A Lovely Morning In The Park

I was up at 8am

I pissed around until 11am. I had a shower and took Buddy to the dog park. Citizens Park in Richmond. 

An unseasonably warm day with a high of 22.1°C and a low of 12.2°C, with 0.0 mm of precipitation. The day was part of a historic unseasonable "mildwave" that broke Melbourne's May record for consecutive days with temperatures exceeding 20°C (marking the city's 11th consecutive day above 20°C) 

So, it was really nice in the dog park. Me and Buddy and just a couple of other dogs. Buddy did his perimeter inspection first up as he always does. I spun slowly on my heel watching him, in the middle of the park day dreaming and watching him. Once that was done, as per usual he was ready to say hello to the other dogs. It’s relaxing there in the middle of the dog park. Fresh and quiet. An island in the city. A sea of green in. every direction. It’s the loveliest part of the day, for a boy who has no work to get in the way. A lovely place to contemplate life with life in view all around me but not up close and bothering me. So much time to contemplate life when you don’t have pointless work to get in the way, to fill your head with so many useless requirements. I laugh to myself when I think I feel like I have made it being unemployed.

Buddy doesn’t even really come near me, he’s to busy off sniffing about and exploring.

We stayed, perhaps an hour.

I had avocado on toast for lunch. That with coffee is almost the perfect lunch. I sat at the coffee table, Buddy slid in under the coffee table between my legs. 

I cleaned out my filing cabinet for the afternoon. Oh, yes, that again. Should I get a gold elephant stamp for at least intending to do it? You know, a participation medal? As I dithered about all my tatt, the afternoon disappeared quickly. 

Soon Sam was home. 

We had pork belly and Indonesian chicken for dinner. We didn’t get to the Indonesian chicken, as the pork belly was too filling.