Memories

Yesterday when we got back from the pumping station we tried to catch up on a little sleep but neighbour woke us after an hour. She wanted to apologize for trouble last night. We had aubergine bake we made to eat. Came out quite well even though we just threw everything in the oven uncooked. After that we purchased a few music tracks off the TV and watched them. Oasis Wonderwall and Don’t look back in Anger, Madonna American Pie, Alannah Miles Black Velvet, Prince When Doves Cry, Pretenders I’ll Stand by You, and Nirvana Smells like Teen Spirit. Took up a bit of time then we took the dogs out for a walk again. We try and get them out every 3 hours according to the weather. Afterwards I waited for the Grand National to start. I wanted to see how accurate the prediction would be. I lost count of the number of fallers because I was crying so much. I know that some refused and that only 13 out of 40 finished. I predicted 23 would fall so I must have been close. I was so upset at seeing all the horses fall and being whipped over the line. We went out with the dogs again to Lychettt Bay.
When we came back I fed the dogs. It was nearly time for Doctor Who so I watched a bit of news channels and Angela went on her computer. I was a bit disappointed in the episode this week. It seemed lacking something. Can’t put my finger on it. Roll on next week. Maybe it will go back up to the standard it normally is. We spent rest of evening watching TV and crashed about 11.
Today started just after 7. We usually lie in Sunday. Got dogs sorted and out on a long walk by 8.30. Got back at 9.50 in time for the Heaven and Earth show and Countryfile. While they were on rang friend and arranged to meet. Got train with Angela and dogs at 10.56. Angela left some more cards on train. We stayed a while with friend and then came back. On the way back Angela left more cards on the train. The train back was on the way to London. Just hope they get picked up and not just binned when the train is cleaned. I also gave one to a young guy at the station. He turned it over and said “Who’s signed it” I replied “Me” and he said “cool”. Seemed a nice lad. He was with a few of his friends but Buster barked at him so I didn’t get much chance to talk as had to pull Buster away.
When we got home I made us our breakfast drink and I watched a bit of the Politics show. It reminded me of the only holiday I took as a child. My father had a slipped disc operation and was sent by the fire brigade to Littlehampton for 2 weeks to convalesce. That’s the only reason we every got a holiday cause it was paid for by the fire brigade.
I don’t regret my upbringing apart from the beatings and bullying by kids at school and teachers. I’ll tell them all “It taught me nothing it just held me back”. I remember later in my life after suffering at the hands of a bully over a sustained period he realised he couldn’t intimidate me physically so he used a weapon. My response to having a gun placed against my head was to say the line “Go ahead, make my day”. He backed off. That’s another story though.