The Journey Sequence

I've been scrabbled recently, I mean well and truly scrabbled, In a bid to regain a sense of self I've been cutting things out, trying to find the back to basic in my day to day. The laughter I had was dried up. I suppose the point to my writing was to be in search of the small and wonderful things that happened in my day, but somewhere between February and July I got a bit lost, I started looking less, became a bit robotic in my approach to getting through my day, which worked, all those boxes were ticked, but I had forgotten about the little things.

I have started reading more, and in doing so I am learning, mostly about yoga. I could talk to you at length about tension and compression in my practise. I learned to sail a boat by myself, not with anyone else in it (I still have a long way to go), I remembered how much I love sport and have taken up running, and more importantly I'm feeling a bit more present in my day to day.

Today during my Yoga practise, the little cat, decided she would help me, which made my movements much more challenging, and I couldn't help but laugh at her persistence.

I also enjoyed the smell of my new bicycle wheels (shhh don't tell anyone) !

Glitter, pigeon, feet, crutches

Usually I would check this before sending.

However. I drank wine this evening and thought I'd leave it as it comes out of my fingers.

1. I saw a man in pigeon park (outside st Philips cathedral) look like he was going to whip out his penis and pee on a pigeon. It was a combination of angle, distance and perspective. It's was very very scary and very funny in equal measure. I laughed out loud. And then I laughed some more. He wore adidas trousers and navy blue.

2. A lady, who I presume was homeless, was washing her feet in the sink at the REP theatre this evening. She then tried to voodoo the man who told the manager. I felt sad. I would have let her use the sink. She was very angry and said the man would never have any other money in his life forever.

3. I saw two people who went to see the play readings afterwards on broad street- he liked her- it made me smile how they flirted so gently.

4. I had to tell the above stories to the man who sat next to me on the bus, who was on crutches because he fell off a ladder. I asked him about his day. He asked me about mine. It was awkward and not at the same time. I liked him because he had a support the NHS badge on. When he left we said goodbye and I wished his legs were better soon. I suggested he burn the ladders ceremoniously.

5. When I got off the bus I went to tesco where a man was asking what tomatoes were and if they were sweet because he only ate sweet things. The person who worked in tesco described them in a marks and spencer type way. It made me laugh.

6. When I got home I realised how much glitter was in the floor of the kitchen and bathroom. It's so dazzling it makes your eyes feel unfocused. I like it and hate it in equal measure.

7. I learned what bomb paragraph means- if you don't know look it up.

8. I made tea with sugar in it- which is odd because I don't partake in sugar.

9. PS the same two people got on the bus home as were also on my journey into Birmingham.

This evening was strange.


Thank you for allowing me to share it with your eyes.