… what to say about last night.
As I mentioned yesterday, I settled down to watch a film hoping that it would send me off to sleep, but it was only a short one and was still awake when it ended.
But not for long because I was soon well away with the fairies.
But not for long because despite having been in a deep sleep I awoke at about 01:35 with a uncontrollable itch. And I know full well that if I start to scratch it I would do myself a mischief because these days I bleed more easily.
So after about 20 minutes of agony I had to leave the comfort and safety of my stinking pit and head to the bathroom where I have some Aloe Vera cream. And I smothered myself in it.
It took a while for the pain to ease off but eventually I was out like a light again, right out until the alarm went off.
After the usual morning ritual the first thing that I did was to have a good shower and clean myself up a little. I’ve not had a shower for a couple of days and in this heat, even I was starting to notice it.
And it was around about here that I looked out of the window and saw the rainstorm. “That’s put paid to my walk to LIDL” I mused.
While I was musing, Ingrid came on line and we had a good chat. We spent some time working out a cunning plan because I have a few things simmering away in the background.
When we had finished chatting, I noticed that the rain had eased off slightly. So I found my raincoat and headed off out.
Another vessel in the harbour right now is Normandy Trader.. She must have sneaked into harbour under cover of darkness from St Helier.
And she didn’t hang about too long either. When I went out for my afternoon walk she had gone and as I write up my notes this evening, she’s well on her way back to Jersey.
Despite the rain, I felt on quite good form striding up the hill to LIDL – it’s been a while since I’ve felt quite like this. And at LIDL it was rentrée, or “Back to School”, so there was quite a pile of papers and pens and the like. I bought a few notebooks.
And not only that, earlier in the week they had a special offer on bathroom scales and I was sorry to have missed it. But they still had a few left so I’ve organised that. Grapes at €1:99 per kilo rounded off my shopping.
And striding out, back in the rain, it didn’t take me too long to return home.
At lunchtime it was still raining so I had my butties inside at the dining room table – now that I have one. My lizards will have to do without their pear leavings today.
There were a few other things that needed my attention this afternoon, and as a result my walk was rather late. There was some kind of event going on in the old town, and there were crowds of people. But whatever it was hadn’t started yet and I didn’t intend to stay out there and wait for it.
Tea tonight was different. There were a lot of odds and ends hanging around so with a couple of potatoes I made a curry and added some soya cream with it. Along with some rice and vegetables, it was beautiful and there’s enough left over for tomorrow.
It was a windswept walk this evening and there were just three or four people out there. I didn’t loiter out there long and came back, chatting to Liz on the way.
And in a week or two I shall be receiving (I hope) something exciting in the post.
So I’ll have an early nice and tomorrow morning I’ll tidy up. I’m expecting visitors.
