Random rants and randoms.

While shopping late last week Karen and I found our usual choice of bread had sold out. Scanning what remained on the shelf led us to a loaf that boasted 20,000 seeds. Deciding that that sounded suitably healthy and looked quite tasty a decision was made. However, within seconds of taking it from the shelf another loaf of the same bakery but slightly different packaging was spotted. What was the difference? The first choice as already mentioned contained 20,000 seeds and was priced at £1.19. The second loaf contained 25,000 seeds and was priced at £1.23. That's an extra 5,000 seeds for 4p. The things I will take in, in order to make shopping trips more endurable, know no bounds!!!!!!
Over the last few weeks our landline has rang at least once a day every day without fail. This is from a body of people apparently doing an "energy survey" to determine who our suppliers are. Every time they ring their company name changes. Suspicious we are!!!!
All efforts to advise that we are not prepared to divulge that information over the phone seemed to come to nothing until Friday when Karen, who was actually getting fed up with the calls, handed me the phone.
A man who told me his name was Gabriel was really quite insistent.
It was time, I decided, for some blatant piss taking.
I advised Gabriel that I did not know who my energy supplier was as I was permanently kept in a dark room, and that all my meals were given to me through a hatch in the door to my permanently locked room. I then told Gabriel that the meals then had to be heated on a single candle which was my only source of energy. It would seem that my pathetic plight conveyed by my pathetic sounding voice was taken very seriously by Gabriel. Before ending the call he wished me luck and sounded genuinely concerned for my well being. I almost felt sorry for Gabriel.
But not to the point that we miss the calls as we have now had 3 full days without!!!
Recieved a full refund from our local rail operator in the post this week after filling out a complaint form following a 1 hour delay on a journey I took 2 weeks ago. Obviously they do listen then!!!
Relatively happy with todays writing. Just under 1,000 words added today which takes the running total of the current novel up to 31,623.
Tomorrow I start my first day as an Oxfam volunteer in Stowmarket. It would seem my passion for books was noted within minutes of entering the shop on Tuesday. Very much looking forward to being involved and of course being surrounded by books.

Eternal Wednesday.

Halfway through Wednesday and you are halfway through the week. There has to be something positive in that, has there not? Well it used to apply quite adequately when I moved amongst the the ranks of the employed. Now it seems that Wednesday is just there to remind me that Monday and Tuesday have passed with little or no hint of any accomplishment other than being there to remind me that I have made it to Wednesday. Which in itself reminds me that the only thing that has caused the cerebral juices to flow this week is my trying to determine why a loaf of pre-packed sliced bread with the crusts removed should be 25p more expensive than a standard loaf? And why in the middle of a recession people are still buying it? Which in itself reminds me of my writing project which has not been touched for several days. Here I am writing fiction of what is best described as being plausible but unlikely and real life itself seems to be less and less conceivable with each shopping trip.
Must get on with the writing!!!!!!!!