Friday 17^th August

Friday…and well might we say TGIF.  When I was on leave – twelve months, oh so lucky – I hardly ever knew what day of the week it was.  Now I am very much aware of every single day, and of its significance.  Alternate Wednesdays – payday!  (That’s a big favourite.)  And Friday is THE BEST – end of the week!

I had a lot I was going to write about today.  Quite deep philosophical issues and Plans For the Future.

But…my brain is full…so I will just write a bit about the Closing Ceremony – yes one last Olympic snippet.  On Monday, in my bid Country Club casino bed in Launceston, I woke in the middle of the night with a severe case of the Oh Nos.  Not a hope for getting back to sleep…so I turned on the TV, and there it was, in all its glory, the entire Closing Ceremony – I had missed most of it onModnay morning because London time isn’t; compatible with Going to Work in Tasmania Time..  Of course I did drift off to sleep, quite a lot, but every now and then I would open my eyes wide.  Russell Brand on top of a psychedelic bus.  Weird enough!  But then – oh golly and gosh – the bus extruded an enormous writhing, pulsating octopus!  Why??  Such fun, and it went on and on!!  Spice Girls on taxis; George Michael in a spiffy leather jacket.  Retrospective John Lennon.

What am I going to do with my time, now all of this is over??  Yes the Paralympics are on…in one of their ads, they said, of the main Olympics, Thanks for the warm-up.  Clever!