'He Was A Friend Of Mine' - The Byrds......

Well "Greetings " World's !!

It's a very warm Sunday - here in the wilds of England....... it's not that wild really..... we live a little bit, out in the country - but - wild, it's not that bad !! Moving on...

I don't like to write on Sundays.... but, The Lord will have to forgive me.... for today - mainly as tomorrow is surgery time again !! Sooooo - it might be a while, before I write anything..... hence I'm spending a few minutes, today, just catching up - before.... well, incase, I don't get chance to put finger to keyboard for a while !!

As for the family.... My Wife & Dearest Friend.... B, is up in her "craft cave" doing a few odds & ends. Since she has had her own room - her own space, to do her cards & things, she has really got into the
groove !! I've never seen her have sooooo many cards, done this early for Christmas !!

The M & M's are coming around later - for a bit of a meal - as it might be a few days, before we can get together again..... B has decided to feed them up !! No - I'm only joking - but, it will be great to see them again !!

Going back, to this morning.... the nurse came around & changed my dressings - possibly for one of the last times !! She has removed the "Vac-pump" style dressings - so, I will go into the hospital, with just a regular dressing on my back.

I think the local nurses are afraid that I might lose their pump, in Exeter.... so, they've removed it today !! Bless them..... I will miss Hawking - he has been with me, for a few months now.... it's great, not to have the thing attached to my every move..... but, I will miss having him around !!

As for the music of the moment - I'm playing an old vinyl double alum, by the Byrds. It's called 'The Byrds Collection' - from which, I guess, you can work out it's a greatest hits, type of thing !! The tracks are:

Side 1

1) Lady Friend
2) Chestnut Mare
3) The Bells Of Rhymeny
4) He Was A Friend Of Mine
5) Why
6) Everybody's Been Burned

Side 2

1) Eight Miles High
2) Girl With No Name
3) Goin' Back
4) So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star
5) 5 D (Fifth Dimension)
6) Old John Robertson

Side 3

1) Here Without You
2) Wasn't Born To Follow
3) Draft Morning
4) It Won't Be Wrong
5) John Riley
6) My Back Pages

Side 4

1) Mr Tambourine Man
2) Turn. Turn. Turn
3) Have You Seen Her Face
4) Feel A Whole Lot Better
5) All I Really Want To Do
6) You Ain't Going Nowhere

I'm only up to side 2 - but, given the age of the album... it's playing really well !! Great stuff.......

Earlier, I was playing the 'Back To Front' DVD - I mentioned it yesterday - by Peter Gabriel.... My plan was to just put the s/t onto a couple of Cd's - but, something went wrong & it didn't work out !! I had hoped to put the s/t - onto the Mini Egg.... but, I forgot what I was doing & the Cd just didn't record the whole thing !! It was my fault - I wasn't paying enough attention to what I was doing, so, no soundtrack to listen to !! I'll get around to it - when I get out of hospital - sometime !!

Ok - my plans for today...

Well, it all revolves around getting ready for tomorrow..... I have to get my bag packed, get everything I think I might need & then sort it thru' - probably a couple of times - before having a bit of an early night !!

I'm not sleeping that well, at the moment - too much going around & around in my head..... mostly about tomorrow !! It might be surgery number 9 or 10.... but, I still get a little "uptight" about it all !! Mainly as this is the 3rd attempt to get it right.... maybe 3rd time lucky !! Who knows !!

I am going upstairs, as soon as I finish these words... I want to chill out, just for a while, at least !! So - I will thank you all, for logging in & reading my words.... I'm not 100% sure when I will be back to these pages.... but... until then.....

Bye Bye