From the bus window

On my way home yesterday I had been looking out the bus window thinking its been a terribly hot day what could I possibly see that would be note worthy.

A question a friend and I have been pondering of late, why is it some rules don't apply to everyone, that some people see themselves exempt from rules?

As if driving a car in a very congested city wasn't enough, lets add messaging on a mobile phone, coz you know you can see whats happening outside the car when your looking in your lap and just for fun lets add a toy dog sitting on the drivers lap.

As I saw this I thought, could you imagine the insurance claim, I was driving along and suddenly <insert stupid toy dog name like fluffy>  leaps out the window ducking between the tires of the incoming cars, and as I jump out the car to get my little pooch, the car behind didn't see me stop and hits me.

I am quite sure this same girl would of been horrified if someone did the same thing in front of her but you know, rules are not meant for everyone...right?

Needlephobia

Today I have got to go and get my shots for my trip next month.

It's not that I'm going to run screaming from the Doctor's surgery but I know there is going to be a level of anxiety that accompanies sitting in the waiting room, the chat as he prepares the shot and even as he says "this will sting a little"

The only bad experience I had, as a child, was going to the dentist and having good teeth pulled to make room for all my teeth.  He wasn't the nicest of Dentists and definitely not kid friendly but he wasn't mean to me just didn't want me to cry while he was doing the procedure.

Could something as simple as that, and I'm sure I wasn't the only person that has had good teeth pulled in the chair and not in a hospital, that has causes this level of anxiety for such a simple thing.

Logic tells me that it is the best thing, it will stop me getting the actual diseases and that I will have a wonderful time, if this is done.

So I take myself to the surgery, sit there reading my Ebook, trying to distract myself, and take it for the team.

Wish me luck!

Weather that makes you melt

The weather for the past week has been so hot I find myself standing longer at the fridge, just to get the relief from the cool breeze dropping on my feet.

Finding reasons to be in the air conditioned car and the best one of all, for a person that hates shopping at overcrowded shopping centres, reasons to go and buy things just so that I can stop feeling so exhausted.

I know it can't keep up, but this heat spell has been hard to handle.

Unexpected surprise

The song I heard as I walked to my train this morning.

Buskers often catch me by surprise, to be walking thinking or concentrating on where your going and suddenly there is music, lyrics that catch you by surprise.

Bob Dylan doesn't need huge backing, a guitar and a space to be heard.

How many roads must a man walk down,
before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove fly,
before she sleeps in the sand?
And how many times must a cannon ball fly,
before they're forever banned?

I don't think I have ever heard Bob's songs being played without being struck by the words, some songs it's the melody but Bob Dylan's songs are always the words for me, they speak to the heart, they make you ask questions.

Questions that I think our world is still along way from finding the answers to.

Little Green Army Men

Very freaky to turn around, at work,  and see ....tiny little green lego army men, in various poses and yes, one is pointed my way.


I realise my co-worker loves lego, but I have to say little freaked out by the little army men.


What is it that causes us all to have very strange quirks that are not confined to the house/bedroom or well not the workplace?


I guess I will get use to the lego, eventually but for now..


Freaked out by the green lego men.

Waking up to the rain

There is something very comforting about waking up, at some random time during the night, to hear that quiet pitter pat outside your window.

The smell in the air is clean and there is a cool breeze blowing, cleaning away all the heat of the previous day.

I woke this morning with an expectation for me day.  Not that I know anything exciting is going to happen but it just feelings like there is a zing in the air.

I can't wait for the day to start.

A so it begins

It is going to be an interesting journey.  I do hope you enjoy the meandering path.

There is something so very refreshing about walking in a summer rain shower.  The air is fresh and clean, everything looks newly washed and sparkling.

I can't help but smile when these serendipitous moments happen to me.

Living in a big city, everything is rushed and busy, people don't see each other except as obstacles to be walking around.  But to take the time to see things, the bird that has just hopped in your path, the homeless man that is stilling outside the train station. 

We get rather good at 'not seeing'.... take the time today to just see one thing you didn't notice before, big or small and you will be surprised the difference it can make to your day.