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November 2005
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Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Its kinda weird whats happening right now.. at this very minute…. at fifteen minutes after noon… here… now….
I’m sitting here in a nice new (to me) office in the commercial department looking out over a great (kinda) view of the city… watching people walk by on the street below or moving around in the offices opposite… bustling along… getting on...
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
How is it that no matter what time I go to bed.. no matter where I sleep… be it on the couch or my bed… I wake up almost every night between 3.30 and 4.00am.. Its been happening for weeks now…. no months.. and it really doesn’t matter how tired I am… once I have woken up I stay awake and restless until my alarm goes off at 6.
Tonight is another example of how its...
Saturday, 12 November 2005
As I sat down this evening to write in my journal I was full of anger.. annoyance.. disappointment… disillusionment… and I wanted to rant. I wanted to moan and complain and whine about how I’m feeling about being let down again and again and again by the same person over and over but I stopped myself and, as I sat looking at the screen… I realised that the reason I...
Monday, 7 November 2005
So HB wasn’t feeling so hot this morning when she woke up so she climbed back into bed and an executive decision was made to stay off school today which means I stayed home too… In my experience if I hadn’t called the school to tell them that HB wasn’t attending today they wouldn’t have noticed she wasn’t around. From my understanding of HB’s school.. if a...
October 2005
7 posts
Friday, 28 October 2005
Its been an incredibly shitty week… not helped by my childish attitude towards the whole office situation at the moment… But rejoice!!!! HB is home… and its sooooooooooooo good to have her back… We celebrated in the time old fashion of pizza and Ben and Jerrys Cookie Dough whilst she regaled me with the horror story that is staying with SD for a week…. in a...
27 October 2005
I’m pissy.. I have been all week and I’m in a moaning and groaning mood… so here goes…. A couple of years ago The Firm merged with another company and became so big that we needed more office space… without going into too much detail this basically resulted in The Firm being split… and since that happened there has very much been a case of “them and...
Sunday, 23 October 2005
Despite the assurances of the Keepers at San Diego Zoo… I can’t help but feel sorry for the poor baby panda when her Momma is out of the den. She looks so vulnerable in the den all curled up on her own. Apparently this is completely normal but it doesn’t stop her looking soooooooooo lonely…. Go keep her company by clicking on the pic and see how long it is that shes been...
Friday, 21 October 2005
This is going to be a somewhat rambling post because I myself can’t quite understand what I am trying to say… but it basically boils down to the fact that I was wrong.. about a lot of things… regarding one of the most horrendous things to happen to a country that I will one day call my home. today I have spent quite some time surfing the net… (hence the previous...
Sunday, 16 October 2005
One of the ongoing problems I seem to have is that whenever I travel I get sick after I come home…. I thought it was just related to my normal travel itinerary which used to consist of a long 9 hour or 11 hour flight home from the States followed by depression caused by missing My Boy after spending time with him.. and so… that bit of waffle brings me round in a fabulous way to the...
Friday, 14 October 2005
There are things that happen in our lives from time to time which knock us for six… and we buckle under the pressure and stress of them… and then there are those things which come at us like a curve ball.. and we cope with them beautifully…. I learnt a lesson… its been a long time coming… but.. at 37 years old… my 38th birthday only three months away… I...
Friday, 14 October 2005
There are some things which.. in the cold light of day.. are past saving… or past trying to save… because no matter how hard you try… no matter how many times you juggle and catch and juggle and catch.. and juggle and catch again… eventually it will all be gone…
September 2005
3 posts
Friday, 16 September 2005
What is it about life that just when everything is going along smoothly… a curveball comes in to upset everything. There are tonnes of things in my life to be happy about at the moment. I’m about to go on vacation (2 days weeeeeee heeeeeeee).. my best friend is about to be married to her childhood sweetheart… my daughter is healthy and well and an angel… I’m about to...
Saturday, 10 September 2005
So this working week has been a little… hmmmm how do I express this best… SHITTY!!!!! Yes that’ll sum it up nicely…. MP and the rest of the bosses at work have known for months that both myself and Barbie will be out of the office for two weeks starting on 19th September… as the time has got closer and closer it has become increasingly worrying that they...
Thursday, 1 September 2005
When I first became aware of Hurricane Katrina it was because My Boy’s family live in Florida.. and as always when a Hurricane starts making the news I start to pay attention hoping that they wont be affected in anyway.
Luckily for them the only way they were affected was that it meant that his little brother could ride some bigger waves than usual.
The devastation that has occured in New...
August 2005
13 posts
Sunday, 28 August 2005
I wonder if I expect too much from people. If someone promises me something.. or assures me something will be done… am I wrong to be upset or disappointed when they don’t do it. In all honesty… I have my sights set pretty low as far as my expections are concerned. I ALWAYS expect something to go wrong… so why do I still feel upset when I am let down??? I dunno.. I’m...
Thursday, 25 August 2005
“For the first time - and these are no longer rumours, or insinuations - these are proven scientific facts.
Someone has shown me that in 1999, Armstrong had a banned substance called EPO in his body.”
I wish Jean-Marie LeBlanc would just GIVE IT UP ALREADY!!!!!!!! His comments regarding the latest round of mudslinging about Lance and drugs smack of sour grapes that show that as a...
Tuesday, 23 August 2005
I have been trying to post this for days and days but every time I sit to write it.. something else comes up. This past weekend was a quite wonderous plethora of contrasts…. (sounds great… makes no sense…. big deal…. bite me… its my journal…) Last Friday, Barbie and myself took a little trip into Cornwall… it started well with me taking almost 40 minutes...
Monday, 15 August 2005
Whilst I was flicking around the tv channels the other day I came across a tv show on BBC 2 called Coast.. (click the link to explain it all) and whilst looking at the website I also found a link to my great city and it featured a walk to dio around the Barbican and Hoe area if you are a tourist here. Its a walk that I have done many many times.. more times than I could ever possibly remember...
Sunday, 14 August 2005
Something has occured as well thats left me very angry… annoyed.. pissed off.. incredulous and sad…. I will post about it at some point… just not right now… I’ve been awake for 5 hours.. (and its only 7.10am) and I’m fractious too so best not be writing about something so sensitive when I’m still reeling from it.. (and it happened 2 days ago so thats an...
Saturday, 13 August 2005
It was suggested to me in the middle of a heart stopping conversation about him wanting to move here that perhaps I was too focused on being in the USA rather than being with him…. How dare he even suggest such a thing… Is he a fool??? He’s stunned me with the accusation. Yes.. I was STUNNED into silence when he came out with the suggestion about moving here… but what...
Tuesday, 9 August 2005
“List ten songs that you are currently digging … it doesn’t matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they’re no good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. Then tag five other people to see what they’re listening to.”
Better Together -...
Monday, 8 August 2005
The past week I have been getting together all the information required for the dreaded “Forms”. Its pretty much the main reason why I have been absent from posting regularly. Evenings have been spent in a swirl of birth certificates… photographs.. e-mails… statutory declarations and all kinds of other documents. Its enough to make my head spin.. and it has on occasion.
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Friday, 5 August 2005
The estate where I live is a collection of privately owned houses built in the middle of a huge council estate. The council estate is “rough” to coin a phrase… but there is never any serious trouble. No racial tension at all.. just lads out late in the evenings in the summer months having a bit of fun… Nothing serious at all.
The local pub was well known for being a haven...
Thursday, 4 August 2005
I found this web page this morning on the BBC News website.
Its a page that has obituaries for the people who lost their lives in the London Bombings four weeks ago….
Reading through it brings a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes. When tragedy occurs I think that we all cope with it in our own way. We all deal with it in different ways. Even though I have no connection to anyone who...
Monday, 1 August 2005
Jenson Button… looking amazing. However I think hes hung himself out to dry as far as Formula 1 is concerned…. obviously hes doing what he considers to be the best thing for his career but sadly its shown him up for being a bit backhanded… He was ready to move to Williams because BAR was doing so terribly… and now that BAR have picked themselves up and shaken themselves...
July 2005
15 posts
Wednesday, 27 July 2005
Last Saturday… when Barbie, Ken and I spent a quiet couple of hours in the pub… Barbie made an of the cuff remark that has had me pondering my belly button for quite sometime now. And whats annoying is… to me at least… I can’t bring the subject up again because it would involve someone I care deeply about…..
To understand where I am coming from there are a...
Tuesday, 26 July 2005
Big Bro is home from work. After completing The Three Peaks Challenge he hobbled for a few days and dosed himself up with pain meds and ibuprofen. He went back to work yesterday.. lasted a day hobbling around on his ankle and then.. when he went to try to walk to work this morning.. had to come home and get himself off to the Doctor. Twisted muscles and squished ligaments are the order of the...
Monday, 25 July 2005
I’m typing this on Monday morning after a Sunday spent recovering from what turned out pretty great… all things considered…
After Fridays events HB and I mooched around the house quiet on Saturday… I didn’t want to be without her.. I don’t know if that makes sense but I just wanted to be with her… We didn’t do much but in the afternoon I decided we...
Sunday, 24 July 2005
He did it… I don’t have the words that are eloquent enough to describe the feelings I have. I was doing ok until he was on the podium… and they raised the American flag.. and he stood… a proud American with his hand on his heart whilst he listen to his nation’s anthem. I was almost in tears.. but holding it together… and then he sucked his lips into his...
Friday, 22 July 2005
After yesterdays afternoon madness from PSNM I was prepared for anything today… and sure enough.. I got it.. and then some…..
He called in the late morning… calling me fatty.. I hung up the phone on him. He then proceeded to call over and over again… 40 calls in the space of 12 minutes. Its hard to understand whats actually going through his mind when he does this.. and...
Thursday, 21 July 2005
Its weird how quickly one settles down into routine… forgets things.. or more truthfully.. puts things to the back of ones mind so that one doesn’t think about things…
Until today PSNM hadn’t been in touch for over a month. He has been conspicuous by his absence for over a month now but to be truthful.. I wasn’t complaining. I think the last time I had him scream...
Monday, 18 July 2005
So today is my daughters birthday… and i’m sure I should be writing some huge long entry to mark the occasion but to be honest… we’ve had such a busy weekend that I’m shattered… It was fabulous to actually take a day off work and spend it with her… and just chill.. relax.. mooch around and spend time together just the two of us.. and the copious amounts of...
Saturday, 16 July 2005
It seems awful to try to come up with a polite segway into the Tour De France from the events of London but.. as life goes on.. its been something I’ve been watching avidly all week… and its not been disappointing. Lance Armstrong is.. without a shadow of a doubt… my most favorite sportsman. I have followed his career closely for years and have continued to be amazed by his...
Wednesday, 13 July 2005
Living by the sea we get alot of sea mist… its very weird when it comes in to the city.. makes everything very surreal… the air gets really damp and.. this will sound odd but i assure you it happens… the air tastes of salt. When I leave home in the mornings.. I drive down a steep hill and the city is way off in the distance… if the sea mist is in it looks like a bag of...
Tuesday 12 July 2005
I was surfing around the blog world today and found an funny little post at “A Mom And Her Blog” that brought back a flood of memories of my favourite teacher at school. Jack Trennary…. Maths…. Tamar High School… 1980 -1984… He hated it when people didn’t enunciate their words correctly and, bearing in mind the school is on the Devon/Cornwall border in...
Sunday 10 July 2005
2pm this afternoon was the deadline for getting to the top of Snowdon to complete the Three Peaks Challenge. I got a call at shortly after 2pm this afternoon from my brother.. who was sitting in the car park at the foot of Mount Snowdon with his ankle burning with pain. He go to the top.. and completed the challenge.. but sadly has injured himself so badly that he had to get the train back...
Saturday 9 July 2005
At 2pm this afternoon my brother started on what will be an exhausting 24 hours for him and his friends. According to the plan they should be almost at the summit of Ben Nevis as it takes 2 and a half hours to climb… I hope that his feet don’t ache for many many hours. At 1343 Metres or 4406 Feet above Sea Level, Ben Nevis is the Highest mountain ...
Monday 4 July 2005
Now then… on to Live 8…. Where to start… I have no clue… it was all so great… lets take it bit by bit…. Macca and Bono.. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band… what an opener…. U2 were fabulous but then they’re U2 Coldplay…. words fail me… when Richard Ashcroft walked on stage and they sang Bittersweet Symphony...
Sunday 3 July 2005
So it was quite a momentous weekend all round… Live 8 was HUGE.. (deserves a seperate journal entry which will follow) as everyone expected it to be… Wimbledon kicked ass… Magny Cours was great and yes… the best bit of all… Lance reminded everyone how incredible he is… oh.. and I REALLY pissed a hairdresser off….
After my whinge and whine about people...
Friday 1 July 2005
Today… since I was feeling rather generous to myself I purchased something that I have been avoiding like the plague. Wedgies… ummm.. sandals… ummmmmm….. wedgie sandals… yes thats the best way to describe them. I have avoided buying a pair of these sandals due to having an intense dislike of them for quite sometime… however… they’ve grown on me.....
June 2005
9 posts
Thursday 30 June 2005
So.. today was a valuable lesson in “Don’t piss off the Receptionist” for a number of people….
Newly Qualified Solicitor (aka NQS)
She wont be pissing me off any time soon again due to the fact that the MP now knows that shes refused to take any new clients for the past two weeks…
This situation is.. to coin a delightful phrase… fucking ridiculous… The...
Saturday 18 June 2005
Today was marvellous. HB and I spent the WHOLE day relaxing and talking and just being together. Two of HB’s friends have birthday parties coming up and last night we… being HB and I, decided we would get up real early and get into the city to go hunt for outfits for her to wear. Hence we were in the city by 9.45am this morning… and by the time we were loaded down with our...
Friday 17 June 2005
Yesterday afternoon PSNM made 27 calls in just over 20 minutes… and then after I had closed the office he left two Voicemail messages overnight telling me how he is looking forward to abusing me over the next couple of days…. The Police arrived this morning to take further statements about his calls and his threats and the nature of his abuse. It was during this time that I discovered...
Monday, 13 June 2005
Monday hasn’t been a good day… especially for HB. We’ve been waiting for her orthadontist appointment for so long. She has rather crooked teeth.. she has.. lets face it… MY teeth. Our family dentist told us over 18 months ago that seeing as her baby teeth ahdn’t even started to fall out he would start taking them out for her… and he would refer her to the...
Friday 10 June 2005
I started writing this at something like 5.15 this morning whilst I was sitting with my tea and toast whilst I read the news. I was interupted by My Boy calling me as he was getting ready to settle back for some quiet time before he went to bed and hence the journal entry was forgotten.
My Boy told me of his first day back on shift.. which was basically spent looking incredibly dashing in his...
Tuesday 7 June 2005
It was such a beautiful evening that HB and I walked tonight. We walked for about an hour and it was nice to share quiet time with her. The boy that she has a huge crush on is spending more and more time searching her out at school and talking with her and spending time with her. Shes smitten and its so sweet to see… but I become increasingly concerned that he may be getting to the point of...
Saturday 4 June 2005
My medication has got me sick…. I feel incredibly nauseous… but the pain is controlled somewhat so I guess I have to put up with the nausea. Lies are stupid… people should know this. This trouble with lies is.. you get caught up in them… someone may only intend to tell a small lie.. or maybe a lie that they think is inconsequential and will never be discovered…. but a...