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Thursday’s Words

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 IBM Leave a comment

I had a really good night’s sleep for a change. I often have trouble sleeping, and even getting to sleep. Then quite often, I’ll wake up at some ungodly hour and then end up lying there in the dark unable to drop off again for a couple of hours or more. Of course, that can leave me feeling tired and drained the next day, which is no fun if I’ve got work or some errands to do.

I tucked into some yogurt for breakfast, and some chia seed bread and ham. I also made some of that for my sandwiches for work today, adding some sliced tomatoes and coleslaw.

I really enjoy the warm weather we’ve had, but I do find that I’m drinking a lot more water. Of course, that’s no bad thing. I don’t drink soda or any of that ghastly flavored water, and I can’t make tea and coffee most of the time when I’m at work, so I drink two or three bottles of water, that’s three or four pints.

After work today I had another delicious bowl of the chicken bog that Kathy made yesterday as she had made far too much to eat in one sitting!

I also bought some grapes on the way home, and I managed to eat half of them already.

I’ll have a nice cup of rooibus tea to finish off with after I’ve finished this blog post, and then I’ll probably call it a night before much longer.

Wednesday Words

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 IBM Leave a comment

It’s been probably the warmest day so far this month. It was in the 70’s this morning when I got up, and it got progressively warmer as the day went on.

Got washed and dressed and then had a nice simple cooked breakfast of grilled bacon and fried eggs, and some freshly brewed coffee.

It was certainly a warm day at work today! By late afternoon the temperature was into the low 90’s. All of a sudden though, around seven o’clock the rain started. For a short while it was quite heavy. It did cool everything down too, and now at around midnight It’s down to only 72 degrees.

Kathy made a rather good chicken bog for dinner this evening, and I finished off with some fruit.

With that it’s goodnight!

Just Another Tuesday

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 IBM Leave a comment

Woke up this morning to bright sunshine, which was rather lacking yesterday. It was already in the 70’s before I got out of bed, and there was barely a cloud in the sky.

Isn’t that how it always seems to work out when you’ve got to go into work though?

Had a nice cooked breakfast consisting of grilled bacon, fried eggs and fried tomatoes that were fresh from the garden. That was all washed down with a cup of fresh brewed joe.

Got ready and headed into work to start just after one o’clock.

It was quite uneventful except I was late getting a break, and I missed the staff canteen where I had planned on eating this afternoon, as it closes at five o’clock.

I thought this would be a good opportunity to try the new Caribbean store just near the bus garage.

I dropped in to ‘Jerk Vibes’ and after taking a quick look at the menu I decided on some Jerk Chicken and red rice. It cost six pounds and there was a decent amount of it. It was quite tasty, but perhaps the sauce was a bit more like barbecue sauce than it was authentic jerk.

I will go back there again though, and try some more of the menu.

When I got home Kathy had made chicken and rice, and that was tasty too. It kind of reminded me of chicken bog which is something I really enjoy. I finished off with some fruit, and called it a night.