These days I sleep significantly longer than previously. In my twenties I could get by on three or four hours of sleeping a night, but nowadays I’m utterly dysfunctional when I have not had a full seven. I generally fall asleep on the bus home from work, although I generally wake up in advance of the stage where I get home.
If I had the chance, I would pass my lunch-hour sleeping at my workstation, but sadly this would not be thought of as acceptable conduct by our manager. I suspect that he would be delighted to let me go, to tell the truth, thus I should preclude giving him the excuse.
The older I become, the more 12 months seems to fly by.
When I was young I recall summer months that went on forever, and the time separating one Christmas and the next seemed infinite.
Now a decade can zip by in what feels like minutes. I recall the New Year celebrations at the beginning of the millennium, however it feels like only last week. Although I must acknowledge that I do appear considerably older than I had done then: my greying beard is proof of that.
My days at work feel like they’re going extraordinarily slowly.
It feels as if I am there for ages, staring at my watch. The other people in my place of work are continually speaking about tedious telly programs they watched the night before, or the weekend sport, and I find myself dreaming about throwing them out the window. I cannot stand the office conversations, so I simply get on with the scanning and shredding, praying that the day will go faster.
If only I had a better career, or at least one where there were less tiresome workmates.
I really like watching the evolving of the season. It always makes me pleased if I go to my drawer to get different clothing for the differing bits of the year.
This wintertime has been so mild that the springtime plants are starting to pop up already. I’ve barely used my winter-time jacket, which is a major shift compared to the previous wintertime when it was snowing constantly for a long time. If it’s particularly chilly I attempt not to leave the house, due to the fact that I don’t handle the chilly climate that well.



