Sometimes I PRETEND to be normal ....

The wind is blowing furiously today!

Abi - the springer spaniel (Denise is her human)

This wind ... she mess with my head ... and that’s not a good thing ... cause my head’s messed up enough already ..... urgh .. and to think it might be around for another 9 or 10 weeks ... how to survive!!

I’m not the only one that doesn’t like the wind ... bumped ... quite literally ... into Denise and Abi (the dog) on the beach this morning and the look on her face was probably a reflection of the look on mine .... what is it about the wind that unsettles us so much.  If it wasn’t for the wind today would be glorious!!

Apparently .... according to Google ... oh yeah .... that arbiter of all wisdom .... there's a reason for the wind making us feel unsettled. It's something to do with the balance of positive and negative ions in the air being shifted ..... positive ions are produced by wind .... YES .... something positive that makes us feel shit!!!  Normal air is about even in positive and negative ions ... when you are near water this ratio increases 2:1 in favour of the negative ions. No wonder being on the beach and near the waves makes me feel better, even when it's windy .... it's scientifically proven that it's good for me!!!

Again, according to this site ... one of the ways to counter the unsettled stressful feelings and headaches that the wind generates is to run the shower in your bathroom and just sit in the bathroom.  Running water generates the negative ions which help to neutralise the positive ions .... so simple ... so A-mAZ-ing!!  Maybe rain really does “cleanse” the air ....  that’s why I enjoy walking in it so much!!

Yes .... there's a hound and a ball in that splash somewhere ...

They chose to paddle today instead of fly ... I think I understand why!

The hound, of course, has no problem with the wind ....... she cannot understand my reluctance to venture outside.  It doesn’t deter her in any way from bounding through the waves and shaking the cold water all over my bare legs ... even when I’m standing metres away ... that wind you see ... it has a way of carrying water droplets so much further ... another reason to dislike it!!  As for the rugby ball ... it gets deposited at my feet but doesn’t stay there .... the wind gives it a life of it’s own and it swirls away down the beach or into the waves .... and then it’s not just the hound chasing it .. but me too!!  It’s hard sometimes trying to be normal  .....

There was an unexpected bonus on the beach this morning though .... an additional dose of caffeine ... courtesy of no. 1 son on his way back from having his war wounds re-dressed at A + E.  I don’t advise having an argument with a slippery concrete path going down a hill on a bike .... generally you’re going to come off worse ......

I’m not sure if additional doses of caffeine are a good idea today though ... they make me bounce at the best of times and when you combine that with the additional insanity the wind causes ..... hmmmmm ..... that semblance of normality I’m trying to achieve??  ..... it’s an illusion .... I’ve gone back to being me!!