5179 - The Crown

I’m going to watch The Crown on Netflix now

Only three series, but then how many 

Episodes?  Still, it’s popular and how!

It might be fun acting out royalty

It’s hard to look like people so ugly 

Casting is problematic, I would think

Friday night in, in front of the TV

Might actually be ok 👌, make boredom shrink 

Even though it’s a beer night off, no drink 🍷 

Allowed, need to replenish stocks, allow

Rehydration, feel better Saturday 

Do more in the day, maybe later, clink

The glasses, to make up for alky drought 

A big tub of choc mini rolls all for me!

5178 - Yet again

I think because work has been so hectic

No that’s not right, it wasn’t always so

But while working away as the clock tick

And tock took me towards when I could slow

Down at last, free to relax, couldn’t go

On without wanting to let off some steam

So like a vision of heaven, a glow

In the distance, an oasis, a dream 

The thought of some reward, preferably extreme 

Was hard to shake, and the reward I’d pick

Was the usual one, where the beer would flow 

But because it gives me a flushed face, keen

Nowadays to try more wine, do the trick 

Of getting sloshed 🥴 with less beer, more vino 

Thur 29 Oct

5177 - My type of hangover

After last night’s wine and beer, didn’t feel 

As energetic as just yesterday 

Struggled to focus in the morning, real

Foggy mind, mental cogs stuck in thick clay

The colour of my mind a cloudy grey

No pain, just lethargy, my hangover 

I’m fairly lucky how I feel next day 

Unlike many who are forced to beware 

Of drink when later pain’s so hard to bear 

I’d hoped it might be a short day. No deal!

Always drags on beyond when I would say 

That’s when I’ll stop, I’ve earned it, can’t defer

A shorter day no longer, but I feel 

Unable to stop. Work gets in the way!

5176 - After work

After work, as it gradually grew dark

Unnecessarily spent the evening 

Sitting outside but enjoying the craic

Just listening to the music and drinking 

The last week or so it’s been increasing 

To every other day or so it seems 

As autumn sunshine cools and dark sets in

Round late October, get these foolish schemes 

In my head, that through winter I’ll have been 

Unwilling to drink because of the stark

Bitter weather, the sheer cold that’s stopping 

Me. Why, when I can sit inside with scenes

On TV, tunes playing, heat on?  It works

I do it every year. You just stay in

Tue 27 Oct

5175 - Relaxing

A horrid rainy day, I just stayed in

Tried to work but was hard to concentrate 

Mainly because of wine and some smoking 

Last night, as Gerard dropped by until late

We sat and chatted. I enjoy the chat

It’s great to share some wine and other stuff

But my mind’s been quite foggy as I sat

At the computer, finding thinking tough

That fun team quiz was too hard, and enough 

To do that I just couldn’t face. Though grim

Outside, it’s warm in here, it’s feeling great 

Did exercises despite feeling rough

Now it’s time for documentary watching 

Mainly music, for this YouTube’s so great!

5174 - Sudden news

Poor old Helen’s having a real rough time 

And me I’m doing my usual nondescript 

Livening things up with bottle of wine 

Punk documentaries on TV that lift

The mood, though then it all seemed fuckin shit

Now Gerard’s stopping over, he’s texted

Shaking things up, I didn’t expect it

I suppose expect the unexpected 

Wonder if he is going to get wasted?

This crazy life I find hard to define 

But this is exciting, a real uplift 

Writing this quickly, soon interrupted 

Especially if he has stuff that’s forbid

If not, I’m slightly drunk, and that’s a gift!

5172 - Bottle of wine and two beers

Couldn’t resist finishing work at 3

It’s Friday afternoon, you understand 

And it’s sunny out on the balcony 

So put the stool out, grab headphones for sound

A bottle of wine’s an idea that’s grand

Nip to Sainsbury’s to get one, and get two 

Beers with it, they will taste nice beforehand 

Indeed after the beers, already you

Feel affected, but first taste of wine, phew!

Makes your head swim. So it’s a mystery 

How you drink the rest and you can still stand 

When I was done I felt tired, that was true 

And went to bed at ten, yes, real early 

With a glass of water real close at hand 

Fri 23 Oct