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A day off

I took a day off today. I needed it. After breakfast, I popped in the car and off I drove. I returned to one of my previous homes in Mátyásföld, where I"d lived from 1984-1997. It was a sort of reminiscing of the good old days, but it was also a sort of waving goodbye to the past. It wasn't sentimental but rather pragmatic and symbolic. After driving by the old house and noticing how much it and the whole area had changed, I returned home. On the way home, I stopped off at the SPAR to shop. I had a few sandwiches for lunch and a delicious cup of coffee and took Abby for her afternoon walk, which was alright. The weather was beautiful today; the highest temperature was +20°C. Too bad that tomorrow will bring significant changes, and winter will take over again. Well, this is it for today, but tomorrow I'll start the weekend review when I go through the previous lessons and make some plans for the next week.

There is a street lamp across the field in front of a long block of flats where we walk Abby, which resembles the one that bothers Victor Meldrew in the series 'One foot in the grave'. It is so bright that residents living next to the lamp must roll down their shades. When we spotted it, we laughed hysterically. It made our day. We loved that series, and it was one of the funniest series ever. No wonder we could watch the whole six seasons three times already. Nonetheless, it's a pity how it ended with the death of Mr Meldrew. It was so sad.
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