The last day of Winter

I'm not sorry to see the last day of Winter as it will mean I can look forward to going out more often, even if it's only for shopping! With no meaningful lady in my life I really have no one to take anywhere, although one event coming up on September 13 that I am really looking forward to is the local Mayoral Ball. I received an invitation and thought, "dammit, why not?" Next problem was to find a partner, so I asked one of my support workers, Roberta, to accompany me. Surprisingly (to me) she agreed and is now in the process of having a gown specially made for the occasion, while I have purchased a black bow tie to go with my rarely worn black suit coat.

August has been a fairly quiet month, apart from my thrice weekly dialysis treatments at the hospital and my weekly competition darts evenings. My darts team now sits on top of the ladder with only one loss over the first 9 rounds and just five more rounds before the finals. My personal tally stands at 11 wins and 3 losses, so I'm reasonably happy with that. Our team is slowly developing into a consistent unit and our scores are improving each week, so fingers crossed for the big matches to come.

My jewellery collection has doubled and I am now in the process of arranging ways of checking its real value, after which will come determining ways of selling it. One local jeweller has confirmed that I have bought at least three good quality items at a really good price through the online auctions, so that has heartened me to keep going. I have also started to buy items on behalf of friends who are looking for particular pieces of jewellery... they choose what they want from the site and tell me the maximum amount they wish to bid and I try to get it for them. I'm happy to do this for 'love', of course, as it allows me the feeling of being of value to someone.

And that to me, dear friends, is all important in my life.