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Small pleasures as one ages.

JonathanGi

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This was going to be a (hopefully) humorous little post, but you never know...
Today is old age pension day.
Usual 07.45 5 mile run followed by an excellent breakfast of croissant (Riverford are the best), kiwi fruit (with hairy skin), mascarpone and 100% cocoa chocolate. Short walk with dog and then the mobile library. Sit on sunny window seat and read. Chop the vegetables for dinner. Share a bottle of claret. All small pleasures!
All went wrong today. Sensor failed in the wee small hours. Blood sugar fell (which usually wakes me up sweating but didn't). I still got up and carried the dog downstairs and prepared his breakfast. Usually getting out of bed puts my blood sugar up and up, but it didn't. So, I missed the run and subsequent breakfast. Library van didn't turn up!
I took the dog out and the bottle of claret will be opened in about 4 hours.
All is not lost! Or will the corkscrew fail?
 
Keeping fingers crossed your corkscrew holds up to the job and your day ends on a better note than it began.
 
Best laid plans and all that…

Seriously some days the world just seems out to get you!
 
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