Cannock Booty

Hello Bloggettes and Bloggerdoons,

Well another Bank Holiday over…only about two weeks till the next one. I could get used to this later Easter thing happening!

I hope you all had great Eastertides and enjoyed whatever you did!

I had a great one. I had the whole house to myself so chilled out. I went for a cycle in the morning (so I had no pangs of conscience later!)…

I spent a lot of the day being Mr Domestic. I cleaned the car, even looked in the manual to see where the oil/water etc goes….and checked it was all ok. Then I did some cooking.

A few weeks ago we ordered one of those ‘organic vegetable’ deliveries each week. We keep cancelling (we only wanted to try it) and they keep delivering.

Now we seem to have loads of vegetables for free.

So I steamed loads of them and cooked them in some cheese sauce and made way too much rice (why does that always happen) and some salmon (grilled in its own juices.)

It got me back in the mood for cooking. I found I had the energy to do it. It’s another thing that I missed when I lost my independence with the illness.

We have a happy-looking ‘duck’ now in the front garden by the way which quacks at all and sundry. He is noise-activated and scares any dogs walking past!

On Monday I went to the Longford Island car boot sale with mum. I bought some sun block, grapes and glow-in-the-dark hair gel….Oh and two watches for two squid each.

This even happens every Bank Holiday and is worth it for the people-watching opportunities.

Every half-bred, in-bred, dodgy dealer and Dagenham Dave is there. AND lots of people with dogs.

I don’t understand this. The dogs don’t enjoy car boot sales. They dogs bother the donkeys and don’t buy anything. The dogs get wet and miserable. The dogs poo.

It is also a haven for the uber-chav and lots of Yam Yams from Wolverhampton, who mix with the middle class people from villages and vales. It’s a social cocktail.

(I of course am the cherry on top, or the little umbrella..)

Then the rain came down and everyone decided the leave at the same time – Chaos. It took more than an hour to get out of the ground and into Cannock…

Then we hit the Hednesford Raceway traffic….So it was another 30 minutes to get home.

By this time I was in a bad mood and decided to go to the gym and take it out on the cycling machine, tread mill and then sweat it out in the sauna.

The sauna has been refitted and now looks like something from a 70s porno movie. There are lights which change the ambiance every few moments….No Swedes with sideburns.

In the evening I packed for Newcastle. We leave at 3pm today and get back on Thursday night hopefully.

At least with the biopsy I get there on Tuesday, get everything done on Wednesday and when I am less dopey I see the docs on Thursday (I wake up on some strange ward)

On Tuesday night I will stay in one of the flats, which is miles away from anything and close to a dusty building site. (Its not so bad as I will be ‘nil be mouth’)

After the results of everything on Thursday I will have a couple of hours to chill out. I will probably leave my bag in the station as I have a date with Sarah at the Piano and Pitcher.

With any luck I will be able to throw away my nebulisers. Lets hope so.

Oh yes. I am in a definite ‘going to a gig’ mood. So if anyone has any suggestions, let me know – except for next weekend of course because that is Jimbo’s stag do.

I hope all those with hangovers this weekend are now recovered, especially C.C who apparently had a good night in Cannock…wonder how much she can remember.

Oh one more thing (I am like this on the phone y’know…always forgetting to say stuff until just before I hang up..)…Hope the fantasy cricket selection is going ok. My squad 'Sparky's Army' is picked and ready to go.

One of the things I’m going to ask the docs is when I will be allowed to play cricket for CWCC again…..I am aiming to be back playing before the tour later this year..

I may have to invest in a lot of rib protection…

Anyway….I am off to fill up my Mp3 player with stuff for the train journey. Ta-ra-a-bit…

Music: Dirty Pretty Things, The Rakes, Hot Chip, Jose Gonzalez