Sunday, May 17, 2009

Soggy Sunday

I shouldn’t be writing this at all.  I mean, there is no good reason why I should try to encourage you to join me in the awful boredom of this soggy Sunday.

A wet day is a wet day, you might say.  It was bad enough this morning when there was a real shower of rain, bouncing off the windows.  This afternoon just drifted into miserable dampness, grey skies with clouds barely moving as they drift on a small breeze too high up in the heavens to rustle a leaf or cause the pampas grass to sway gracefully.  It’s 9pm now and the first glimmer of light is just appearing towards the south but I think the moon will keep her face hidden as night falls.

Our Christening yesterday was lovely – about thirty of us in the church, at least half of them children.  Baby is just 8 months old and had a ribbon around her tiny strands of golden hair.  Her timing is excellent.  Just as the drops of water were poured over her head she gave a glorious bellow of disapproval, then resumed her normal cheerful countenance.

Eight of us adjourned for lunch to a  hotel by Lough Ennel near Mullingar,  the others went off to start the celebrations, but didn’t plan to eat until later. It would have been nice to go for a walk by the water, through the colourful shrubs, but the rain threatened all the time so we just sat for a while.  The carvery lunch was good and plentiful and came in at less than a tenner each which didn’t do the pocket too much harm as I proffered by Visa (himself wisely can never remember his number).

Manchester United took possession of the FA Cup without scoring a single goal; and Newcastle went down 1 – 0 to Fulham – I kept my eye on the telly in the corner so that I wouldn’t miss any important piece of news.  It’s the journalistic streak in me.  I like to keep my finger on the pulse of the world.

Tomorrow I have a hospital appointment.  It’s pretty damn demoralising when most of ones social engagements begin with a needle extracting blood and end with a “Make another appointment on your way out”.  Time was when a social outing would begin with a Gin & Tonic and finish with a headache!  Oh Dem were de Days!

Im going to tackle the TV again and see if I can force it to entertain me.  I’ve read a book and a half in three days so just can’t concentrate on any more right now.  Oh heck! I’ll pour a G & T and pretend I’m on my way somewhere…….

6 comments:

  1. I'm eating nachos, drinking wine, and waiting for my husband to catch up on the last episode of Battlestar Galaxtica, so we can watch the next one. Its very good Joan. Its never too late to get into Sci-Fi! Keep the boredom at bay!!

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  2. Law & Order came to the rescue, then Taggart. Quite exhausted now, but spirits restored (in a manner of speaking!)

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  3. Crime drama, nothing like it to restore the spirits :o)

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  4. Did anyone watch 'pulling' on bbc three? cheered me up immensely! Some wonderful lines, a personal favourite: 'You don't need to live with a man you don't love. Women only do that if they have a child or a mortgage'

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  5. Why didn't you tell me that years ago Mama? I thought you just had to stay! (But then I had kids and a mortgage, still......)

    Think I'll stick to the murders and crime investigation. Far less traumatising!

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  6. What a difference a week can make...

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