The diary of a cheeky chap: Small update

So where have I been was the question, why has there been no posts for a few days? Well that is a simple question to answer, I have not felt inspired enough to put fingers to keyboard having spent most of the time either a sleep, at work or out of sorts. Now if you do not know where out of sorts is located take a left as you leave “happy” and after a short while you come across “out of sorts”. You know if you missed it as you arrive at “unhappy”. “Out of sorts” is a close neigbour of “a lack of confidence” by the way. By the way if you turn right from “Happy” you will find “Content”. Don't both using a SatNav as it does not know any of the destinations and will not get you home either.

Why out of sorts, well? Things are still up in the air with regard to the flat but already we have first viewings arranged so the pace is picking up. I only hope it goes to an investor who wants to keep us on as tenants and the idea of moving is not one that sits well with me. Rightly or wrongly I have grown attached to the flat and it is home. That is the main reason why I am currently visiting “out of sorts” and its suburb “a lack of confidence”. Spot the grammatical error in the last sentence, yep I have been a rebel and put the full stop outside the quotation marks. Oooooo blogging on the wild side here. I need an anchor, a place that is somewhere I can retreat to but escape from and the flat is just that.

A bit like the flat I have tucked myself away at work. Those of an observant nature will have noticed that I have tucked myself away in the freezer section at work, sorry let me rephrase that before the gossip mill starts again, I asked to be moved. Well if peeps can chose chilled or ambient one or two why not freezer? For sure it is going to sit on and squash my pick speed but for once that is not important. So long as I shop well and meet target that is all that matters, surely? No I am not becoming lackeys daisy in my approach to work, I still work as hard as I can when there. In the freezer section I have time to think which is what I need now.

I actually managed to get some sleep Wednesday, in fact the day consisted of sleeping and reading but more importantly it was good wholesome sleep. Yesterday I went to bed at sensible O’clock and sort of slept but it was a huge struggle to get out of bed. The idea of going to work was not sitting pretty but I worked my way through the morning routine and made my way to work. It was not that I did not want to go to work, far from it, I love my job. The moment I stepped over the threshold of the front door my mood lifted. I felt at home, well a third home, the first is the flat, the second is my photography and then there is work. Sorry work but third fiddle is the best you are going to get but know that you support the other two so I cannot live without you. Saying good morning and hello to all the hardworking peeps on nightshift is an excellent way to start the day and they all have a smile and cheery word to offer even if they are taking the “Michael” sometimes. Yes photography is a home, it is somewhere I am at ease and feel safe and good just like the flat. I have had some of the darkest moments in my life whilst living in the flat but it has been a home. Somewhere I can retreat to yet feel safe to escape from when need be.

Well I have spent most of today a sleep again bar the afternoon where I have been replacing the photographs hanging on the walls of the flat. Some of the pictures are tired and old and I want to create a good impression. Here are the photographs I am hanging up in their place.