chance horizons

There are some lovely words adorning Preston waiting room. Waiting dreaming with you always chance horizons. They are stirring my emotions that are already well and truly stirred at the moment!!
I'm looking forwards to today and have a novel that's 1076 pages long to accompany me.
Even tho I had preordered my ticket so had to get it from the machine, I still made a point of saying hello to they guy at the ticket desk. One of the many lovely tributes I read about my friend was from a guy at his station who said he'll miss him in the mornings. Those little connections we make, they matter. Keep them up!
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My novel is not as cheery as I'd like. I am going to seek out some laugh out loud books - suggestions welcome!
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The atmosphere was palpably different when alighting at Preston on my return journey. Having never been to a football match, I'm definitely out of my comfort zone when surrounded by lots of fans. They seemed to be happy enough, tho the words of the songs they were singing, berating the place they were in, contrasted with the cheerfulness of their tunes.
I'm not sure what the collective noun is for a group of police officers, I suspect it depends on your experiences and view of authority. I had only earlier in the day written a thankyou card for some officers, acknowledging that their job must have many difficult tasks including telling people tragic news, and to thank them for doing this with kindness.
By the time I went to go for my connecting train the throngs had dispersed and so I stopped alongside some officers who were now chatting to each other. I thanked them for their presence and one of them tipped her head back and laughed heartily. It's not the reaction I was expecting and so has confused me a little. We laugh for all kinds of reasons so I guess I won't worry about it too much. I'm glad I'm back safely and am hoping for an early night and gentle day tomorrow as my body doesn't take kindly to being forced to cover lots of miles in a short space of time. I'd make a terrible astronaut ;)