Riding The Rails

Well, as I type this there's just a few hours to go before I hop on a train south to Edinburgh, where I'll catch the sleeper train to London Town! As you can imagine, I am richly looking forward to this - anyone who knows me will tell you it's my favourite place to be. Had circumstances been different, I would be at BBC Television Centre singing my heart out trying to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend. As it is though, I'll still be in London - and maybe I can find a karaoke bar :)

It turns out that this will be the first of two weekends in London for me in February - Right Said Fred have announced they will play a gig on February 14 in central London, so the little trip that I'd planned to go on with Groupie has been shifted a few hundred kilometres southeast... she's got a friend down there who can get us a cheap room, so although it sounds like I'm blowing loads of cash on trips away, it ain't necessarily so - travel can be done quite cheaply if you shop around and aren't too fussy about certain things.

Mentioning Groupie - she came round on Wednesday night, which went a lot better than some nights we've had... She had some business to take care of which had really been preying on her mind for ages, but it's sorted now, and hopefully she'll feel a bit happier now she doesn't have to worry about it anymore. She's still fairly down about things but she told me she is determined to turn her life around and get back to being the bubbly, fun and chatty gal she was. She also told me she wanted to be more relaxed and laid-back about life rather than feeling uptight about things all the time, and asked me "how do you do it?" Well, I'm no lifecoach - not by a long shot - but I've always felt that if you keep an open mind about things, you're more prepared for the curveballs that life can throw at you.

I think she's really concerned now that I don't want to see her anymore, or that I'll run off with someone else. Whatever, I hope she does manage to improve her situation, and I hope she feels happier soon. I just want everybody to be happy...including her...and including me.

The rain is lashing down outside right now, and the weather forecast isn't that good over the weekend...which makes me think of a certain friend of mine who'll be returning from the USA to England very shortly. I reckon the contrast from sunny Florida to what's being predicted for over here will be pretty sharp!! Never mind, it'll take more than rain, cold night-time temperatures and possibly even snow to stop me having a fun weekend!! Time to pack my overnight bag...and find my travel tickets...

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - LAST TRAIN TO LONDON
(from the album "Discovery", 1979)