GOFFA FROM THE BLOCK

Sham went back to work today. I've said that as if she's been off all over Christmas and New Year which she hasn't. She's borderline workaholic so she's just had the bare minimum of time off. Christmas, Boxing and NewYears Days. It feels like the festivities are over anyway. So I came home and did my housework (generally my regular Friday morning job), tidied up some paperwork and cancelled a web-site subscription. I call that productive nowadays. It's very cold outside so I bailed out of any meaningful excercise. I'll catch up tomorrow. Me and Sham are walking, weather permitting (that means as long as no rain or snow). I no longer work for a living. I guess I'm technically retired but I do various bits of pieces of unpaid voluntary work and I've done a bit today so I guess I could say I went back to work today as well. It was only an hour though, caring for an autistic man. He has paid carers but we have a loose arrangement whereby if he doesn'...

Last night's been and gone and now it starts again. Life is so. Howz trix in '26? So we had a curry with a couple of vodka and cokes (me 2, Sham 1) and I had a few bottles of beer. We watched some dross on TV, up to midnight and we saw the new year in with a piece of Christmas cake. I had a whiskey and Sham had tea. In fairness I think she just plays along. Not sure it's worth doing again really. If I think on I might just go to bed early next year. Blew the cobwebs off with a stroll along the sea front at Seaton to Hartlepool Marina and back. Sham stayed at home to take her Christmas tree down and do this week's spring clean. It was bloody freezing especially heading out to the Marina, it was nice though, lots of friendly people. I upset a little dog because he doesn't like old men in caps (well the owner just said me in caps but I suspect it's just old men). A man in a Santa's hat and colourful costume told me he'd been for a swim in the sea  to see th...