Fiona's Quiet Life

It would have been much cheaper to give the char­ity lots and lots of money.….……i have been adding to the col­lec­tion of things needed on this trek, that is a grow­ing heap on my bed­room floor. and then of course there is some­thing to wear on the plane, some­thing that will be com­fort­able and look good for many hours. and there is some­thing to wear in posh hotel? for the night before the great trek, some­thing that will not crush in my suit­case. and? some­thing cas­ual but smart for the less posh hotel? on the last night of trip. AND what does one wear? in a sleep­ing bag amongst strangers. then there?are the plasters for blisters,? re-hydration tab­lets just in case and all sorts of odd things like that.

the trouble with not want­ing to look like every­body else is that it is dif­fi­cult to buy ready made clothes, the shops are still full of things that look like mater­nity smocks to me.….……perhaps i will dig out my trusty sew­ing machine again, the trouble with that is? you can pay a lot for fab­ric then spend ages mak­ing it up and then dis­cov­er­ing that it doesn’t suit you and you look like a ragbag.….…this has happened to me so i know.

i still haven got the food sor­ted out for after Basils? memorial?? ser­vice, my mind refuses to think about it because every time i start a list it reminds me of this time last year and the excite­ment of his party..silly of me really as it was such a great party that he lit­er­ally talked about for the rest of his life.….….…i have a feel­ing i have said all this before, sign of extreme old age-- repeat­ing? myself? such a lot.

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