Where did this year go?

I cannot believe we are almost halfway though October, it seems no time at all since this year started. But then again, we have had another busy year.

A quick check with Glyn confirms we have commitments all this week.

Looking back, I note we had holidays in Woolacombe in April, Italy in May, Pittenweem (Fife, Scotland) in August, Alicante (Spain) in September, we are off to Cornwall soon for 5 days.

In between we’ve entertained numerous friends and relatives here.

We’ve been back to Wolverhampton, Northampton, Kislingbury and Towcester (Towcester greyhound show). We’ve had days out with friends in Teignmouth, Brixham, and Dartmouth (by steam train), Longleat, Chard, Lyme Regis and Seaton, we’ve met up with my mother on Holiday in Exmouth, met Northants Bowlers playing in Topsham and at Marldon.

I’ve also played in a number of bowls matches around South Devon between May and September at places such as Chudleigh, Crediton, Budleigh Salterton, Totnes as well as the local Torbay, Newton Abbot and Kingsteinton games and our home games in Marldon.

We’ve been for walks on Dartmoor and Exmoor, along the Coast path to Start Point and other places. We’ve had weekends in North Somerset with friends, visiting Dunster Castle and Minehead. We’ve visited Dartmoor Zoo, Paignton Zoo, Exmoor Zoo, Living Coasts and Longleat Safari park.

In Torbay we’ve seen Regattas, Red Arrows and Firework Displays, Cruise Ships and other parked ships awaiting work, and weekly Motor Cycle Rallies on Paignton Green. Glynis fits in her weekly volunteering work at the Zoo and the Hospital, getting a NVQ certificate for it this year, as well as her involvement with two Drama Groups, the Red Hat Ladies and the Marldon WI. I've just restarted my Ten Pin Bowling as well as playing a weekly snooker game in Paignton.

Perhaps that's why the year is racing by. Good fun isn't it?

More memory troubles.

I haven’t lost my mind, I’ve just put it down somewhere.

And I can’t remember where.

It was a few minutes ago and the short term memory isn’t so good these days.

The way I see it, I only have a certain number of memory cells and I have filled them all up with memories from years ago. Since a lot of these are pleasant memories I have no desire to delete them to make way for new ones.

Perhaps I will have to start using post it notes, as it is very frustrating to walk upstairs for something and having got there I have forgotten what I came up for. Sometimes retracing my steps helps but running up and down the stairs gets a bit boring after a while.

If anyone knows how a memory can be improved please advise me.