5473 - Almond drink

It’s Friday but no beer, just almond drink 

It’s refreshing though, it’s just what I need 

Damn that dripping tap over by the sink

Had to get up and turn it off, indeed 

After work, pleased I’d done all that I did

I put on headphones and I went walking 

The quays and canal route was where my feet 

Chose to tread, each other consulting 

One foot polite, the other insulting 

But after they had both had a real think

The quays and canal was what they agreed 

It was cloudy, but still I was heating 

Up in that thin anorak that I fling

On when it’s not cold 🥶 but there’s not great heat 

5472 - Drunk Thursday

For the third week in a row, on Thursday 

After work, I decided to get beer

And drink it and get drunk 🥴, not on Friday 

Which is tomorrow. This may seem quite queer 

But tomorrow afternoon’s a lot freer

Of meetings than today was, on and on

They went, prompting the beer-drinking desire

Also, on Saturday, I’m seeing my Mum 

Taking Josephine too. It’s much more fun

To do family stuff clean, well-rested, way

Better that way, while tomorrow it’s clear 

I may not be in tip-top shape. The sun

Has been hidden most of August. Today 

Outside needed a coat to not shiver 🥶 

5471 - Gym jams

Yes, Wednesday is my night down Ordsall gym 

And I think I did better than last week 

It’s hard to believe how I’ve changed within 

Gone from craving beer to being fit and sleek

In recent years this is a fitness peak 

A long day’s work, too, yet it’s after eight 

I’m changing in the changing room, not weak

After a 90 minute session - great 

Isn’t it?  And I must be losing weight 

Really fast, each week I’m more sleek and slim

It’s proved easy and fun - c’est magnifique!

I didn’t need much food upon my plate 

After I got back home. Appetite’s thin

Like I’ll be soon. I’ll be both sleek and chic!!!!

5470 - Work = fun?

More to do at work today than there was

Yesterday, when I had to read a book 

To pass the time, days like that are such bores 

I finished the book and started to look

At a new one at bedtime- Filth, and luck

Is with me, cos it’s set in Edinburgh 

No, today wasn’t like that, cos I took 

Part in a few meetings with good banter

And by the day’s end I had a thorough 

Sense of well-being. Next I got my jaws

Into some smoked mackerel- not foreign muck 

Extremely tasty, and more tomorrow 

But before that second helping tomoz

There’s Wednesday gym night to get weight unstuck!

5469 - Flat earth 🌍

I Just watched a flat earth documentary 

It could and should have been funnier but still 

It passed some time even if not funny 

Before, played guitar, first time for a while 

Very quiet at work, so quiet that meanwhile 

I booked a hotel in Glasgow, Hannah’s

Wedding in early October. I will 

Book a bus ride there and back. Megabus 

Stop there en route to Edinburgh. I was

On that journey in ‘19, quite happy 

I’m not doing the Fringe this time. The skill

Of good advertising leads to success

I’ve learned that, but don’t think that it’s for me 

It takes 5 years to do Edinburgh well…

5468 - Needed to lie down

I just needed to lie down, simple as

My legs were aching. Had to take the weight 

Off them, after my gym and swim. It was

The gym session that did it, no debate 

My legs took the brunt of the work. It’s great 

Though, how the belly’s really going down 

Like a punctured balloon. In my prone state

Recovering from leg press, cycle ride, run

And long walk there and back, appetite’s gone

Down a lot, which will further help the cause 

Of belly reduction. Now I can’t wait 

Til Wednesday after work when I’ll resume 

Pushing myself to improve those figures 

On the machines. Faster, harder, more sweat!

5467 - Drinky-poo’s

Enjoyed a few beers out with Paul, a mate

Began with art and craft exhibition 

And a couple of pints in the square. Wait -

It’s raining again. Always seems to when 

I come here. Rudy’s pizzeria looks

Dark under the awning, like it did

When I was there with Carla. Kind of sucks 

When you can’t see the menu. Then we slid

On down to the Northern Quarter, he said

How about Eastern Bloc? They had no draught

Beer, just cans. Relocated to Oldham 

Street, even met two funny guys from Hyde

Sheltered from rain outside Night and Day, what 

A nice place Manchester for summer sun! 

Sat 14 Aug