Day 268: Chicken and Gun Hands

Get this! I lost my phone this morning, and it's one of the coolest things that happened to me all day. I was chatting to lovely Immo, Media Practitioner in Gillingham, on the train. South African, seven feet tall, with a peacefulness about him. Big, calm eyes with long lashes. Like a cow, but in a South African way. Gazelles have long eyelashes, but he's not like one of those. We realised, anyway, that it was time to get off, so we did. I felt my phone gone before the doors had even closed, and if I'd been alone I'd no doubt have leapt back on, but I held off and checked my bag first, then got Immo to call me, and the fact was confirmed. The phone was on the train.

Nobody steals one of these

Thanks for the suggestion to go back to the station and ask. I got there to find nobody there, but a gentleman also waiting for a train asked me if he could help. He was lovely. I'd say in his sixties, still working at the university. He'd had quite a hard time recently, having found a beloved neighbour - the only other bachelor in the street - who had died at home. He was taking care of things for this man's family, and was grieving for a good friend, but still fitting everything in. 


He explained that the train he was waiting for should be the very train I'd left my phone on. As the station was not staffed, waiting for it seemed like the best option, so we did. The same guards were on the train. They didn't even sniff when we asked if we could look for the phone. They held the train without complaint. My new friend found it, shouted "HERE IT IS!" all triumphant and thrust it into my hand as he pushed the button and ushered me off the train. Best thing ever. I had a lovely morning losing my phone, and felt much luckier and 'besser drauf' than if I never had. 

Another gentle group today. Different dynamic again, but still very manageable and friendly. I'm enjoying the 'individual tasks' game we're playing. There are some meaty characters in there and it'd be great to get them really bringing the group forward. And then I came home. Got in by 6.30 to find Ruth with a chicken almost roasted, lots of time for chat and a lovely meal - easy time together. Very nice indeed. Bigly valued. 



Other things made me laugh today, lots of them. Right now, my mind is blank and my eyes are big. Good chat with the Grundel, from Italy. Things afoot. Games to be played. 'Work' to be done...