Tag: writing

Weekend catch up

We last left off on Saturday Morning when I was looking forward to an afternoon out eating and drinking with family. I think I have finally recovered from that night out now after drinking enough Spanish lager to sink the Armada. In fact it wasn’t a big boozy night out, we were very civilised and had a great meal out first but we finally fell into bed around 01:30 am. Coupled with a poor nights sleep, I was rather tired on Sunday and wanting to eat lots of stodgy food to keep away the hangover.

We visited Monton Village for the evening, firstly having a great meal in Zous bar and grill where the steak was superb not to mention the children’s milkshakes which were the best I have ever tasted, I am not exaggerating! Then we went over the road for a few cocktails in Vintage Ambience where the staff had our kids enthralled with their juggling skills akin to Cocktail the movie. Children are allowed in the bars until 9pm so we ventured back to my brother in laws house for the rest of the evening for more drinks and pizzas. My wife was mixing her drinks with red wine with her meal, rose wine afterwards and some cocktails too. It was no surprise she could not recall the taxi journey home a few hours later.

Sleepy Sunday

Sunday was a relaxing affair after the boozy night previously with me picking my dad up for him to come round and have his Sunday dinner with us. It was an afternoon sat on the sofa after cooking the dinner watching football. Thankfully we had done most of the house chores the day before, so Sunday really was a feet up day. A good job considering how lethargic we felt. On my way back home after returning my dad home, I felt those hunger pangs you get after a night on the beer and headed to McDonalds for more junk food. It is fair to say, I slept like a baby that evening, catching up on some much needed sleep.

Back to Work

Monday saw me return to the office for the first time in seven weeks with holiday and a course keeping me away. Thankfully it was an easy introduction back, catching up and getting myself straight with all those emails, etc. It was good to see all my work buddies and we had a laugh catching up on what I had missed over the last two months. A nice sedate re-introduction to work before I get fully back in the swing of things on Friday when I am in work all weekend.

So that is what I have been up to over the last few days. Have you done anything exciting or notable, maybe you have just chilled out too? Whatever it was feel free to share it with me.

Why we blog

“If you do not get enough interaction, then just write for yourself. One day you will look back and be glad you wrote the blog.”

Sound advice and a lovely comment left on one my blog posts by an established blogger who also seems to be a genuine guy. For the last week or so since I started this blog I have toiled with what to write. One minute I have the laptop open and fingers poised only to think that whatever I write will bore the pants off whoever reads the post. I think Why should I write about one of my average days/weekends? Who will be interested? Then I shut the laptop down and resign myself to another evening without writing anything.

I am not awaiting the earth shattering post that will “go viral” or end up on the Discover page but sometimes you just pause before typing and wonder what on earth am I going to write about?

Mostly I write about my life and what I have been doing. I do not have a vault full of posts about blogging, advice on life, money or relationships, I have no niche. So maybe I should just get on with it and document my life, as dull as it may appear?

Blogging can feel a little overwhelming with so many posts written, you can feel consumed by it all. Will my little voice be heard loud enough that someone, somewhere will hear it and click read? Am I shouting out and not being heard above all the noise? Probably. That should not stop me though, like my blogging friend said, you can look back in time and be glad you wrote this blog.

So I will continue to plod on and do what I enjoy doing, writing posts.

Does this resonate with you as a blogger? Let me know what does bug you about blogging and why you write.

An apology and explanation to you all

We have been here before haven’t we? Another new blog from me, a new request to follow your blog. This is something like the third blog I have opened in as many years so I have to ask, are you dizzy yet?

Over the years I have become disillusioned with blogging, whether that be boredom, frustration over lack of interaction and ideas or privacy issues. So much so that rather than signing out and taking a break, I have pressed delete and goodbye. Then as the weeks and months go by, that itch of blogging starts again and eventually I give in and scratch that itch.

Privacy has always been an issue for me. Do I open up and disclose so much about myself and my family? or do I make my site anonymous? All these questions have spun around in my head until I am dizzy and my head hurts. I want to be a real person online but get a balance over privacy. Anyhow, long story short, here I am again.

So apologies for messing you all about, don`t hold it against me and follow me for the ride. Hopefully I will still be around in the future.