It's a typical fall day. The first day of November has brought low hanging grey clouds. The wind is gusty tossing leaves into my livingroom from the open balcony door. Fall is definitely here.
Traditionally November is not the best month for me. Too many 'anniversaries' to get through. The birthday of the twins. Shawns death date,... Ians death date,... and of course it is the run up to my most dreadest time of year ~ Christmas. So November is the beginning of the festive ads on tv and decorations everywhere you look. It's all just a painful reminder that December 25th is just another day to me. I will spend it alone. Doing nothing that even resembles a holiday. To me December 25th is football day. Thankfully Englands Premier League usually has games played that day. So thats what that day is to me. There won't be a decoration or a dinner in sight. Just me, Maggie and football.
This time of year also brings cabin fever. I rarely get outside as it is. But once the bad weather is here I don't get out at all. It's been this way ever since I had to give up my car a few years ago. With no car,... I am housebound. And i have the type of personality that needs to be distracted. Watching tv all day is actually causing me mental anguish. The boredom is driving me mad.
I spend about an hour or two cleaning each day. This eats up time. But other than that all I have available for me to do is watch tv. It is my only window to the outside world I have. I spend my mornings drinking my coffee and watching YouTube. I have long since cut the cable cord so I only stream now. You Tube is my FREE guilty pleasure. I can spend hours surfing through the millions of videos and not find anything at all. I do have to admit that there is a lot of GARBAGE out there. But every now and then you come across something you enjoy. Today I doscovered Matt and Emile. A young couple that took a job as caretakers to a lodge way up in the rainforest of British Columbia. I have been to British Columbia and specifically Vancouver island. It's where all my father's family live. And I can tell you honestly that BC Canada is one of the most beautiful places in the world. The mountains,... the ocean,... the rocky shorelines are breath-taking. Although this YouTube channel takes place on the island it still showcases just how unbelievably beautiful this part of the country is. So I have enjoyed following this couples journey. I may not be able to get outside and enjoy nature,... but I can virtually with this couple. I don't get a lot of positive in my life but 'escaping' through these types of Youtube videos does help some,...
I am on Day six of their journey,...
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