6.12.25 - 341 - The week that was

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A year ago

Almost a year go, I left for Singapore. It was the 13th of December. I remember. It was madness. One week to go. I drew this in Singapore. Along with Libra, Scorpio and this. I did not have a holiday. For the first five days I slept at my mother's feet. I washed her and eventually, nursed her back to health. Through the course of three weeks, I shopped and was at her back and call. And then we did daily exercises twice a day. It was all that which enabled her to regain some mobility again and bring her back from the brink. It was a gruelling three weeks. 

But Singapore was so wonderful, although I did not leave Serangoon Gardens for most of those three weeks. I think I went to Serangoon Road once maybe. Maybe Chinatown once. I did not go to the club. It was the December of Luigi Mangione. I completed the zodiac series a year ago... it's hard to credit. I also did do some running. And then when I came home the entire backyard had flooded. It was mental.

And that fucking flight - 13 hours of layovers in either direction. But that was what I could manage at such short notice. Thankfully, the French journey back I managed to get into the Air France Lounge for the small sum of an additional EU70 thanks to a lovely concierge who totally took pity on me. 

I think I cashed all my chips in for this one. Another two weeks to go then from this weekend.

It has been a super tough year, I'll never forget it. Just parents of all kinds really. The other thing I remember about Singapore, not just how empty it was, but also how cool it was as well. The weather was fantastic. And actually when we got back this summer, there was also loads of rain and it was so cool. It makes me want to run again. I really want to. 

I will be 55 soon. I want to enter 55 fit and healthy - its amazing that it only takes 3 months of not exercising to go back to square one again, but also it takes just a few weeks to get back up to fitness again. Such is life... also it has almost been a year since I heard that Ahab had dementia. So it has been quite a year.

The disorienting nature of the world continues not just on the outside, but the inside as well. Ghin told me he had been accepted to UEA, Queens and Lancaster. I have never been to Lancaster. All I know is that it has an ancient tradition of rebelling... I can't wait to visit it. 

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