Today, I’m the birthday boy.
I know I’ve had some rheumatoid arthritis issues lately, but aside from that, and certainly mentally, I don’t feel my age.
Kathy went back to work today and I had the opportunity off working overtime, so that was a weird sort of present to myself. Weird yes, but it’s the bigger pay packet next week that’s the present.
I’m going to try and write more this year and with more detail. For that, I need to be more spontaneous. I remember a lot less about moods and feelings if I’m writing this up some days later.
The dictation on the iPhone is pretty good these days, and I intend to use that more, but I can only do that when I’m in a personal space.
Another thing I want to do is take more random photographs. Yes, I do go out with my camera and do some street photography, but I want to get more casual daily snaps; they can be on the camera or on the iPhone too.
It’s a nice sunny day out there today, but it’s chilly. It was several degrees below freezing this morning when I got up at 4.45 am and it’s not much warmer now at almost midday.
I got finished at work at 3 pm and headed straight home. I thought about going to the pub, but there were some parcels to pick up from the neighbours so I thought it best to get that out of the way. Of course, once I was indoors in the warm, I didn’t want to go out again. Also, I was planning on making dinner at home, and going to the pub after 4 pm would almost certainly mean we would eat there, and we did that just last evening. The food is very good, but it doesn’t do wonders for the household budget!
After getting the new coffee machine, I had a poke around with the settings. You can set up to four separate people profiles. I decided to check out a latté. That isn’t a drink I usually have as it’s too milky for me. I chose an XL size and intensity 3 on the machine. It was too milky and not strong enough, and it was right to the brim of my mug. So, I set the size to L, and the intensity to 4. I’ll try again tomorrow perhaps!
I’m making rump steak, sautéed potatoes, and broccoli for dinner this evening. A photo, I hear you ask? No, we were too hungry, and forgot all about taking one!