Midnight on the landing of peace and tranquility

Tonight I seem to have been taken by one of the strange moods that strike me from time to time. I don’t know if it’s a product of how tired I am after work (news about that later) or if it’s something slightly more intrinsic than that. What ever it is, tonight I find myself sitting up on the fire escape landing with a bottle of wine, just savouring the atmosphere. It’s a truly beautiful evening: it’s been raining already so everything has that fresh clean smell that follows a good rain; the church bell tower is looming up to my left in the night sky; and it’s also just about to turn midnight. There’s just something magical about being up here all alone, relaxed, and at peace with [almost] everything in my life. It’s rather romantic really... even though I’m by myself.

I’ll admit to being a bit of a loner at times. I get along really well with me for the most part, and I enjoy being alone with my thoughts when I can. Having said that, the right company now would, perhaps, heighten the whole atmosphere even more. I don’t know. Maybe. I feel more relaxed right now than I have for a long time now and that in itself is special.

Work has of late taken a bit of a turn. I am now, as well as helping manage a heaving pub in Shaftesbury, also managing a hotel/pub/fine dining restaurant in Hindon, Wiltshire. Yep, I’ve been asked back to the Lamb to help the full time manager there get a couple of days off a week. So my work schedule right now is as follows: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday at the Mitre in Shaftesbury; Monday and Tuesday at the Lamb at Hindon. It’s a lovely arrangement really. I get a break in my work environment during the week, I get to work with different people, people that I know I like, plus I get put up in a hotel room when I’m away from home, complements of the brewery that I work for (sue me, I’m 23 and still completely in love with the idea of staying in hotels!).

That’s about me for tonight. Tomorrow I have some pretty good plans, and if all goes well I think it will be a fun day. I’m going to sit up here on the landing until I finish my bottle of wine and then go crash. Sleep tight.