A Splendid Winter Wood – 5th December 2024

It’s a splendid winter wood
– On a chilly December morning
– – The crunchy road straight
– – Towards the gnarly wooden gate
– Unhinged a snowy warning
Where splendid walls once stood

It’s a splendid moss a-growing
– To shade this dewy frost
– – Ray’s barely breaking through
– – Another turn remained true
– At a further year’s cost
Awaiting the splendid summer’s glowing

Shared with Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – splendid and WDYS #265 picture prompt

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Today I’m feeling:

Ok, after a pretty good sleep. We had the aircon on again for a while last night and that seemed to improve both our sleep.

Today is Father’s Day, and so that means a holiday, though Amy has invited her family over for lunch, so she’s busy this morning. I will come back and vacuum after coffee.

No exercise this morning and an extra hour in bed. Not thinking about doing much today except reading.

Health:

Physical: 6
Mental: 7

Today I’m grateful for:

Having a spare hard drive so that I can back up all my comic book files to it. There had been some power outages last week and the drive the files are on took a few days to re-index itself, so I got a little worried if I suddenly lost them all.

The best thing about today was:

Almost two hours of guitar playing. Although it was frustrating at times, I can feel myself slowly improving – so long as I don’t take too many days off between playing.

What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?

I felt ok in the morning, ready for family lunch but after eating, I just became overwhelmed with exhaustion.

Whilst everyone was chatting, I came into the living room and read for a few minutes before turning onto my side to sleep. The morning coffees kept my mind active for a little while but soon enough I was out for the count, perhaps for almost two hours.

Even on waking up, I felt like my brain wasn’t working yet. Amy came in and looked at me and asked if I was awake (despite the fact that I was reading) and I shook my head. She could see that I wasn’t quite with it.

Now it’s evening I feel quite good again and just hope that I can sleep ok tonight.

Something I learned today?

Out of 113 countries, Thailand ranks 101 for its general English language ability.

Being in the education system here, I can understand this position. I feel helpless and so sorry for all these lovely kids being so let down.

Review your acts, Good and bad.

After waking up in the afternoon and talking a little with Amy, she said that it was her friend’s birthday and she wanted to go and see her. She asked me if I would take her there and though I was still lethargic, I figured it would be good to get her out of the house so I could chill at home.

I got my haircut today and as usual, I gave the lady 100 baht even though she only charges 60.

I also took some watermelon to Baipad, which I bought at Kotchapol whilst looking for some food for myself. I bought some fresh buttered corn on the cob and pomelo – enough to keep me going without having another full meal.