DAY 12,
well first thing first, sorry for not being around. I have had a short break from things. Last week I went away to a country known as Slovakia 🇸🇰. First thing I did was got a train 🚂 from my home town and went to Birmingham airport. It was a morning flight by plane ✈️. 

When we got there I hired a car 🚗 and to be fare it was cheap as. I hired the car for about five days and it cost me about 98 Euros. I drove around on my days to different towns. One place I went to was a city called Zilina. This is a big town full of fashion shops, cafes and lots of bars. I went into a small shop and they make fresh baguettes. I had half a baguette which was about 7 inches with two pieces of breaded chicken 🍗 and red cabbage in mayonnaise. 

I also stopped in a small village which was surrounded by mountains. I did like it in this village as people I don’t know greater me with a smile and a nod. Beautiful place to visit and I highly recommend visiting the smaller towns and villages, most of the people are nice 👍🏼 and welcoming. 

This is a cake 🎂 made from cream cheese, bread, salad, cheese 🧀, tomatoes 🍅, and three different salamis and ham. Between the bread 🍞 is a soft tasting coleslaw. Put together like this it is to die for. 

Rough copy 

Chapter 1 

The Beginning of It All.

If you can picture this about James, he is about 5ft10 of medium build with just a little defined muscular body and needing to lose a pound or two from his gut so you can see his six pack. He has short brown hair on his head that is starting to disappear slowly and it is also going grey, you know the salt and pepper look. On his left Arm he has a tattoo of a crucifix but in a Celtic knot design, lower down his left arm he has a scar on his fore arm he got when he was a child and fell into a thorn bush. James is supposed to be wearing glasses but he thinks that he doesn’t need them so he tends not to wear them often, only when he is driving at night.

James spends most of his time working half days as a security guard for different companies and his is classed as self-employed. It has taken him about two years to build up his reputation as a good reliable security guard and he has spent a lot of money in advertising himself out there to different companies as well. James is starting to see a comeback on his money now after a hard two years and it won’t be long until he has earned wages in the region of the hundred thousand over the two years. James has slogged his guts out to get where he is today and he is not going to let it fail. He just wishes he had someone to share it with him. James can work from the hours of say 05:00 to 14:00 or 18:00 to 06:00, just to give you an example of some of the hours James works. He never does twelve hour days only just short days. But he does love being a security guard as he mostly works by himself and if he does end up working with anyone else it is usually some older man that just wants to sit and monitor the CCTV while James patrols the grounds. Don’t get James wrong he likes it that way, making his own decisions and only needing to worry about himself.

When James is not working, he likes to spend his time wondering around the shops and eat meals out in pubs or cafes. James is not a man who needs to flash that he is earning well, to be honest he looks like a man that doesn’t have a lot of money. He thinks it is better that way because if people find out that you have a lot of money they will be round begging for loans that they make you feel obliged to give. So if James can go what is known as window shopping by himself with no one bothering him he is the happiest man alive. James often sits in a coffee house in the centre of town and always orders a flat white with an extra shot; he does this so much the people working in the coffee house see him coming and makes it before he has ordered. James likes this but feels very uncomfortable with this kindness. Since he was 17 years old James has had to be by himself as both his parents suddenly disappeared from sight and sound. He is classed as an orphan because the police could not find his parents or any trace of them. So James has had to fend for himself and be helped out by social services since the day his parents disappeared. This is why James feels uneasy in social setting as he has never really had anyone to guide him.

James parents kissed him good bye in the morning when they were leaving for work one sunny morning and said that they would pick a take away up on the way home after work. James didn’t really know what his mum and dad did for a living, he just knew that they both worked together and this made them a strong couple. They loved James to pieces and they idolised James but did not spoil him, but he never wanted for nothing. This meant they had plenty of money and it must have been a well-paid job what they did. But what they actually did James never knew what it was. In the morning, James mum kissed him good bye for the very last time, unknown to James. James got his school bag and headed out the door to school, once at school James went to Maths and half way through his lesson the head teacher came into class and spoke to the maths teacher. They both looked at James with a troubled but sad expression on their old faces. The head teacher asked James to follow her to her office as there is two police officers wanting to speak to him. Walking to the head teachers office, James was thinking about what he could of done to get into trouble. Thinking back James had not been in a fight for the past three days so it cannot be that. Walking in the office the two police officers stood up and greeted James with a stern handshake. As soon as the male officer started speaking to James as if he was a five year old boy, James asked the officer what had happened to his parents. Apparently his parent’s car had been found abandoned in woods with no sign of any injuries or them ever being in the car. The car was spotless and the forensic team could not find any trace of his parents, no hair, and no blood stains, not even a finger print. It was like they had never been in the car and his parents had just vanished.

DAY 11, 
Well sorry for not being around on here lately but I have had a few busy days, I have been seeing family and friends around the town. Plus I have had a birthday and I have been celebrating that. I have had the time book off work as I try not to work on my birthday 🎉 as I want to relax and see loved ones. 
I went to see my parents for a change and found my mum and dad have gone and got themselves a new pet dog 🐶. To me it looks like a cross breed, something that resembles a Lurcher I think. What do you readers think? 

Once I had been to see them I got home and had a bottle of Jack Daniels Fire bought for me. Now one thing I do like is a bottle of Jack Daniels. I find you can almost anything with this like lemonade, Diet Coke or Pepsi, water or just ice. It is a very sweet tasting drink 🍹 and not a lot of people like this as it is more on the side of being a liquor. After a few glasses of this I decided to go for a walk into town to see what books I could by myself. 

Walking 🚶 into town I could feel the alcohol hitting me with the fresh air, that was only two glasses. Not your ordinary measures, my own measures 😂. When I eventually got into town I decided to get a book on writing a novel. I do enjoy writing and after reading a story in writers magazine about a man who wrote books and self published I thought I would give it a try. Now I am on my third chapter. The story is only going to be short but I will get it done and publish it for kindle.

When I get it written I’m thinking about putting a chapter on here. What do you guys think? You have to remember I’m not a professional writer or have degrees in English literature. I’m just an ordinary man trying to spread a good word or two. 
So I hope people are trying to be nice to one another and try not to judge people that are different to ourselves. Give them time and be patients with them. Give someone a smile even if it’s a stranger, you never know it could change their life with a simple smile. 

DAY 10, 
Well how is everyone today. At the start of my typing I am at work on my break and it is 00:00 and I’ll have about 1hour and 20 minutes. Work has been very quiet tonight with no problems arising on the ward. I spent most of my time playing cards and sitting chatting to different patients. It was a lovely shift indeed. 
Well I have been looking at the self publishing on Amazon and maybe put some of my work out there. What do you all think? I wouldn’t mind being able to write something on here but also publish my work as well. I have started a story about my character James and what happens to him on a daily basis. 
As I worked a night shift last night, I didn’t get up to much during the day. When I got home 🏡 I had a shower 🚿 and got straight into bed. It wasn’t long before someone was knocking at my door. So I ignored the knock and went back to sleep 😴. It was the post lady trying to drop off a parcel for me but as I didn’t answer she left it with our neighbours. Then around 14:00 the was a carpenter outside our house making lots of noise, which did wake me up. So as from then I have been awake and not able to sleep. 
Down in the kitchen I start to make my food which consists of two shakes and some zoodles again With some vegetables. I have already had one of my shakes earlier next I’ll be having my zoodles with a ginkgo tea. 

My lunch for tonight. Not all at once, it will be slit through the night. 

This is the tea I’ll be drinking tonight. It’s an acquired taste in deed, but I enjoy them. 
So with my book 📚 it is going to be one with short stories in about James. Some good things and some boring. 

Well I shall bob you a good night as I will try and grab at leat an hours kip before I finish my break. I bid you all a good night or evening depending on where you are. Remember people be nice and smile more at people. Enjoy yourself and stay safe. 

DAY 9,
Well what a time it’s been for me. Sorry I haven’t put much on here but work has been busy. I haven’t got photos to put on here either, just one I think. 
Well I did over time the other day, doing site security at a hospital. I started at 07:30 and finished my day at 19:30, and did the time fly by indeed. In the morning we had to go around some departments and unlock them for the day shift. There was a lot of new staff starting so I was shown how to do staff I.D’s, which looked complicated but when doing them it was easy. There must of been about thirty to forty photos taken. Once they were done my colleague and I went for a drive around the ground to check perimeter fencing. It was great on the way round as we saw a baby deer prancing around by some trees 🌲 on the ground. 
In the afternoon we had a phone 📱 call to say that a helicopter is doing a training flight and will need to land on our playing field. So two of us went to the playing field and made sure the field was clear. When arrived it circled around two or three times then came over the field and hovered. Once it had done that it landed for about ten seconds and then hovered again. We got a salute from the two guys hanging in the doors, which was nice. Then it went up and flew off back the way it came. For me that was exciting. 
This morning I went to town as I wanted to get Novembers edition of writing magazine. Haven’t read it yet. I’ll do that after I finish typing and finished my lunch break. It is 00:18 here at the minute and I’m chilling writing, I find it relaxes me. I’m working a night shift tonight and tomorrow night to. It’s been peaceful here tonight and patients were all mostly asleep 😴 by 23:00. 
I also went for a run 🏃 today around our local park and managed 5km. Not to bad. Once I got home 🏡 I had a shower and cooked some food for tonight. I made a courgette into noodles and I cooked onion, mushrooms 🍄 and peppers into it. Bloody lovely it was. I also have two shakes as well for later in the night. 
By the way I want to thank the readers of my work for getting my work as blog of the week. Many thanks 🙏 and I really appreciate it. Well I hope you are all well. Remember people be nice to someone. Remember that not everyone will be as smart as you or as quick as you. We are all different and have different abilities, so be patient with someone who is not as quick. Smile and breath. We all had to start from knowing very little. Stay safe and look out for the weaker person. 

DAY 8,
Well I managed to finish work at 04:30 this morning with time owing and last break. So I got home around 04:40 give or take. I got home and my wife was fast asleep and I got into bed without waking her, bonus. She had set the alarm for 06:00 and woke around this time. I took her to the station for around 07:20 and waved her off goodbye😢. 
Well this morning, I went for a walk as there was no way I was going to sleep. My head was racing and I didn’t want to take something for helping me sleep. I played on my phone for a while and then the morning alarm went off and dam that alarm scared the shit out of me. 
After dropping my wife off I went for a walk in the local park. It does look nice and it is a shame that more demolished sights don’t turn it into a playground??? But hey who am I to say that. 
I had to book my car 🚗 in to fix the head lights as it is easy to change the bulb but it’s the realigning the lights. But we will see today. 
I am also waiting to hear if I have an interview for a new job within the place I am working. 

On the early hours of the morning on the way home in the market square. Suns just coming up and it is blinding in places. 

This is the park where I went for a walk and run around for the morning. I still could not sleep so I lay there trying to chill. So I go down stairs and watch a bit of recorded TV 📺. 

As I went for a walk I went round another park and it makes me think of living in the country side. 

This looks beautiful and it is so relaxing just to walk around. Shame on building companies. Why not turn a building site into a park or a walk way with trees and bushes with lighting. 
Any way I may try and put something else for later. Work has just called me and I have a security shifty for tomorrow day time. I will finish around 17;00 and go straight to kickboxing. Will be fun tomorrow evening then. 
Remember people, be nice to someone, whether it be a stranger or a friend. Relax in the face of confrontation and smile. I will bid you good day and I’ll chat soon. Take care and be nice and relax. 

DAY 7, 
Well as I thought 💭 last night was extremely quiet and we finished work on time. When I got home I went straight to bed for a change but there was one problem. My head was racing with all sort of stupid, unnecessary things so to battle this I took a quarter or a tablet to help me sleep. 
Thanks to some selfish git outside I only managed to sleep until 14:30 as they were playing noisy music with to much bass. Thanks very much. So with that I got up and decided to make myself a decaf coffee ☕️ just invade I doze off again. With being awake I decided to watch some more Blind Spot. Oooooo it’s getting really good at the minute. 

I have decided to walk to work tonight as it is mild outside but there is still a little nip in the air. The time is 18:15 and my wife has decided to join me on the walk to work. She isn’t working she has the night off luck sod, to be fair she is at UNI all day tomorrow. So on the way it is actually really busy on the streets onwards town. We have to walk through town so I can get to work. We pop into a new Starbucks for a coffee but they shut the coffee machine down 20 minutes before hand to clean it. Don’t understand why they did that when they ate still open. Never mind. 
As we walk to work we decide to take a short cut through a church grounds and it sounds nice. We can hear people singing in the church. It has taken us nearly 45 minutes to walk to work from where we live. Which isn’t to bad, it was a steady pace too. 

Whilst at work it has been very quiet and no incidents have happened. I have decided to take some time that is owed to me so I will be finishing very early. Because I have walked a staff member has offered to give me a lift to my house 🏡 in their break. I am very grateful for the offer. So I should be getting home around 05:00 😁. 
I’m not sure I will sleep as not long after I get home my wife will be heading out to UNI and I may join her for a walk to the station to say goodbye. 
Well people I want to say a huge, massive thank you for reading my post and getting me a blog of the week. Many many thanks. Please carry on with supporting. I one day want to get some work printed in a book 📚 and maybe write a column for a paper. That be my ideal job. Any way once again many thanks. 

DAY 6, 
Well it was a truly uneventful night last night I must say. Patient were all in bed by 23:00 and I just sat by the bedrooms for the next 8 hours. Not exciting I can tell you. I did a few patient notes and made staff a few drinks and had a break at about midnight. 
When i finished in the morning I went straight to bed. I was way beyond tired at this point. I finally settled in bed at about 09:00 and my head felt like it was racing. That’s never a good thing when you want to sleep. Next thing I know my alarm is going off and it was 17:00. I couldn’t be arsed to get out of bed but I knew I had to get up and make some food for work. 
In the kitchen I put the radio on and made myself a coffee, a bloody strong one at that ☕️. I had some chicken left over from the day before so I threw a salad together, no dressing on the salad. And I also made a carrot and couchette into noodles and with that I had two hard boiled eggs mashed in. Bloody lovely. 
Well as I am righting I am on my break and I have just had my veg noodles, yes they were outstanding if I don’t mind saying. I have sat at work tonight and watched the staff I am with. It amazes me how many moan about getting asked to do things for patients. Why the hell come here then? Some people still amaze me on how lazy or bone idle they can be. 
Well I must apologise as I have no photos to put up tonight. SORRY. I didn’t have time to have something relevant to my day I afraid. I will try harder tomorrow as I may be walking to work tomorrow evening. So I will see what I come across. Hope that the one who messaged me about what they are doing has a nice time seeing friends and family. Plus good luck with you 20 odd cats 🐱. Thank you to all those lovely people out there that read what I write. Please keep reading as it inspires me to write more and in turn it will get me to improve on my writing as well. Just want to say Thank You for reading and please carry on. Respect to you all. Remember be nice to some one, friend, family, work colleagues or just a stranger. It will come back to you. 
I’ll bid you good night now as it is 00:20 here where I live. Dark and not so cold outside. I’ll see you all tomorrow, stay safe people. 

DAY 5,
Good day fellow readers, I hope you are all well. I am at work tonight and working very hard as usual ( truth, honestly). What is everyone doing for the weekend? Me , I’m working all weekend. 
Well not a lot has happened today. I lead a boring life don’t I ? I got my self out of bed this morning for 08:45 so I could be at my GP surgery for 09:35 to have my repeat bloods done. I went and saw the nurse there and she was really good, as I can be difficult to get blood from. This nurse got it first time, so I was impressed. She told me my cholesterol was 5.8 so it is a little high. Now my diet has to change. 
When I got home I went back to bed for a while and watched Kung-fu panda 3. Love that film; once that was over I went for a run in the park and I managed two laps, think it’s the equivalent of 5 km give or take. Not to bad a run, the only thing was it was a little cold today so I had to wear tracksuit bottoms instead of shorts. Once I was home I showered off and got dressed, plus I had to go shopping( boo). 
We went shopping in Morrisons for a change. I had to get some veg for my food for work that night. Some very good deals there too. I brought myself some cheese twist for the last time. I also brought myself a magazine about writing, it gives you competitions and guidance on writing, plus lots more. 
Around 14:35 I went back to bed and fell asleep until 17:00 and woke fully refreshed, I lie. I felt so tired when I woke up. I felt like crying. Getting ready and walking like a zombie I made us both coffee and took two Pro plus. Took a while to kick in but I felt it. Work was fine apart from a few bloody lazy staff. Can’t stand lazy staff, it does my head in. If you don’t want to be there why not ring in sick or don’t book a shift. Don’t bloody come to work and ignore what needs to be done. Stupid. 
Well as I said I’m working tomorrow so there is not going to be a lot to say tomorrow, but we will see. Well my fellow readers I hope you have a pleasant weekend. Please feel free to let me know what you are up to and maybe I can put that in my writing. Well I will bid you good night , or good day depending on where you are in the world. Remember try to be nice, no matter how hard it may be as it will be paid forward and come back on you stronger. 

DAY 4,
Good evening readers, sorry for not posting anything but to be fair I didn’t do anything, I stayed in bed. So today I done a little more that the other day. 
This morning I think I must of got up about 09:30 and could I get out of bed? No I couldn’t I was knackered. I laid there for about another 30 minutes and decided to get breakfast and a coffee. For breakfast I had two small pieces of toast with avocado, egg and spinach. It tasted good if I don’t mind saying. 
After this I went back to bed and watched a few episodes of Blind Spot. This is about a woman with no memory and her body is full of tattoos and she don’t know how it happened. She is sent to an FBI agent. The thing with the tattoos is they are all hints to crimes that will happen. She starts to go out into the field with the FBI team. 
After that I had a nurse call me about recent blood test I had and apparently my cholesterol is a little high. No it is time to change my diet. No more fried food, cut down on dairy and some fats. To be honest I don’t have that much fried food, I think it’s mainly the dairy such as cheese and milk. Who knows. 
It came to 17:00 and it was time for me to get ready for kickboxing. It should take me about 15 minutes to get there but unfortunately it took me 40 minutes as traffic was horrendous. I got there with just enough time to get changed and mind set. Tonight we did a lot of pad work and combination. I was with the new guy and I had to teach him to take it slowly and not to worry about the more experienced members. Get the moves and work on the technic first. The guy did really well as he had never done anything like this before. 

I am at home chilling now waiting for my wife to finish work to pick her up. Then when we get back I think it maybe a few more episodes of Blind Spot. Tomorrow as well I’m going for another blood test at my GP surgery. Plus I am at work for a while tomorrow as well. 
Well readers I hope you are all well and I hope we are all trying to get on with others. Stay positive in you mind and walk away from mindless confrontation. Try just smiling for the day and be nice. I’ll bid you good night or good evening where every you are.