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Mar
Monday 19th March
Things I’m grateful for or that made me feel good today:
- New shoots on one of my Aspidistra’s.
- It looks like the white Hippeastrum is going to flower again, though I might be wrong.
- Watching part of a documentary on TV last night, about genetics and why people are nice/nasty to each other. Anyway, this guy did a study of the most aggressive people on earth, who are apparently an Amazonian tribe. He interviewed everyone in the village, and found out all their names and how they were related to everyone else. The names given, though, were nicknames, such as “fart breath” or “hairy cock”. Then we cut to a shot of about 6 people in the middle of a clearing, with 20′ long, thin poles. They were running around, smacking each other with these poles. Just beating one another. I’m not a pacifist by any stretch of the imagination, but all I could see of this was the amusement value.
- Snow. Specifically, snow that isn’t sticking.
- The glorious sunshine.
- Getting a refund from SVP. They sold me DVD’s that were of a much lower quality than advertised. I might use them again, but I’ll be sure to use my credit card, and check them as soon as they arrive to make sure they are what I was quoted.
- Hot showers.
- Having the wherewithall at 8AM this morning to refuse to go into work when Rani phoned me. “Were you asleep?” What does she expect me to be doing at that time of the morning?
- Going shopping, and spending a LOT of money. Actually, I’m also feeling a bit guilty over doing this, as we should have gotten a discount, but I forgot to hand over the coupon for it, so we spent about £30 more than we should have done. But, we do have 2 full freezers now, with some treats.
- Really stormy weather, and some hopefully good shots of it.
- Ordering some worms for the wormery. It really doesn’t seem like we have enough in there, so I’ve ordered another 500g, double what we have right now. The population should level itself out pretty well over time, anyway.
- Heaven chocolate. Got some on special when I went shopping. Very very nice.
- Being proactive with recycling. Added some stuff to the bokashi bin, the wormery and the black council box collection. I’ve squashed down the cardboard in the box, so we can get a lot more in there now that we could before. I’m also thinking about going through the bin every day to see what should be recycled. I’ve caught myself throwing cardboard that could be recycled into the rubbish, because it’s inside some cellophane. Not good.
- Getting a new set of bedclothes. Green and brown circles. And come another month, I can get a new duvet, one that fits the duvet cover…
- It’s Not Easy Being Green coming back onto TV, on Thursday nights, on BBC2.
- Getting my desk partially cleared off. It’s not done yet, but it’s getting there.
- Burned some sensitive papers, and my Amazon credit card.
Things I want to manifest:
- An exercise programme, of some description. 10 minutes is better than 0 minutes.
