Today……..I didn’t sew the curtains, I didn’t go to Barcelona for the Indignats demonstration, I didn’t study Catalan for my exam on tuesday, I didn’t succeed in sending a blog post from my ‘smarter than me’ phone. I also didn’t manage to speak to my sister or any of the friends I tried to ring, I didn’t eat lunch and I didn’t run or do yoga or the 20 sit-ups that I imagine doing every day.
I also didn’t smoke – it’s been more than a month now!
Today………I went for a walk with Duna through the quiet streets in the centre of town and ended up having two coffees and a chocolate pastry while reading my book in the sunshine. I watched hundreds of people stream out of the church and wondered what they had been doing. I also spoke to my brother, cooked lentils for supper, washed the floor, started reading yet another book (now 5 at the same time) Women Who Run With Wolves, watched the news in Catalan and hardly understood a word. And I wrote this post here, hopefully with a drawing, which I will do now!
And that, said John, is that.
I also didn’t manage to get the post to layout in the way I wanted – it’s bloggr – it changes everything when you publish. sorry the lines are a bit funny! K x
John seems about right, and not an entirely bad day in fact!
Some of it sounds a wee bit frustrating, but it’s Sunday…..sitting in the sunshine with a book is a good thing.
The news in Catalan however is difficult. I don’t bother, though I’ve found a couple of podcasts I listen to in Canada.
OH! And the Mossos didn’t beat anyone up, and that is a good thing.
Smoking! You must stop. It was the hardest thing I ever did, to stop 20 years ago, and the best thing I did for my health ever. I would never start again, it was so hard to stop. So good luck and all strength to quit!!! Best advice I can give is outwit your own mind. Disallow yourself smoking in more and more places, and work out why you started in the first place.
What advice do others have?
Peal x