Last week was a bit of a mixed bag: My Birthday came and went, I had a couple of cards, and a nice gift from my son - useful tools for the kitchen that I'd asked for. The previous day I'd been talking with my kid sister, and she suddenly realised she'd forgotten my Birthday. I made light of it though in truth, I was deeply disappointed. For my Birthday dinner we had takeaway curry from our 'usual.' I always enjoy the meal though always 'suffer' from too much salt afterwards which apart from cost, is one reason why we only have takeaway about 2 or 3 times a year, yes, I said year lol. I made a black forest gateau for my cake which was nice. I used a coconut-based cream as we're both a tad lactose intolerant. It worked. I had an extra day off to allow for any ill-effects from curry though apart from thirst, I was fine.

The rest of the week dragged by until Sunday. I worked a 7 hour shift, and made a nice amount of overtime last week. Again, we had some real brats in the store. One toddler was meacing his baby sister in the same trolley, so Mum carried her. The boy then proceeded to try and kick his Dad who was pushing the trolley. When that failed to ellicit a resonse, he leaned back, grabbed an item from the trolley, and threw it to the floor. What a brat! He wasn't the only one being brattish. I'd hate to be a parent to a young child now; even if you don't actually smack them, at least we had that 'threat' when mine was young. Now, parents don't have that, and I swear, a generation of brats is being raised with no discipline. Goodness only knows what kind of adults they'll turn into.

I had my flu jab which was very quick, though I did ask them to put a plaster on it as the previous year I bled all over my shirt sleeve. This year, barely a drop, nor a bruise so the nurse was obviously well practised. My arm still aches though... Just waiting for a Covid booster now, when they have staff availability.

I often look out of my bedroom window and gaze longingly at a large tree further up the street. Last week, I noted a big yellow crane was near the tree, which now was half the size! I could see a man up the tree, and later I noted the tree had gone. Obviously I don't know if it was diseased, or a danger to their house, though I hate seeing lovely old trees being cut down. If I ever come into a large sum of money, I plan to buy a piece of woodland simply so I can look at the trees, and leave them alone. I love trees...

That's about it, nothing exciting to report lol, though I have noticed someone has added me to their list. They'll probably be the same as all the others that add me; never once come by my page nor comment. I swear some are just after numbers; sad really. I wish I could stop them though aside from blocking them, which seems a tad overkill, I can't see how. Worst thing about this site IMO.

Enjoy the rest of the week.