...from a distinct lack of motivation to do much today. I hope this isn't going to be a common thing on retirement. If it is, they can shove it and I will kit out the Mazdarati for long-distance touring and take extensive trips into the unknown.
The weather is playing a part in my melancholy, as I had planned on going for a cycle this morning but then it started raining again. We had a big storm last night and 14mm of rain in about an hour between 3 and 4am. Needless to say I was awake for most of it, checking for localised flooding and listening for sounds of the roof trying to tear itself off the walls. It is still quite cool and rain is threatening again.
I also want to finish redecorating the house, but I absolutely abhor/detest/hate/despise painting. Did I mention I don't like painting? It is an exercise in futility. If we move to Sedgefield our next house must be face brick so that it doesn't ever need painting. I am probably 80% done on the house, so I just need to get my finger out my arse and get it finished. If the weather had been better today, I would have carried on with painting the boundary wall. So much for that.
Knowing that I have recently been spending a bit on new cycling gear (shorts, helmet, socks - have to look the part on Meredith), a new PC (the old one was a dog with only 4GB RAM, about 8yrs old and too many programs to function effectively), some other bits and pieces, I took a look at the budgets and that is even more depressing than the weather. So, from now on, the spending will be curbed too. Sucks being a pensioner...
On the bright side, on Tuesday I got the Marauder a new battery and a trickle feeder, charged it up and took the bike for a run over the mountain yesterday...to buy more stuff for Meredith (chain wear measurement tool, chain cleaner, chain lube) and a new pair of biker gloves as my old ones were falling apart. The Marauder still runs like a dream and, even though I am thinking of exchanging her for a BMW GS, I still enjoy the ride on the cruiser. I really do need to get out on her more often. One of our Tuesday drinking team (named TIAB - There Is Always Beer) has a soft tail Harley and goes out regularly for a Sunday run. I'll see if I can join him on a couple of them.
I see the tides are looking good for a throw on Sunday afternoon, but the wind looks like it might be up a bit. Maybe I'll see how the wind goes, then go for a little throw down at a beach close to us. Then again, it also depends on whether I go for a cycle or bike run on Sunday. I like to go for a long cycle on Sunday while SWAMBO goes off to church and a coffee with her cronies.
Right now, my tea has gone cold and SWAMBO is due home in an hour or so, so I think I'll see if I can make myself look busy for when she gets home. It must be a bit demoralising for her to get home and find me lounging about on the couch like a potato while she is out looking after her 94yr old geriatric patient. Still, it gets her out of my hair for a few hours and brings in a bit of an income for her. It will be an adjustment in Sedgefield. not having that few grand every month, but maybe she will be able to find an old dear there to look after. Goodness knows there are enough of them in that village.
Be well, friends...
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