Dark earlier, light later... the autumnal nature of the past
week or two signals that it ought to be time for hibernation. I had to drag
myself out an hour early yesterday morning and it was hard. Not to get up but
to get out. I hate the commute too, an ever escalating haemorrhaging of time
that I’ll never get back. In recent times this has been exacerbated by traffic
lights at bridgework (not of the dental variety) for a local white elephant
that’s currently under construction. An abject waste of time, money and
everything else that goes with the territory.
And the reason for the time slip was that it is once again
time for the six monthly dental check up. These half yearly events come around
very quickly. Too fucking quickly for my liking.
But I shouldn’t whine. Monday morning brought the news that
one of my brother’s closest friends passed away late Sunday night. Just a
matter of weeks after the guy was told he wouldn’t make it until Christmas. Hell,
he barely scraped into September. I’m not entirely sure how a person can
process a situation or information like that. Maybe I would have asked him that
when we were travelling to the Del Lords show in Newcastle. He was really
looking forward to that, Couldn’t the supposed higher powers have cut the guy a
break to at least have gotten there?
Evidently not. Anyway
he’ll be with us very much in spirit on October 26th doon the big
toon. My thoughts are with his friends and family at this cruel time. You never
know what’s ‘round that next corner so don’t let valuable time slip away (like
I’m inclined to do).
I went to donate blood tonight. I had to convince them it
was a full 24 hours since I’d been at the dentist or they weren’t gonna take
it. Rules, regulations, health, safety. It’s all about covering your arse. Or
blaming someone else. Take your pick.
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