Monday

Did go out yesterday .. was late as usual .. and really wished that I'd got there earlier as the guest there appeared to be really good and really nice. The last little bit was too rushed but what I caught before that was very good.

Will not be going to see Gordon Smith .. someone offered to drive me there and back but I can't really expect them to do that for me .. I somehow suspect all the tickets have gone anyway. In reality .. you'd rather suspect that they have. We all would have certainly gone if he'd been here to talk about his new book.

It would have been interesting to have gone .. but I can't have people driving miles to and from places for me. I reckon I'd be too late anyway to get a ticket. I didn't go to see him when he was here either.

I know a lot of my friends don't have any faith in a lot of these people but those who've heard of him seem to have a lot of respect for him. When I tried out the psychic phone lines I said that most seemed to be fishing for information and that I only found a couple who seemed to be able to deliver the goods. One got very shirty when I eventually refused to stop giving him all the information he was relaying back to me. Told me I was blocking him so that he couldn't work .. well, yes, I was if he meant that I wasn't going to give him facts that he would then, at some point, relay back to me slightly dressed up as proof of his psychic abilities.

Some were very good at giving good advice and had trained as counsellors. I did meet a couple who really seemed to be able to deliver though. One, not til I asked about things specifically. T'was interesting.

Used me kettle this morning ..Pot Noodle .. kettle. Didn't enjoy it that much though. My sense of taste isn't what it used to be now that I have this illness .. somethings are ok .. but the Pot Noodle wasn't one of them. Think I'll give them a miss .. it's just trial and error really. I've some wholewheat noodles to add to my tinned tomato based meals when I start doing those again.

I was thinking too how interesting it is how people hear things differently. I said to someone a week or so ago that someone hd been maing mistaes and she was surprized because she hadn't heard the .. nor, it seemed had someone else, so I explained what I'd heard to her and she said .. you're right .. and thought that I'd been more focused because I'd been sitting there with my eyes closed listening so hadn't been distracted so much by the stagey part of it all. I'd had my eyes closed cause I was feeling tired and ill and felt more rested that way cause he was flinging his arms round and was very active as well as vocal. He is ill and tired too .. so I'm not surprized that he did get a bit flustered now and then .. but what did surprize me was that some people didn't hear it .. but then could remember it happening when I pointed it out.

Anyway, I must go and do a bit more sorting. Did the cupboards and a bit more yesterday. Once I got in my stride I was ok and could have gone on for ages .. or felt that I could. Though when it came to walking out later on I didn't feel so good .. when I popped out to the shops later on that afternoon as well as in the evening. I'm tired today though I had a better night's sleep last night .. fell asleep on the sofa then had a good night's sleep when I went to bed too.

Spend an hour or so sorting, tidying and cleaning today.