Sleeping with the light on

It's 00.30 and once again I am wide awake having a slight panic about my irrational (well in my mind, very rational) fear of being in a house on my own in the dark. That one tiny little creak or tap I hear is clearly a burglar or scary monster breaking into and walking around my house downstairs. Of course I know (very very deep down) that it's not, and there must be some explanation. The annoying thing is I am usually fine all evening, until I turn the lights off and my mind decides to remind me that we haven't freaked out about the noises of the night in a while. I've even just sent the cat downstairs to have a check for me. I've heard nothing from her so I'm assuming *knock on wood*, that everything is ok.
I am now coming to the conclusion that it may be the gerbil trying to chew her way out of her cage, attempting to do a shawshank redemption type escape. I think I might just get up and take a look anyway. And take the baseball bat with me just in case...

Father visit

I am over my fathers tonight having a lovely meal and talk about relatives. He cooked a smashing veg roast with broccoli and spinach bake - yum! Veggie toad in the hole - can't beat your parents cooking!!

A short one...

I am now over my cough/cold/virus etc! Yippee! I have been running (albeit on the treadmill at work, bloody snow and ice..) and has been great! Am thinking I am going to treat myself to some new running trainers at the weekend so will give a review once I get them.
This is only going to be a short post as I have just downloaded the Blogger app on my iPhone so thought I would try it out, and be lazy by not going into the study and turning my laptop on.
I am still yet to download the 1975 song 'Chocolate', I have absolutely no idea when it comes out... But I do have a new song of the week that I love - 'Please don't say you love me' by Gabrielle Aplin, the beautiful voice that brought us the gorgeous cover of 'The power of love'. 'Please don't say you love me' is another cheerful song, I am finding myself constantly pressing replay on youtube. I feel that I am obviously needing this while the weather is still so cold and bleak. Roll on spring and summer is what I say!

Old fashioned ink and parchment

I used to keep a diary as a child (and teen, and twenty something for that matter). From 1995 to 2009 I would write out my days doings and thoughts and feelings for the day. Bearing in mind I was 11 in 1995, it was more like a list of what I had done and then whether or not it was a good or bad day. This did improve and get slightly more interesting as the years went on. Thinking about it now I feel this is quite an impressive feat. I have never been one to routinely do something, I tend to get bored easily.
Each year I would enthusiastically go to the stationary shop and look forward to purchasing my new diary. I had some quite nice ones in this time, my favourite being a deep purple leather bound. Unfortunately, about a year ago, all but two of my diaries were ruined. My cat Charlie, god rest his soul, decided to mark the box that they were stored in. And when I say 'mark', I mean wee all over it. A lot. And making them smell like a extremely well used litter tray. So they all got thrown away. Bar 2008 and 2009. Whether or not this is relevant, or Charlie was actually trying to tell me something, I shall never know. Just so you know he was put to sleep last year due to illness, NOT because of the scent marking... I loved that cat more than anything.
This brings me to my thought of the day. Its such a shame that we don't use a pen and paper so much anymore. Laptops, Smartphones and Tablets have now taken over as a means of documentation and appointment keeping. I too have now converted to using my Samsung Galaxy Tablet and Iphone as my work appointment diaries this year. I no longer keep an actual diary like I used to. This is actually one of the reasons I decided to write a blog. That, and the potential of making thousands of pounds!  ;)
So is it better to write things out on paper? Or keep them on a computer? I find it interesting the way the world is changing so fast and everything is now being done digitally. Texting now replaces phone calls or letters. I wonder if the younger generation at school is now losing their ability to actually hand write? In one sense, after the cat wee experience, it IS much better to be able to keep things safe on computers. Although I had a problem with my Tablet the other day, for some reason it deleted a load of my clients from my diary without telling me. Of course this was highly confusing and annoying. I swore at it and wished for my pen and paper back. That doesn't disappear so easily!

My first!

'Thinking about how to think' about this at the moment. My first blog. Where to start?

I am currently recovering from the typical common cold, which to me has felt more like pneumonia or the plague, not that I'm a hypochondriac or anything... But seriously, this has to be worse than an extreme bout of man flu.. I haven't slept properly for 5 days through coughing, so my mind is flitting all over the place!
What has been getting me through this tough time though, is my song for the week, or month even - The 1975, Chocolate! It is soooo catchy and happy I can't get it out of my head! I can't wait for this cold to be over and be back to normal health so I can get my running trainers back on, put my headphones in (once 'Chocolate' has been released that is, not actually sure on the date yet) and have a trot down the road with it lifting my spirits in these cold winter months to motivate me forwards! Perfect running track I think. And I'm sure scientifically it is the correct BPM for running or something...

Anyway, have a listen ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ceFo4btxB4