unshipping in any gear other than fifth!). Go to Aldi. Still no lasagne.
So away into Wigan in the morning light so C can cancel her standing order to sort an issue. She’s dead chuffed. We bump into Stue on the way back to the bus station. We go in with surgical precision, into Nationwide and back to Ashton having found the Little Kitchen has closed. Brekkie at the Tom and Gerry’s it is. Then a light bit of shopping in which we find a clock that ticks and chimes (Muggins here pays for the bugger!)
Bloods in Wigan and I’m knackered and so tired I’m On The Ground. Nip into Kawa’s, bump into Fin then realise I don’t have the blood forms. Back on to the bus and it’s a dash back to the Thomas Linacre. They struggle to find blood. Meet C off the bus and a swift pint in the Lickers.
Water and I reach for the uisce beatha (Bushmills). Last late of the week and the vibes are good in terms of value.
What’s in my bag at Kawa’s. Day three of the lates and I’m still down.
Day two of the lates and a reflection on The Leeds Liverpool. Still knackered, still depressed.
Favourite colour black and Palooka 5 T-shirt from this year’s Part Time Punks. Back to the late shift… knackered and we’ve only just started.
A moment of joy well that’s a good prompt when the depression kicks in. Sunday in and it’s a chilled day bit I’m feeling shit. Swift pint of Mowtown post shift.
In bloom, yeah a revisit to the tarty onions. In other news we watch Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ as I sort out the chromebook. Need to go shopping and sort lunches for the week. Back to lates from Monday and it’ll be an exhausting week.
