Wednesday 30th Jan

Meet a friend of mine first thing for coffee and a catch up. He used to work at the same company as me and took early retirement; it really is amazing how well it suits people as the pressures and stresses roll away, and you look forward to what today will bring, rather than dreading it. Settle down to a nice chat and the café owner brings us some cake to try. It’s a new one the cook is working on and they want some feedback on how it tastes. Well I can tell you the moist carrot, walnut and ginger cake tasted just fine. You know in all the years I worked I never remember getting free cake anywhere! Maybe we looked as though we needed it, who knows!

 

Get home to rescue the washing, and still can’t tell if it’s wet, or if it’s dry and just cold. Mention this to a neighbour, to be told that if you hold it up to a mirror and the mirror gets misty the washing it still wet. Another life skill learnt. Seems a lot of effort, given the mirrors are all upstairs, so I decide to knock off the ironing and pack it away before Mrs P gets home. I’m pretty sure it was dry.

 

Get out delivering the papers in the afternoon, and get caught in showers and a gale, but even whilst I’m struggling along with my bag over my shoulder I can’t help smiling, as it still beats working by some distance.

 

Listen to my radio as I go along and Radio 4 extra keeps me entertained. Bump into a chap I know out walking his dog and he tells me a funny story about his mum and dad. His dad is one of those old fashioned guys who go to the pub every day, in his case his local is The Farmers. It’s like the third person, or the other woman in their marriage. Anyway, he was talking about his funeral recently and said he wanted to hold his Wake there. At which point his missus piped up, “Well if you’re having it there I’m not going!” They’ve only been married for 60 years; you’d think he might have guessed.

 

Yours easily amused

 

Jay