

Would you like tea or coffee? What a wonderful way to start the day. You are the only guest this morning so you get it all to ye self, please Help ye self to anything while I you wait, she says. She is a small lady with a big smile on her face, and she seems very genuine. I still don't know if it is lavender, should I be embarrassed, not knowing what lavender smells like?ĭown stairs Mairi greats me, she is just lovely. The laundry is scented, that's what I smelled yesterday, how nice of them. I take out a few things and quickly notice that smell again. Yesterday Donald left my laundry on the door handle. I open my eyes, stay a few minutes and then get up. They don't seem to realize that while they get aggressive and complain about traffic, they themselves ARE traffic. They don't seem to realize that the metal box they sit in can quickly turn a good day bad, all in the time it takes them to read that text message, or put on lipstick.

I see people driving cars doing all kinds of things they shouldn't be doing, when what they should be doing is pay attention. Perhaps I didn't and it just felt like it, but ever since I got my motorcycle licence, driving has taken on a whole new meaning. I sometimes feel like I just spend far too long looking at the mirror, seconds that could have mattered. It never stops, you are always looking out for danger. Sometimes your mind wonders, that's true, but even when you are singing to your self in your helmet and having a good time, you are still constantly completing the triangle of life mirrors, warning lights, road ahead, repeat. When you are on the bike, you are on high alert, all the time. I am beginning to think this won't stop unless I take it easy the next few days, perhaps not drive as far. This bed is very comfortable, and I slept great, but I am still tired.
