A Walk On The Wild Side !
Jan. 16th, 2005 06:23 pmNot been able to update my journal yesterday due to server problems at Live Journal. :( Cannot believe how addictive this site is though!!! :)
Saturday was fun. I decided to don my new walking boots and try out my GPS e-trek and go for a walk. So i did a 10 mile walk down Wirral Way! My legs are still recovering from yesterday!. It was good to get out and about. I was not sure if my knee could hold up to be honest since the knee op. Fortunately it did, and i had my walking poles which i used on my way back. The only downside was with people walking there dogs and i am terrified of dogs. I don't blame the dogs but honestly some owners have no consideration of others. A good example is when i sat down to have some lunch. I was enjoying the view and these two labrador dogs bounded over and lept on me ! They were playful and no more than a year old. But i was terrified!. At first i said nothing but then it went on a bit too long so i told the owner to call them off. She did not even apologise. The rotten sod. GRRRRRR!! The other downside of my walk was i found i had a huge blister on my foot when i got home. The bath was very painful !! All in all i was glad to have walked, i felt alot of the stress and worry on my shoulders to vanish for a few hours.
On my way back from the walk yesterday i passed the house of a work colleague who's father had died a few days earlier. I paused and wondered if i should say hello. In the end i thought to myself she would probably want her privacy and i respected that. I speak from bitter experience.
I also thought alot about my Father. We have not spoken in over two weeks and that upsets me deeply. I texted him yesterday and got no reply. In fact this morning i went to buy a newspaper and saw his name on a petition to object against more building of wrinkle ranches (old age care homes) in my town. It was the first physical evidence i had of him for a fortnight. I also signed the petition as i happen to agree with the reasons behind it but silently laughed to myself that we both agree on something but we are so far apart. I do hope he sees my name on it tomorrow morning. Anyway i was surprised tro get a call from him this morning. Typically i missed the call as my mobile was downstairs and i was upstairs on my PC !! I rang him back. The conversation lasted barely three minutes but at least he rang! I miss him very much. I hope things improve. However i do think it will be a case of history repeating itself as he does not know i am planning on going to Paris. My Mother went to Turkey with her friend as a student and the first her Father heard of it was with a postcard from Istanbul ! I don't want to decive my Father but the way things are going he will end up getting a postcard from Paris!.
Saturday was fun. I decided to don my new walking boots and try out my GPS e-trek and go for a walk. So i did a 10 mile walk down Wirral Way! My legs are still recovering from yesterday!. It was good to get out and about. I was not sure if my knee could hold up to be honest since the knee op. Fortunately it did, and i had my walking poles which i used on my way back. The only downside was with people walking there dogs and i am terrified of dogs. I don't blame the dogs but honestly some owners have no consideration of others. A good example is when i sat down to have some lunch. I was enjoying the view and these two labrador dogs bounded over and lept on me ! They were playful and no more than a year old. But i was terrified!. At first i said nothing but then it went on a bit too long so i told the owner to call them off. She did not even apologise. The rotten sod. GRRRRRR!! The other downside of my walk was i found i had a huge blister on my foot when i got home. The bath was very painful !! All in all i was glad to have walked, i felt alot of the stress and worry on my shoulders to vanish for a few hours.
On my way back from the walk yesterday i passed the house of a work colleague who's father had died a few days earlier. I paused and wondered if i should say hello. In the end i thought to myself she would probably want her privacy and i respected that. I speak from bitter experience.
I also thought alot about my Father. We have not spoken in over two weeks and that upsets me deeply. I texted him yesterday and got no reply. In fact this morning i went to buy a newspaper and saw his name on a petition to object against more building of wrinkle ranches (old age care homes) in my town. It was the first physical evidence i had of him for a fortnight. I also signed the petition as i happen to agree with the reasons behind it but silently laughed to myself that we both agree on something but we are so far apart. I do hope he sees my name on it tomorrow morning. Anyway i was surprised tro get a call from him this morning. Typically i missed the call as my mobile was downstairs and i was upstairs on my PC !! I rang him back. The conversation lasted barely three minutes but at least he rang! I miss him very much. I hope things improve. However i do think it will be a case of history repeating itself as he does not know i am planning on going to Paris. My Mother went to Turkey with her friend as a student and the first her Father heard of it was with a postcard from Istanbul ! I don't want to decive my Father but the way things are going he will end up getting a postcard from Paris!.