Big John 😼
John & 🌈 Gotti, getting irritated and acerbic. We cook with chillies, tinker with electronics, listen to music and The Golden Age of Radio. ♏️
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- Starting the day with some Earl Klugh albums. That should take me through to mid afternoon. I’ll see how I feel then.
- The confident way the Health app tells you to go to bed earlier, it’s tiny watch brain completely oblivious to that, to some people, bed time is completely divorced from sleep time.
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- At least the Witnesses leave me alone here. Fran’s brother is JW, and probably the least Christian person I’ve met… or perhaps they don’t have to be? He used to visit most Saturday’s; after a few months of sitting listening with a fixed smile, I would just retire to the bedroom when he arrived.
- That’s the morning visitors gone. Think I’ll rest a little before I start peeling stuff. Decided to skip the fried potatoes, I’ve lots of lentils to throw in the biryani, and I much prefer them.
- I ordered 4 or 5 bags of spices that I’m running out of. Amazon seems to sending each separately. Their consolidation machine must be bust. It used to be like this in their early days. Each CD in a tight cardboard envelope that would crack the jewel case.
- Nooooo!
- Lots of Randy Crawford on the radio. As long as it’s not “Street Life”. Had a long-running band at the club who would massacre it, night after night. The singer whom we dubbed “The Sugar Plum Fairy” due to her Stevie Nicks attempts at ephemeral lace and shit, had neither the range nor capacity.
- Lousy night’s sleep. I’ll try and rest later today. Rather blank.
- Milo’s in da house!
- Sciatica increasing, and no sleepings, if anything I’m getting wider awake. I wonder if I must sort puzzle pieces or make biryani? It’s not even midnight though, so I can’t sleep when I eventually get tired while it’s steaming. I don’t think stopping and restarting is a good idea.
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- That’s it for the day. Paining a bit, seem to be dehydrated too. Oh well, a beer mug of water with my ibuprofen may help. Hope I don’t cramp tonight. Isn’t that a horrible way to wake up?
- I’m not in the right frame of mind to work out this solitaire challenge. Need to have a steel trap memory to make small changes each time you redeal it. Not in the mood.
- Nice day, nice eggy sandwiches, nice clean bedding, bed feels strange without the dip under my hips. Oh well, it’s a cheap mattress so I suppose a new one will form soon enough. It doesn’t help that I sit on that spot to eat, sort meds, and just gather strength.
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- AM in for his supper, plaice in jelly. Missy Wong also turned up, ate a bit, no sign of the other, darker, Siamese again. By my naming rules he should be called Heyboy, (Although the connotations disturb me) as per Have Gun Will Travel.
- Starting to stiffen up after it all today. I’ll keep my back warm and chill out tonight. Should be ok. So glad I got this mattress swung. I was thinking I’d have to eventually hire a handyman to help me. While the mattress was moved, I managed to hawk out the under bed stuff through the slats.
- I have a miniature puzzle supervisor.
- Wondering what I should eat this evening? Had an omelette for breakfast, so eggs are out. However I’ve a nice new bready on the way… so perhaps some egg mayo sandwiches? They would be very nice. 😋
- That’s me done except the veg prep. I’ll do that after the bread is done. That’ll give me more space. Poof! Rather a hectic morning, worth it I reckon though.
- Now playing: Love this album. Wish I could have seen them live.
- Just hoovering now. I’ll put up the the card table, and also do as much of the biryani prep, short of assembling it, in case I’m very broken tomorrow morning. Amazing what you can get done without people talking a hole in your head.
- Done it! Swung the mattress. 😊😊 Hopefully I won’t pay too dearly. Now the dent is on the other side, perhaps my back pain will recede? 🤞🏻 While I’m being hyper active, wrestling the black 500tc sheet on.
- Now playing: This brings back memories of sitting on the balcony of my Berea apartment, listening to this and drinking port with my friends Gary and Cuddles (Greg).
- Feels a lot like Saturday today, which could be a good thing. Perhaps I can skip normal Saturday depression completely. (Aren’t we instructed to look for the positives?)
- Kitchen stuff done for the moment. Still need to fry potatoes and onions, boil lentils, parboil rice. I’ll do that this evening or in the morning though. Tomato juice break and then do the bedding. I’ll leave hoovering till after I’ve stopped making a mess. Not quite midday, so that’s okay.
- Better get something to eat. Stuff to do today, thankfully no invaders expected. Biryani marinating Bread baking Hoovering Change of bed linen. (I would love to swing the mattress 180° but I don’t think I should risk it. It’s bloody heavy, and there isn’t a lot of space to manoeuvre)
