I am Single, Boo

No it is not because I implied in yesterday’s blog that I would be telling Marion how to vote, and she has upped and left. Marion has driven to visit her parents for the weekend so I am fending for myself. I realise that this is a bit of the pot calling the kettle black as for several years I have been away from home leaving Marion to cope with her own company.

So today after seeing Marion off at around 9.30 I headed for the gym, it is interesting that with no time pressure I had a really good hour-long session. Then I have been doing some work for my old employer punctuated by the odd break for coffee and lunch. By 6pm I had become a little distracted so decided to have a bath listening to a satire on the radio. The funniest piece was a skit on the Queen welcoming the right to buy programme, saying that she had a central London property on which she could make a quick killing. Then it was the staple of the single male, a micro waved plate dinner. It was very tasty but not the same as eating it in company.

Still I cannot complain as it does not happen very often, and besides I can watch what I like on TV tonight. However it will be nerve wracking however as Middlesbrough are playing a critical game tonight against one of their promotion rivals so I will be anxiously looking for updates.

Anyway I must not pour this on with a trowel as tomorrow Laura is coming for the weekend, so I will have plenty of company.

On a serious note I was only reading this week how loneliness is a major problem for the elderly. My guess is that people get desperate for somebody to talk to. It is a simple thing that we could all do something about but so rarely do. Food for thought.