Thursday in Felixstowe has a ring to it and that is where I wake up. A reasonable nights sleep despite it not being as big a bed as usual. I read for a bit and have drinks with my partner before we finally get up for breakfast. Its a lovely sunny day but we go p to the top of the house and open up the balcony doors and I read while my partner sketches the view. One large ship sails close by.
We spend a quiet morning and then decided to go to the restaurant just down the sea front for a drink and a snack. As I am getting ready I notice that there is an exquisite moth on the front door, truly delicate and wonderous. I cannot resist a picture.
We stroll to the restaurant and sit outside in the bright sunlight drinking and nibbling bacon and cheese turnovers. A new one on me but they were very tasty. Having sunned ourselves we walk the sea front for a while to find somewhere to buy suntan lotion, postcards and milk. We fail due to a plethora of fish and chip shops, gaming arcades and ice cream parlours. The one shop on the front that sells what we are looking for is closed. We return to our “beach hut” and read for a while. After a while the decision is made to go to the local Aldi to get the rest of the food we need for the weekend. We drive and find a huge Aldi with almost no one in it, a real treat. Shopping done I return to reading my The Good Place and Philosophy book, while my partner goes for a short walk to close her circles on her fitness watch. Just as she returns a friend rings me and asks how I am and we catch up on our news. During the call my partner returns. My call goes on until my friend and I feel we are caught up and I return to my book and todays crosswords. Tea time beckons and I start to draft the blog feeling my spoons ebb away quite quickly. We and I return to the blog and then settle down to watch tonight’s world cup rugby match. Its going to be an early night again so I will take my chemo meds a bit earlier and hope I can get to sleep quickly. Its been a slow and relaxing day, one in which I’ve read and fed myself.
