A bit of a mouth full... Ho-hum..

Greetings Worlds !!

I hope you are doing well & will forgive me for not writing earlier.... I have no real reason why, maybe just a little bit of "tardiness" on my part !! No- really... I was going to write something... but, time pushed me along & before I knew it, it was Tuesday & a whole 5 days had come & gone - Oh well..... !!

First... the family !!

At the moment, there are only 2 of us here. My little girl, ME is sat watching TV..... I'm not exactly sure what it's called, but she seems to be enjoying it & I'm (certainly) not sure if she will like me calling her "my little girl"..... but, no matter how old she gets, she will really always remain my little girl !! Onwards...

My Wife & Dearest Friend, B - well, she has gone off to town.... it's weight-watchers evening. I'm not sure she likes "sharing" her pounds with those who are there, but - at least she meets up with the "girls" & have a chat about this, that & the other !!

So - apart from the (4) cats... that just leaves J, our Son... who as you will all know, is over in Wales, doing his Uni course. B had a text from him & he's doing well..... I'm really proud of him !!

Right... back to last week & my last visit to the hospital - it would be great to think it was my last visit, but - I should be sooooo lucky !! As it was, there is a bit of light, at the end of this long journey - which, as B & I were talking about this morning - started, surgery wise, 8 months ago today !! A whole 8 blooming months !!

Yep - it was May 28th of last year, when I was last ask the question.... "Are you certain you want to do this ?" - or words to that effect !! Mind you - after 5 months of thinking about it... I wasn't turning back at that time.... on a bed, just outside of the operating theater !! Oh well.... back to last Thursday....

Once again, I met up with the guy, who did the very first operation..... and, to put it bluntly, he was not a happy bunny !! He thought the plastic surgeon was actually going to do something, when I saw him, the previous Friday !! The fact that he was just suggesting to leave it alone & see how it went, over the coming months !! Well - he was pretty pissed off about it all.....

I now have to wait, to see another guy - to get a second opinion about what is best to do. I will have to go back to the hospital, in Exeter (bummer) - but, hopefully I will get some kind of definite out-come to it all. If the new Consultant agrees with the guy I saw 11 days ago, well... I guess that's an end to it all !! I will have to let the wound heal on it's own & see how it turns out - I know that will take a couple of months or so... but, at least it'll be over & done with. As I'm found of saying... "time will tell" & that's a fact !!

I will no doubt moan about it all, over the next couple of posts - but, I'll soon get used to waiting..... onwards !!

The music of the moment is the fantastic Led Zeppelin !! Yep - the band who have given me hours & hours of listening enjoyment & B - well, not so much enjoyment - shall I say, she puts up with it & leave it at that !!

I'm actually playing an old tape... one I've mentioned before. It is one of 10, that I recorded when B was in hospital, after giving birth to my "little girl" !! You can read all about them, in an earlier post.... but.... it was something I did back then, to keep me occupied !!

The reason for playing them...? Well, I wanted to transfer them over to Cd.... but, as I have nearly all of the tracks, actually on Cd... it seemed a bit of a pointless exercise !! It would make some fine Cd's... but, what would be the point - other than giving myself something to do..... inbetween pain killers etc etc !! I'm just as well leaving them alone & playing the tapes, from time to time....

...... but, I wanted to hear what was actually on the old things, just incase there was something "rare" or missing from our collection !!

At the moment, I'm listening to Zep's 'The Rain Song'...... from their 'Houses Of The Holy' album. There was no real reason, for putting it on the tape - but, it's there & that's about it really !!

If, by chance, I come across something - well, I'll make a Cd up from that... what ever it might turn out to be !! I can't imagine it will be anything overly brilliant, or else I would of done something about it, before... but, I'll see how things go !!

Talking about how things go.... this brings me around, to my album "that has had an effect on me" !! Dramatic or what !!

way back when, I used to buy "live" albums - as I've mentioned before - so I could hear bands, as going to concerts was a bit of a "no no" !! Anyhoo - I bought this 3 Lp set called 'The First Great Rock Festivals Of The Seventies'.... a heck of a mouth full !!

But.... mouth full or not, it did contain 2 tracks by The Allman Brothers Band' - who, by then, I had never heard !! You can see where this is going, can't you !!

Well, from there I bought the bands 2 Lp set 'At Fillmore East' and the tracks on that album are:

Side 1

1) Statesboro' Blues
2) Done Somebody Wrong
3) Stormy Monday

Side 2

1) You Don't Love Me

Side 3

1) Hot 'Lanta
2) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

Side 4

1) Whipping Post

That was it really.... from then, until now... I buy Allman Brothers stuff !! I must sit down, at some point & count up just how many Cd's I have by the band ?! That will give me something to do - for the best part of the morning !! Oh well....

Ok... my plans for tonight..... "none at all" really !! It's pushing towards 7pm - so, I ought to think about sorting myself out for bed !! That will take me the best part of the evening, or at least, what's left of it !!

So - with that in mind - I will be on my ways !! As always, I thank you all for logging in & reading my words... until next time..

Bye Bye