Sporadic

 I come and go. 

I like putting my thoughts down every so often, but I do that everyday somewhere else. 

This place, I don't know..Its like a diary I have in a drawer, I dip into it every so often and think of something non-prolific to write. 

It's been over a year since I have been here.... maybe two (not counting Sunday Stealing).   In that period, the world has changed.. How weird is that?  It's like a statement you hear in a film.  "After the winter, the plague came". 

Wasn't exactly the plague.  Was a virus.  Which made us change the way we work, and live. 

Could have been worse I suppose.... We could have all turned into Zombies. How bloody horrific would that have been.  Isolation in your house, broken by a zombie run to the Supermarket to steal things off the shelves.   We ( my other half and I) walked into a play zombie run once in the city centre.   Heavens, but I was scared.   These Zombies RAN.    You know in World War Z at the start when it all just kicks off.  - That was where we were. In George Square in Glasgow (Yah, it wasn't Philidelphia)  and these people ran past us screaming up a lane (alleyway) and then - this blood-covered human, grunting and groaning ran past us too chasing after them.

I squealed.  And then we looked closer.  More zombies were running around the square - groups of people in two and three's were wearing bands around them - and it was then we realised it was a massive game taking place up and down the city centre streets.   

Even still - it was quite scary to watch.  I would have pee'd myself if I was playing. I'm not a fast runner and I live in horror of being caught first and the excitement of playing would just finish me off. 

Anyways.  March 2020 - we were all told to work from home.  We were all told to stay indoors if at all possible.  We could leave for one period of exercise a day, and stay away from other people.  One person should shop for the family. 

We took bets at work - back in the office by June, July August. 

August turned into September, and October and November.  The virus died down and then came back with a vengeance. 

We were locked down again. 

December, January, and February came and went.  March arrived and we were allowed to visit in Gardens.  Some shops opened.   April came and more restrictions were loosened. 

But we're still working at home.   No one seems to have the urge to go back into the work place. 

Those who must do.  Those who can avoid it. Do. 

What if....

 1. What was your proudest moment?  Heavens, I have many.  I think that I am proudest of the fact that my kids LOVE me and their father - and are happy to talk to us about absolutely anything; and will shout out loud how proud they are to have us as parents.   Job Done I think!

2. What is your favorite childhood memory?   Walking the golf course with my Dad.  I had to pay him, "for the privilege".  The price?  A coffee in a coffee shop afterward.   In the coffee shop - the "ladies who coffee and chatted", would shout coyly over  "Hi Sonny".   Oh, they loved him.  

3. Describe your dream vacation.   In a French Farmhouse - near the sea, near a marketplace, near a Boulangerie, near a cafe. 

4. Do you see yourself as an optimist, pessimist, or realist?  Why?  I'm an optimist.  Things happen for a reason - if you are positive, positive things will happen

5. What is something you wanted to do as a child, but never got to do?   I honestly can't think of anything I wanted to do, that I haven't done.  Not one thing. 

6. What board game do you hate the most?   Headache.  Because it gives me one. 

7. Describe the worst haircut you ever got.  Haha -  I wasn't paying attention to my friend "close round the side please, and a bit longer on top".   I looked up as she had completed one side and the back.  I could see my head through what was left of my hair.  She made the other side the same and left the top as long as she could.  Then she decided that if she highlighted it.  It would look longer. .......   When I left the hairdresser, my dad drove off - he wouldn't let me in the car.  Didn't want people to see him with me. 

8. What’s the worst job you ever had?  The Bank. Boring, Tedious, Full of Little Men full of self-importance.  Females were looked on as fodder.  Come in, get engaged, get married, get pregnant, leave.   When I asked to sit exams .... it took three managers to make the decision.   When I complained about being asked to do the typing - I got given more typing.  

9. What is one thing you want to be remembered for?  Making people happy. 

10. On a scale of 1-10, what is the highest level of pain you’ve ever experienced?   When I burst stitches after my hysterectomy. I reached to open the window and I heard and felt "pop" "pop" "Pop" "pop" and I just fell to my knees.  (I'm not saying Child Birth - because it's just horrific but necessary).  I'm not going to say Endo - because it wasn't the endo that was painful - it was the ripping of my bowel from my womb which was the painful bit of it. I think the Endo just sat there. 

11. What fashion trend do you wish would go away?  Skinny

12. What’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had?  My husband walked away from me with another woman.  I begged and begged him to come back and he just laughed.  I woke up and Slapped his chops for him. Didn't speak to him for 2 days. 

13. What are 2 weaknesses you have.  Chocolate and Crisps. 

14. How would you spend your 100th birthday?   Farting Loudly. Whenever anyone came near me. 

15. What food/drinks would you pack in a picnic basket?  Quiche, Prawns, (Shrimp), Salad, Coleslaw, Potato Salad, Cold Meats, fresh bread, Lemonade, Jelly. Beer.