Dear Diary.....3rd October 2018

Dear Diary.....3rd October 2018

I was thinking about other lifeforms. Surely we can't be the only living thing in this galaxy. We'd be stupid to think we are the only living planet. Also another thing, if there are other beings that can space travel they must be way more advanced than us, we can't even come up with a electric car that can travel more than 50 miles without having to be re-charged, which brings me to this conclusion.....why the hell would they want to visit us and study us, in effect we are their past. We are their version of our stone age man. As for them anal probing what they going to find of interest up there?

Birthday has come and gone and i almost got away with not celebrating it but at midnight of the 28th with a full bar that certain song was sang at me thanks to my wonderful beautiful partner, "THANKS HONEY!" lol. Thank you to all my friends and customers who gave me cards and for all the drinks bought for me. I will as the season goes on get through all the drinks i promise.

So as threatened i did close for my birthday and we went to my landlords million euro villa. We travelled up very early and got there for 9am just as the clouds cleared. I had been there before but my partner was blown away by it.
My landlord Makis said we could stay as long as we liked but travelling 38km each way every day to the bar i think would take the shine off our stay.

Guess who decided to join us?

Kevin said he would keep watch in case we were invaded by Persians. He's so behind the times.

Kevin said he spotted a gorgon, unfortunately he had aimed the binoculars at the TV and clash of the titans was on. Idiot.

Time for a dip, sun is out, temp is just right, shame about the high winds but hey you can't have it all. I was told to go on down and get in and i would be joined shortly after.

Now i know why, i was spied on. At this point i must add even though my white pale body may be blinding you looking at this pic but not everything is as it seems. Seconds after me lazing on the edge of the infinity pool the temp was easily about 5 deg in that pool and i couldn't breath, in fact the water froze my shins. I promptly got out and ran to be hugged with a towel. My partner said i was being over dramatic. 2 steps down in to the pool she decided she had changed her mind about a swim and went back in to the villa. So it wasn't the fact the water was more suitable for penguins.

We lazed around the villa all day just enjoying the fact we could relax without thinking about work. Table was set at the local taverna for 7.30pm and all is good in the world.
Got to the taverna just before the rain came over.
The food was amazing Lahanodolmathes (Stuffed cabbage leaves in lemon sauce), fillet steak, black bean and beetroot hummus, stuffed grilled peppers and olive oil bread washed down with a bottle of rose wine, mmmmmmmmmm!
Forgot to take phone so couldn't get a pic of food, Bugger!

After we were fed, watered and stuffed it was time to head back to the villa. On arrival we noticed a faint blue light coming from the outdoor kitchen/dining area.
What a beautiful sight we saw when we got to the living room balcony. The outdoor dining area looked amazing all lit up from the staircase leading to it and all around the set seating area.
Looked like a 80's music video, so cool.

We cuddled up on sofa and just chilled for the rest of the evening in a cosy under floor heated living room with the rain falling outside.

I will say that i hate my birthdays, never enjoyed them but this was by far my best and most memorable thanks to my partner, friends, customers and last but not least my very generous landlord Makis for letting us have the villa and at no cost. It made our weekend.

"Weekend?" i hear you say, "but you said it was just Friday" i hear you cry. Yes diary it was meant to be just Friday but Saturday threw a few curve balls.
After a faultless birthday Friday it seems Saturday was set give me a few trials, like Odysseus and his trials as he was trying to make his way home to Ithaca after the Trojan war.
As it was the day to travel home it started with high winds and rain, which led to monsoon rain and gales. We waited and waited to see if the weather would ease, it didn't, i had to decide "Should i stay or should i go now" good title for a song. 2pm came and there was no let up so i made the call to stay. If i was alone i would have ridden down but i wasn't going to put my partner at risk. Couldn't think of a better place to be stranded though, in a luxury villa for free.
Next, we didn't have any food in as thought we were going home. I got on my bike and made my way down to St. Nicholas Port. 50m from the villa my drive went on my motorbike, brilliant! Pushed the bike back and parked it up. We needed food and milk. On foot the journey be.
From the house to the port the gradient is 30 deg straight down, that's bloody steep but there is a gravel track which winds back and forth across the hill so i decided to take that even though its longer. I ran the whole distance, i would say about 3km, how fit am i lol.
Got to the port and was soaked but boiling hot due to running so wasn't to bad.
Picked up the provisions for the night and then had to decide, do i go back the way i came or go the shorter route straight up? Straight up it is. Why did i decided that.

At the beginning it was a proper tarmac road and was feeling great but not to far along it turned to heavy loose gravel. This was not good. My calf's were screaming, my thighs were burning and my lungs were getting smaller and all this while i was getting wind swept and soaked. 

My head was getting brain freeze due to the expanding wasteland on top of my head. 

As i was getting to the half way point i noticed dog poop. Oh oh, are these wild dog poops? Are there a pack of strays roaming these them hills? That's all i needed, being attacked for my spinach and feta pies and i get left to rot half eaten because they prefer the taste of a yellow cheese pie than my sweet succulent skin.

As you can tell from this diary entry i survived, all be it out of breath and head feeling like it was going to explode.

Thankfully there was no more drama during the evening so it was back to chilling with the best company i could of wished for.

So to sum up, best weekend ever in my 18 years on this island.

Back to reality and back to a rant. Why are people so, so lazy over here?  I went to the supermarket the other day and a car had parked right in front of the doors where there are markings showing no parking but next to it are all empty parking spaces, ridiculous. This really does wind me up. To make it worse it wasn't a little old lady or someone disabled it was a woman of about 30 in active wear. ACTIVE WEAR! If she had parked any closer she would have been in the veg aisle.

Not sure why i took this pic but i think it was because when i saw the bike i thought "What the hell is that?". Looks like a bug.

So until my penultimate diary entry........

Serve All, Love All, Peace All, Kevlar Out!