Illuminations

Blackpool Night
Originally uploaded by Canon Fodder.

Well it is about time I brought this up to date. Quite a lot has happened since my last entry.

Lorii has quit from the Hotel. That in itself is a whole nightmare that does not need airing in such a public place. But the upshot is Lorii has been spending a lot of time at home.

Katie has decorated her bedroom. Well I use the term decorated in its loosest sense as, as is the want of all teenagers, she has painted her room black. Yes, even the ceiling.

Badger has hurt his knee. The vet has banned him for running, and given him some pills that make him manic! For a dog that lives to run this is pure torture, and the ban applies till mid December.

My work has been keeping me really busy, and I’m actually getting some overtime in. This helps as Lorii is not earning, but the downside is I’m giving up my Saturdays to work these hours.

Katie has secured two places for her work experience in March. She will be spending one week at Supreme, in the marketing department. Which should score her some high points at her school as it calls itself a business college. The other week Katie is spending at the local funeral home. Teenagers!

Lorii’s health has not been too clever of late. We don’t know what is wrong, and as her sugar has been under control, we don’t think it is related to her diabetes. Lorii’s temperature perception has been all over the place. One second she is freezing, the next the windows are being opened and the family shivers while Lorii sweats. Add to this some bad mood swings, joint pain, itching skin and a disrupted sleep pattern. Understandably Lorii is getting pretty down about this, I only hope it clears up soon.

I took a brief hour out to take some pictures of the Illuminations. Living in Blackpool the lights on the front are usually nothing more than an inconvenience. Thousands of tourists in cars, jamming the whole promenade for five miles and forcing the locals to use the back streets, is rarely seen as fun. I recently made the hideous mistake of forgetting about the lights when popping out to the local Sainsburys in Bispham. This is the northern start point of the lights, and Jake and I were stuck in a traffic jam so slow that it took us 20 minutes to move the one hundred yards to the car park.

If you are interested in viewing the Illuminations may I recommend you plan your visit around 10.30pm mid week away from school holidays. You’ll be able to drive from Starr Gate to Bispham without the engine overheating, or having your view blocked by a coach full of pensioners staring out of steamed up windows!