Day Twenty Three – Floating Pontoon – Thursday 10th August
The internet is so bad here. We have barely moved from our last mooring, maybe not even a five- minute walk but my internet is awful and I’m struggling to get a signal so I can edit my vlogs and do any social media ((I bet there are some very happy people right now knowing they have a few days break from your constant waffling!)) I wish I’d edited my vlog at the last spot. To give you an example. At the last mooring I could download a video clip in seconds, here it can be literally an hour! Trying to edit the videos is impossible as once uploaded into the editing software as it just buffers all the time. We are really going to have to get an aerial on the roof to help with this.
It’s a beautiful morning once again and we stop and have a natter with our friends from Kings Marina before going to the water point to fill up our containers. We are going to try the new washing machine so rather than use the water in the tank, we might as well take a beautiful walk to the water point and fill up the containers.
Result, new washing machine works great, from how well this is working I suspect the other one had a problem from the beginning but as we haven’t had a twin tub before we couldn’t tell. It spins the washing much stronger and just seems more stable. ((Not like you then Peachy… stable i mean!)) Rude!
We have a bit of cycle ride into Long Eaton and a wander around the charity shops to satisfy my jigsaw addiction.
I’ve had a strange few days as this new life is setting in. ((Come on now Peachy we all know it’s down to your hormones. You’re at that time of life when the old peri-menopause is kicking in. Actually scrap that. I think you’ve had this attitude and tantrum capability since you were born!)) What! Well there is a bit of the old hormone negativity. The bloody mental anxiety is awful and if I wasn’t living such a good life I would be looking for things to attach it to! Then I feel guilty as I am living this great life but still not ‘feeling it and appreciating it’ ((Spoilt. Told you!)) No, it’s not that. I’ve had a very unsettled but amazing 5 years. Since I was made redundant from a job I ended up returning to, to my travels to New Zealand, Singapore and Syndey ((read it here because of course she wrote a book about it)) the decision to become an author; which is not easy by any means and if you didn’t love it you would not even bother writing as a job. Anyway, what am I trying to say. ((I don’t know but I wish you would crack on. I’ve got a system update to do. I’m getting a new upgrade. It gives me the ability to stalk you on all platforms!)) I suppose that it’s okay not to feel like ‘you’re living the dream’ all the time as some days for whatever reason the other feelings, anxiety and negativity get in the way. Best just to read a book, do a jigsaw, stay in bed, do some exercise, have a glass of wine and wait for it to pass. So with that in mind I perched myself on the stern and read a book.
Anyway, tomorrow is another day and despite a rubbish nights sleep which usually follows a ‘not feeling it day.’ What can you do but ignore it and carry on regardless!
Until tomorrow… x
The book i’m reading in the pic is The Ophagy by Nick Rowe. If you’re feeling a bit fed up then this is guaranteed to make you chuckle!
