stuck between stations

the cold has returned the last few days. i may have been premature in not wearing gloves to cycle to the gym a couple of weeks ago, because there has been no chance of that since. its fucking freezing. i have had enough of cold weather. 

managed to cycle to the gym yesterday in the drizzle and cold but today it was raining too hard today so i drove there. they have also had a promotion going recently which means the gym is packed with lots of newbies who just hog the equipment. it means my last 2 sessions have not been as good as what i had been doing before that. you would think that if you could do 7 or 8 sets of the bench press it would mean that you had not put enough weight on. if you can lift a weight 70 or 80 times then its clearly not heavy enough and its doing nothing for you. you may as well go home and watch tv dude. still, one or two nice looking new women there so its not all bad, though i suspect 80% of the newbies are guys. 

i also chopped down what was left of the tree in the garden a few days ago. it was cold and drizzling but i just had to get out there and get rid of it as it was annoying me. it nearly fucking killed me as i have an old school saw and not an electric saw. i also had to go out with an axe in places. it took me about 3 hours and was harder than a gym session but thats a good thing. whilst i have the time, i am going to plant and organise a beautiful garden for the summer. 

believe it or not, i am still dealing with accountants and lawyers. fuck me, this is dragging on. the latest twist was that the accountant lost the £900 cheque for my dads taxes that i gave him a few weeks ago. he called me up in an emergency and said he needed that money because 'the bank lost the cheque'. i also have to talk to the lawyer who is dealing with inheritence tax and the estate my dad. 

its just going on and on. i have the time to deal with it, so i guess its a good thing i am not in a contract at this time. you get stuff done and get on with things you have to deal with in life, when you are not working. whenever i am in contract it just consumes all my time and my life. the last time i had a few months off, i bought my apartment. i would have never had the time to look at a place if i had been in a contract at the time. 

today i have mostly been listening to the hold steady - stuck between stations. i tried to find the video but there isn't one out there and there are lots of performance clips but that are not that good. just listen to the song and lyrics and enjoy.