Bust A Gut 3 & Other Love Songs.... Ho-hum.

Well - "Greetings" World's !!

It's a gloomy & wet Thursday, here in the South-West wilds of England... mind you, it's only a little after 9am - so, things might brighten up, as the day goes along......

As I type - I'm home alone.... again. No, really - it's no big deal..... B has just gone out to a meeting in town & - in a very short while - our Daughter, ME, should be home from another night shift at work. For those of you new to my words - she is a nurse & from to time... well, most of the time... she does nights. Having said that - she starts her new job, in a few weeks.... so, I'm personally hoping she will do fewer nights & just do day shifts !! We'll see how it goes....  you also have to remember our Son - J - is away, at Uni.... well, apart from the cats... that just leaves me here !!

It's going to be a quiet day, it has been a very long night - to explain.

Yesterday, I was poorly.... so, as you do - when you're sick........ well, as I do (at least) - I slept right thru' the day !! This meant that, last night, I wasn't very tired at all.... result, I didn't sleep for very long. If you throw young Archie - our kitten - into the mix... well, it was a very long night !!

At one point, B & I were watching TV and were both very wide awake......... it was interesting tho' !! There was a programme, about disabled kids & examined how, over the years, attitudes have changed. Not that many years ago, parents were being advised by Dr's to have their children institutionalized, rather than being raised at home.... in a loving family environment. It all seems very harsh to watch now.... but, B & I met at one of these institutions, way back - many Moons ago..... we were both helpers there.

Once or twice a week - I would go out to the 'hospital' and help with the guys who lived there & one night, along came B.... and the rest is history, so to speak !! Oh well.....

Ok - that's the family & a bit of a history lesson.... now, the music of the moment !!

As I type, I'm listening to Within Temptation's 'The Promise'....... I should be able to tell you which of their Cd's it's from - but, I've forgotten & I'm too darn lazy to try & find the disc, to actually track
it !!  Anyhoo - it's one of their tracks..... and, I'm playing it thru' the iPod thingy - better known as the Mini Egg !! For an explanation - go back, to about April or May & you'll find it in one those posts !!

Right - the actual thing, that I'm playing, is a compilation of stuff..... just like the old  "mix tapes" of years back... this time, on a Cd - which I've transferred over to the Egg. In this case - it's a collection, which goes by the name of 'Bust A Gut 3 - The Wheelchair Shuffle' !! Yep - I kid you not !!

It's a follow up to 'Bust A Gut' which was a 6 Cd thing I put together in 2001........ that was followed by 'Bust A Gut 2 - In Through The Out-Door'..... that was only a 4 Cd collection !! This one - well, I got a little carried away & I landed up doing an 18 disc collection !! It's all kid of crazy - but, at the time, it made some kind of sense !!

I intend to do a 4th collection..... which has a working name of 'Bust A Gut 4 - Bad To The Bone'. Kind of catchy, well - I thought so at least !!

The whole idea, the reason for doing them, came about in 2001 - when I spent 7 weeks in the hospital & the collection was made up of stuff I was listening to, while I was there !! Then - in 2002 - following another hospital stay... well, you might be getting the picture ..... 'Bad To The Bone' is coming together, mainly as I've been stuck in the bloody hospital, having my spine (kind of) fixed !! I'm not sure just how many Cd's this one is going to work out at.... but, I suspect it'll be more than a few !!

Oh well.......

Ok - my plans for today - none at all really !! I have a few things that I need to do, but nothing that will kill me, if I don't get around to them. I really want to get thru' sorting out the Cd's.... I have made a (sort of) start - but, I really need to work out what should go where & everything. Some of them - the Cd's - were put on the shelves, behind me, in early May & I've not got around to sorting them out, since then !! They really are in a right mess.... never mind !! It's going to give me something to do, for a while at least !!

I'm hoping the postman will bring me a new - to me at least - Korpiklaani Cd........ I'm not sure when it will get here - but, it'll be fun giving it a listen. Hopefully some of it will be in English - my language skills are very, very limited !! I must away....

I thank you all for logging in & reading my words........ feel free to log in again - it's always good to know you're there..... until next time...

Bye Bye