3551 - Euuurrrghhh!

Euuurrrghhh, I've been feeling so dreadful today
My cold has taken hold with a cold grip
I stayed at home, though Saturday's the day
I usually see Josie, the little imp
(Not so little now!). As my nose has dripped
I have however finished 'The Idiot'
Through 130 leaves I flipped
And reached the finale before I stopped
(Concluding with the introduction, not
Reading it first, because quite naturally
I didn't want the denouement unzipped
Before I even began with the plot
That was a good decision). Think I'll lay
In bed before ten, again. Late night? Scrapped!

3550 - The not so merry month of May

Got news just now about Jo's tonsils op
It's on 26th this month of May
Poor thing, I know it's not pleasant. On top
Of that trauma, I'll be going away
To Iceland a few days later, can't stay
And look after her as I'd like to do
It'll just be Mum and Grandma, hope they
Believe me when I say wish I could do
Much more to help and just be around Jo
I remember Pearl's tonsillitis op
When she was 9, sat in bed - not easy
To watch, or even worse, have done to you
I'm not well myself currently - could drop
From exhaustion, bad cold - need bed, early!!

3549 - View from a balcony

Short on energy, struggling with a cold
Ironically, I'm living healthily
Now - in good time for when Louis has told
Me he's moving back in (next Saturday)
Makes life easier if I'm not secretly
Longing for this or that behind his back
And great when I come home late I don't buy
A bag of booze and pack of cigs and stick
Myself on the balcony, start to smoke
As though it's some great release from the hold
Of tension... What tension? It's so silly
In fact it's just delusion, a mere trick
To fill the time from now til I am old
By doing nothing satisfactorily

3548 - Euro round-up

Just got back from Louis' and Vee's and seen
Man City lose miserably to Real
Madrid, so that's over now. The two teams
Are once again both Spanish, a final
That in excitement terms is bound to fail
I'll treat it like Eurovision - Euro
Crap, not worth watching. We're just bound to wail
Our weak song, dance badly, avoid zero
Points maybe, but there'll be no Brit hero
Same's true of the Euro competition
In France this year - will Rooney once more spoil
English hopes, Hodgson once more look as though
He daren't trust to the best we have? And mean-
while, in or out is the be all end all

3547 - Born and bread

First day back in work for a while, showed off
My tan, and my white hair highlights as well
Caught up on emails and banter, a laugh
Or two, good team spirit, sunshine, though still
A little chilly. Read an article
Saying make starchy food part of your diet
So I'll have bread with lunchtime soup, lentil
Dhal today, with bread roll, and you should eat
(So it said) more at lunch, and less when late
In evening or even teatime. Enough
Fruit and veg eaten each day by me, all
Considered. Bought glucosamine tablets
For joints (on Emma's advice). It was tough
But joined AirBnB - places to dwell

3546 - Ads bodkins

Today was Bank Holiday Monday. I
Began by looking on Gumtree at ads
Posted by tutors and companies. They
Were examples of what I myself need
To put up to attract students. I tried
To note down what should be in mine, but stopped
Short of posting my own ad - was afraid
I guess, although I rejoined Skype. Have Skyped
Before, years ago, but memory's wiped
How it works, plus my email's changed. The sky
Was grey but I walked to town, had to hide
In a doorway from the rain, but I hoped
To walk a musical tour that's in my
Book. Soon I'll walk it with my student dudes...!!!

3545 - Tuscanini

I'm feeling a bit tired this afternoon
But all I've done is book a holiday!
In August, we're not going to Milan
Instead it's Pisa, Florence, Tuscany
That's good, 'twas recommended recently
By some Italians I met in Malta
Although they also raved 'bout Sicily
Don't know if I can afford October
In Poland now, perhaps just December
For pre-Christmas break in Krakow as planned
A while ago. Such fun to go away
Four breaks should be enough for me this year
Next, fly me to Reykjavik (not the moon)
In just one month I'll be there, hip, hooray!