Weds Oct 17th Are they even in India?
Each day I try to walk around my neighbourhood. Our walks are quite spectacular and the last few days have been breathtaking. In the mornings, I’m treated to a watercolour view from my window as if the Vale of Clwyd has been painted especially for me. To step outside is like wading into an explosion of the senses. At the moment, the colours are purple, orange, navy and olive. The view is like my religion. It is there for me always and soothes me in times of trouble and times of joy. It has been my barometer through all life’s trials and tribulations and when I leave Wales, I miss my view. Desperately.
Dylan is asking less and less about his Daddy. He has finally accepted that his Dad is doing a ‘gig’ somewhere in the clouds and is quite content that this may take some time. I’m amazed at how smooth a transition this has been, especially considering that Dylan is such a Daddy’s boy. Evan smiles all day and really is a gift. Evan looks like the Peters side of the family and Dylan is me through and through (poor boy).
Whilst Mike is away, I have been communicating with lots of friends and family who have been amazingly supportive. One joke we have is that Mike is not really in the Himalaya at all. One of my good mates who has a member of the family on the trek with Mike emailed me to say “i personally do not think they are even in India! I think they brought some back drops and are actually on a "alternative lifestyle cruise" “ :) Go figure! I personally think they are on a Himalaya-styled 18 to 30 type holiday (even though Mike and many of his trekkers are heading closer to 50!).
My friends suggest that I create a banking situation whereby I now ‘bank the credit’ for three weeks of the husband being away. Even Mike himself suggested that I should book a trip away. Ummm... Where would I go...? 3 weeks on a tropical isle with Jose Mourinho (ex Chelsea Manager) perhaps? (Can you imagine how devastated I was a few weeks ago when I claimed our MUFC season tickets for myself the for Man Utd V Chelsea game in the hope of catching Jose’s inimitable managerial style up close and personal from our ‘backstage’ seats, only to have Jose ‘resign’ the day before!!!!!) My apologies, I digress. Michael Peters has clearly been away before too long!
However, I can’t imagine me ever leaving my boys and my view. Well, not for 3 weeks, anyway. I think I will have to use up my credit and drip feed it over many single days and nights away instead...
Today, I overlooked the masters for Spirit of 86 which is about to be manufactured for a November 5th release. It’s a spectacular piece of film and features 4 separate individual voiceovers from original Alarm members, Dave, Nigel and Eddie. Our sound guy, Martin Wilding and film boys, Paul Sutherland and Rob Spaulding ) have weaved their magic over a magical day which happened over 21 years ago. I was watching the performance and thought about the reality of cancer as three members of the band have been very brutally affected by cancer. This is why it is so important for Mike to be doing what he does best – leading the battle against this dreadful disease and giving hope to others to prove that there can be life after cancer.
So as I headed to bed alone but not really alone I looked out at the inky night glimmering with silver stars and I wished Mike and the team health and happiness. After all that’s all we can ask for. A bit of love hope and strength is all that we need.