Day 186 - Good Recipe

No late night onlineness today. Bum. I’m in the Premier Inn and it lied. It said I could get online for free at the Beefeater, but that was not the truth. I made good use of my free 30 minutes, but I had work that needed to be done. And I’m writing right now, aren’t I? It’s all a bit too meta for my liking today, but it’s still happening.

I saw two lovely dogs today – a beige girl that may have been a pitbull cross. Well’ard, anyway. And what looked like an American Pitbull, or maybe an American something else. White. Very male. Very macho-looking. He whimpered like a baby most of the time. Ha ha ha. High-pitched boy dogs. Love them. The couple who had them were well’ard too. I’m testing out my theory that if you compliment someone’s dog (especially if you really mean it), you will talk to people you might otherwise have been scared of, and they’ll talk to you too. Maybe I’ll come a cropper one day. There was one a few weeks ago who said ‘No.’ when I asked if I could pet his dog, and nothing more, but when I came out of the shop I’d gone in, he’d finished his pasty and had given the dog some, and he called me over. So far, always good.

Imagine this dog whining, all marshmallowy

I watched some fascinating children too. Makes me sound like a weirdo. No. I worked in Starbucks today and any Starbucks is full of children. Today, there were lots of mothers with babies young enough to be strapped to their bellies. There was an almost-newborn, one that was doing excellent Brand New Walking (all lurches and staccato stepping). She (I think) was a smiler. And there was a wide-eyed boy of three or so who had the face of wonder on him. And another that was riding his scooter backwards. Not bad. I did get some work done. I’m nearly done with two deadlines and I have some more to do for tomorrow, but I’ll be up early and all raring to go and that.

The man opposite me on the train was watching something on his iPhone and he kept giggling and snorting out of the blue. I loved it. I didn’t get over it for the whole journey. It pleased me every single time.

Dogs, children and people laughing solo in public, at pieces of technology. That’s my kind of day.