Today...

..was good - my royalties came through and the car park in Hanley was free because some bloke was putting wires in and the normal rob-dogging machine didn't work. Too expensive to go anywhere on my new found funds at such short notice and for so few days though, so that'll have to wait until the summer. I quite fancy a southern States tour and buying a new cajun box while I'm over there, either a Junior Martin or a Mouton one....lot of work to do before then.

Working with my hands

There's something inherently satisfying about making and doing things in a physical way. If I was any good at woodworking and DIY, I'd jack the day job in straight away. Working on your own, with the satisfaction of a job well done, without having to meet an improbable target seems quite tempting.

Phew, all that philosophising because I put a fence up and built an office table extension thing.

A minor bit of success

My car tax came, thank goodness. I'm off. I just need money, that's all...

Bureaucracy

1. My car failed its MOT - £500 and then the tax...
2. My publisher hasn't sent me this year's royalties yet.
3. Because the schools decided to take Easter early in my area, and as a result of (2), I've not been able to go anywhere this holiday.
4. My road tax hasn't arrived in the post after buying it online, so unless it comes in the morning, I can't legally drive anywhere either.

Sulk.

Blimey

Well, that starting anew didn't get me very far. Only a mere 5 month gap inbetween posts. There is always too much work to do.

Today was crap. My car failed its MOT - one of the items that it was failed on was the tow-bar at the back - which has been on my car since I had it, and hasn't been changed, altered or moved - and has passed three MOTs....!! I've spent more on repairs on this car than I have on its original cost..so why don't I get rid of it? Because I can't afford the capital outlay of a new one just yet. The timing is always bad....

Start anew

I originally wrote one of these to get stuff off my chest. Looking back, it served it's purpose and so now it's gone and it's time to start anew.

Why do we start again? I suppose it's because, if we didn't, then life would be pretty pointless. It's either a new challenge, or a dispiriting slog back up the mountainside - or a bit of both. As you get older though, the mountain seems to get bigger and the top seems further away..and to flog the metaphor into submission..less time to enjoy the view at the top....

Enough with the metaphors already. Here's a video by my band -




I'm going to try and thrash a bit of Senokot-induced regularity into this blog. We'll see...