Saturday, June 18, 2005

A Good Day

Well, it's nearing the end of Saturday, and I'm a happy man.

The weathermen got it right. Today was a proper summer's day- indigo skies, a blazing sun, a light breeze just to keep it from being that little bit too hot. And for the first time in ages, we had nothing to do, and the whole day to do it in. Absofuckinglutely superb.

Spilled out of bed around 10, splashed on a pair of shorts & a t-shirt, had some brekkie at a leisurely pace. Took the Little Dog for a walk, he got to chase one of the useless fluffy lap dog types around the park while it's elderly owner looked on in a bemused fashion and tried to make small talk with the grinning idiot who had unleashed the little white terror.

Popped down to the shops, grabbed some bits for the bbq... fired it up when we got home. Mrs Gecko handed me a well deserved ice cold cider (I make a good fire, ok?) and that sort of set the tone for the rest of the afternoon.

What a cracking day.. no rush to do anything. I drank a not inconsequential amount of beer & cider, got some sun and just chilled. Watched S.W.A.T.. now I'm going to have a cool bath and hit the sack.

Days like this are far too rare.

I used to hate them when I was a kid; I was wanted to cram as much as I could into every minute. I cold never understand why, when we had a family outing to the Tokai forest the oldies always just sat around on folding deckchairs and sighed a lot- instead of wanting to go exploring and catching frogs and feeding horses and and and .....
Now I understand.
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