GOFFA FROM THE BLOCK

Third worst, different from the first.  No it wasn't, only joking to keep the Ramones theme going.  It was just the same as Monday and Tuesday and not a lot different to every day for the last 9 months.  Then again, three quarters of the working week down is never a bad thing.   Have got to finish early tomorrow night to take Shamila's dad for his Covid jab.  Probably shouldn't really be doing it but what the hell are we supposed to do, the fellar's 90 years old.  Hopefully the police aren't reading my pronouncement otherwise there might be a bit of brouhaha. Eh, you never know?  I remember about 10 years ago I was getting about 50 views a day and sudden it went up to 5000. mostly in L.A.  It spooked me a bit actually especially when the views went back down again.  It was a bit suspicious you've got to admit? We'll just have to see what tomorrow brings. Peace?

Second day, same as the first (to the tune of Beat on a Brat), sadly no deliveries today though. I'm only joking - of course I had a delivery.  It was a flyer for a new mobile phone contract from Virgin.  Duly noted and memorised.   Anything of note happen?  Nope.  Genuinely can't remember if we've gone into lockdown yet.  It feels like I've been in lockdown sine last March to me. Eez a little number.  

Reflecting quite a lot at the moment and expect to continue for some time.      First day of 2021 at work went as well as could be expected.  Got up as normal at Shamila's in Billingham. Sham prepared my breakfast cereal and toast.  Took my morning tablets, sat down and flicked through the news on my phone before driving to my house in Acklam where I work for HMRC.  I sit there on my own all day.  I send and receive a few emails/messages from colleagues and my manager and attend the occasional team meeting.  Obviously, what I do is of national importance and top secret so I can't divulge in such a public arena but ring HMRC with a tricky tax problem tomorrow and you never know.   Today was a bit more exciting than normal because I had a wardrobe delivered.  Juggling my work around the odd delivery is just one of the perks of working from home during a pandemic.  Actually call it singular perk that I've enjoyed loads of times.  ...

I'm back at work tomorrow so it's officially the last day of my Christmas holiday and I have butterflies in my stomach which is just normal.  I've always felt like this after Christmas, even when school was work.  I thought it was just me being soft and sentimental but it turns out SAD Syndrome   is a real thing and lots of other people are prone to it as well.  I do feel vindicated mind but it's more consolation than actually making me feel better. My usual approach nowadays isn't rocket science either.  I hammer the gym, I socialise as much as I can.  I go to the pub with friends, go to gigs even if I’m not that interested in the artist or band.  I make a few New Year resolutions knowing full well I’m not going stick to them for very long.  Anything to focus my mind really until I wake up one day and the blues have gone.   Without question most of my usual tools are not there for me this year.  I’m far from con...

On 2 January 2006 Boro played Newcastle away in the Premier League in front of 52302 spectators.  Hasselbaink came off the bench to score in the 87th minute to put Boro in the lead 2-1.  Alas Lee Clark went on to equalise in the final minute and the match ended 2-2.   Imagine that? In 2006 Boro were so good that Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink couldn't get into our starting line-up.  Since that day our then manager Steve McLaren, the most successful manger in our history left Boro to manage England to disastrous effect.  Our captain that day also went on to manage Boro before getting the sack after we got relegated to the Championship.  Since the he's been manager of England since September 2016.   They say football is a funny old game.  More funny peculiar than funny ha ha I guess. Today, 2 January 2021, Chuka Akpon scored the final goal in the 81st minute to make it 3-1 to Boro away to Wycombe Wanderers in front of 0 spectators.  We now play in t...

 It all feels rubbish to be honest.  No point trying to kid myself.   As I said last night a lots happened in the last 9 months.  From a practical point of view selling the family home was a no brainer really.  It was a window of opportunity to move. I'm not getting any younger and it was probably a case of it now or never.  The area is currently very quiet and nice but it's full of rental properties and it would only take one bad household to totally destroy the tranquility/ambience of the neighbourhood.  That looks awful reading it back but please don't judge me too harshly for saying that. Think I've done my time. So me and Ian decided to sell up at the beginning of April. Me and Shamila (mainly me) did some minor repairs and decoration work and we put it up for sale in the middle of June.  We agreed a sale 5 weeks later and completed the sale in the middle of September.  All done in 3 months. Bop, bop, bop. So after nearly 60 years the Sp...