I could hardly drag myself across the room to write this because I’m just so tired, and sore, but a phone call has roused me. Anyway. I had a bath today, I am clean! Ok, so it was someone elses bathwater, but it was bliss. Thankfully I had let the water out of the bath before my beloved told me I should have kept the water for tomorrow, otherwise I really would have felt obliged to comply. The recycling bag yielded a pair of Harry Pottter socks, the smalls were too small but clean, and the tops I slept in were serviceable so all in all I felt good. My donated cherry scone was haute cuisine this morning, but the highlight of the day, was after I got home from work. Instead of having one slice of bread with my vegetable soup (again) I had four. Well, the extra bread was sitting to go out to the birds, and it didin’t taste all that bad really. The remainder, minus the blue bits will make lovely toast romorrow. It’s been difficult concentrating at work and I’m so glad I’m not in tomorrow. I’ve walked another 5 hours Mon-Thurs so I have another 2 hours to do before Sunday to make up the 18 hours total this week. My feet are blistered and sore but I think there’s another few hours in them yet. Before I left work I was given some money by a good friend who said they’d known me for too long to let me suffer. I was also offered a snack bar which I turned down. Fool, that would have went with the bluemoulded toast just lovely. The smells coming from food shops I passed was marvellous and food I’d normally detest looked so appetising. So near and yet so far, and it must be unbearable for people in poverty living so close to those with plenty. I carried no money and felt their helplessness.
“Two are better than one,because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down,his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12