It is the beginning of February and already there is that whiff of Spring in the air. Sure it’s been frosty these last two mornings but it’s been warming up quickly, the herbs and plants such as I have are growing and I got the urge to tidy the garden today which I manfully resisted. Probably all go pear shaped in the next few weeks ‘cos we just haven’t really had much proper Winter weather yet but it needs to be quick; the days are lengthening fast. The Christmas sales are nearly over and the shops are full of Easter eggs: Nature’s eternal cycle moves inexorably on.
Start new job tomorrow and am actually rather nervous about it. I think its nerves but I also think I just don’t like the idea of having to get up with the alarm to do anyone’s work.
But look at the rewards for a hard working boy; opportunities, prizes, a new life outside insurance, travel, self-determination, self respect?
Don’t fancy these early morning starts but I do fancy being finished work for the day just after lunch and home in 20 minutes. Next step is get this house sold and get a new project underway. Then start looking at a couple of other income generating opportunities that I have in mind.
PRO NUTRO: Just finished a really lekker book called Don’t let’s go to the dogs tonight by Alexandra Fuller. Daughter of an English family trying to make a farming living in Zim, Zam & Malawi and growing up bout the same time as me. Lovely book – more of a personal account of growing up within family problems against the general background of ‘the troubles’. Unsentimental, honest and funny. What surprised me though is that though they were borderline poverty, they seemed to spend a lot of time eating pro-nutro which I thought was terribly expensive. It certainly was in the South African shop in Covent Garden on Friday when I was contemplating buying a pack (and a box of those nutty oaty chocolatey biscuits I love but whose name I forget – nuttycrust or something). Four pounds (about sixty rand I think) seemed a lot for porridge with additives. I will send you the book if you want, mother in return for the recipe that I just received. Say the word.
