Leaving on a jet plane

No, not me personally but I did unexpectedly get as far as an airport loo!

So...how come? Well, yesterday I felt like I needed not to stay indoors but at the same time I didn't want to be anywhere. I give thanks for coming up with the idea of going on a long bus ride or two with no particular destination in mind just some music in my ears and the world going past my window....However, just as I was preparing to set off I heard from Gary that as Stephy wasn't well he was looking for a companion today for a drive to a boat trip to see the Red Arrows so I saved my energy for that. There wasn't much to spare anyway, I felt so weary...and then my right hand locked up while I was cooking so I give thanks it wasn't anything complicated and my left hand could manage on its own! I give thanks for playing with making crosswords which uses my brain more than any body part that hurts if I do. In fact it takes my mind off stuff that hurts my brain which is much appreciated right now.

Today we set off in reasonable spirits but as we donned layer after later of clothing (I even bought an extra one in a charity shop en route!) and dosed ourselves up with Cyclizine we realised though we were enjoying the day the prospect of a choppy boat trip in the rain wasn't appealing all that much. I give thanks after waiting almost an hour on the quay when we got soaked in a nasty hailstorm I give thanks we both decided to abandon our fellow travellers (who had been driving us quietly mad anyhow) and do something else instead. I give thanks we went had some reviving refreshments - actually no, backtrack I give thanks we found a cafe still open to serve us some! And I give thanks though my waterproof is not an anorak I thoroughly enjoyed going to the airport to see the jets take off and land instead. It was quite cold enough there, but I found it rather heartwarming the way the pilots wave when they taxi past the waiting watchers, and the bass note throb of the second engine -wow that needs sampling for sure!

Most of all I give thanks for a day of much laughter and commiseration with a good old friend, which didn't solve any of my unsolvable problems of course but which cheered me up no end.