Well its been a couple of months since i last posted on here. I don't know why...i guess I've just not felt compelled to actually write anything down worthwhile!
First of all, on the subject of this blog...eco things...well no news really, not really done much, the cutting back on meat thing is still on going, it has tailed out slightly, i do cut back on it on weekends, i normally eat 75% of meals on on weekends without meat, which is quite good for me.
Hopefully, when in the future i get my own house to live in, this will further be increased, as i can grow my own veg, cook my own meals, have a herb garden, chickens and survive a bit more self sufficiently than i am currently doing.
Found something very new and exciting on the weekend though! Where my girlfriend lives, there is this canal, which i sort of knew about, well it appears there were a load of house boats there!!!!! So...we headed down there with the pooches for a walk on a cold autumn evening...and WOW!!!!! Its amazing! There is a canal, which widens out near a pub. There are about 15 narrow boats there, together with this massive Dutch barge with sails and everything!!! Just off the footpaths, are little gardens, where people grow veg, there was even a large poly tunnel which i am going to spy into next time I'm there. There was even a herd of chickens there!!!! About 10 of them, 9 hens and one cockerel...wandering about the place, clucking away and generally being chicken-like! It was LUSH!!!! I don't know if i could live in a house boat all year around, i imagine the winter nights would be quite harsh what with being on the water, don't get me wrong, i love the place they have there, its secure, you cant drive there unless you have a key for the gate, but i don't know, it just seemed a bit unforgiving should the weather turn.
I'm thinking i could survive easily and happily from Spring to Autumn, I'm imagining having a little veg plot next to the boat, some plants on the roof of the boat, a few hens, and i would be quite happy. Only problem is, I'm a rubbish swimmer so would have to brush up a little i reckon, in case i fell in the drink!!!
Work is annoying the hell out of me! I just don't have much passion left for it...i just plod along and don't seem to be getting anywhere. I'm wondering whether next year, i change stuff...big time!!! Maybe a career break and do some volunteer work. Maybe a couple of months abroad, China, or Africa or South America, do some volunteer work, then come back to the UK and do some volunteer work here, near where i or Vickie lives and do some menial work to pay the bills. I don't know, it just seems i don't have the passion anymore for my job, and what with not having a house and no real financial ties, i reckon it could be now or never if I'm going to get anywhere with my life. One thing's for sure....i don't want to be in an office for much longer!!!
Lots of thinking, mind changing, more thinking, procrastinating, thinking, changing of minds and worrying will follow before i know what to do. I'm excited in a way, i love animals, i love the environment, i love the outdoors...so why the hell have i spend 10 years working in an office? Maybe next year, is the year things change, it's something i have thought about now for a good few years, but have not been in the financial position to do anything about it. The only tie i have now is my car, which i would sell an that would be it, id have my phone bill to pay and my charity donations to pay and that would be it for my outgoings. Hmmmm...ill have to do some sums me thinks!
Well that's it for me, keep in touch here, hopefully ill actually update it a bit more now!
