The Day before........

my birthday, tomorrow i am 39. That means there's only 1 more year until my 40th. I have not worked on my birthday since i started work at 18 so tomorrow i am spending the day with my partner, we're planning to go to Derbyshire, hire bikes and cycles round the Tissington Trail, an old railway track now cleared for walking and cycling.

I hope to take lots of photos and will post them here.

In the evening we're going for a meal - i don't know where somewhere near home and hopefully a bottle of champagne to finish the evening ?

The Public

I've heard so much about the new Art Gallery in West Bromwich that i went across today for the opening weekend. I seemed to get there in between entertainment shows so didn't stay long. I hoped to walk around the gallery however it was by times ticket only and at 1.30pm the next one was at 4.30 - that's a long wait, hence i didn't.

To be honest i felt a little disappointment by the place as much as i saw, and that really wasn't much, i love the overall 'pink' of the place and the reflective surfaces however when it opens properly it will be £6 approx for adults, i wasn't excited enough to think that i will pay to go again. Shame.

The Gym

Went to the gym this evening, its been a while, i had a great workout and don't know why i don't go more - it feels great. I'm getting my bike from my dads tomorrow - it's been wrapped in a shed for hmmmmmmmmmmmm 8 years, so tomorrow the bike is released and will be used !!!!!

The Power of Words

I was on a training course today, the training was good, informative, however during the course of the session the facilitator continually referred to survivors of domestic violence as victims, and the women, when are 'we' going to wake up and realise the power of our words and assumptions?

DV can happen to all sexes and all partnerships, women to man, man to women and man to man and women to women, and those in this position and Survivors NOT Victims.

This isnt a rant about being politically correct, it's a soap box issue of mine that we as individuals have the power to make change by being aware of the language we use and the labels we give.