I’ve just realised that it’s been over 2 weeks since I last posted on here!
Not only are we well into December, Christmas is fast rushing up – there are only 13 days left on my chocolate advent calendar(s). Fortunately I am just about finished with my Christmas shopping (with one big exception) and even almost all my wrapping has been done. At the moment I am going through a pretty stressful time and the main reason for not posting has been a difficulty in knowing what to say and how to say it, and even whether I want to say it. So here’s a quick update of some of the more interesting things that have been going on in and around my life since my last post.
Monday 27th November was Christmas decoration night at the pub. Gary (the relief landlord) had told me that he and Steve would do them in the afternoon (Steve was back off holiday that day), but they didn’t, so I got lumbered with the task. What a great idea – give the shortest person in the pub the job of putting up the decorations! Not aided by the fact the staples had disappeared so I only had some cheap crappy old sellotape to do the job. Fortunately, my forte is supervising rather than doing and soon had a couple of wonderful customers actually doing the putting up. I did get the Christmas tree up as well, but we ran out of time and so had to leave the decorating of that to someone else. Imagine my surprise then, when I got to work on Saturday morning to find that the tree still hadn’t been done. Yep, I ended up spending an hour decorating it myself, although I don’t mind tree decorating. Met up with Mrs H3 for a nice meal at de:alto on the Thursday evening. As always an entertaining evening, although Bluewater was packed with people doing their Christmas shopping (haven’t they heard of the internet? *LOL*). It was weird to be sitting in a traffic jam at 11pm! The following night was a Christmas meal at the Kestrel with Annette and Lynne. We had a good evening and the meal was very enjoyable. It made a nice change from being at the Sherwood too. Didn’t overdo it in the drinks department though as I had to be up at 4am to drive Lynne to Stansted. She was off to Gothenburg for the weekend on one of those cheap Ryanair flights (she said it was very nice, but very expensive). Saturday night was spent looking after Perry, Chris’s 12 year old son. I get on with him very well so he was a breeze to look after, although his criticism of Take That (who were in concert on the TV that night and fantastic) was uncalled for *LOL*.
Monday 4th was Jack’s funeral. I went to the service, which was very interesting, and upbeat being a humanitarian service, but really wasn’t feeling in the mood for the wake, so instead I went home and decorated my Christmas tree. The wake was still going strong when I got to the pub in the evening, so I had a chance to commiserate with the family anyway. On Wednesday Andrea and I went for a meal at the Tiger Moth. Yep, another meal – and I have loads more to come over the next few weeks. Definitely must get back on that diet in January! It was a nice evening, a chance to take my mind off things and relax, well, at least as much as I can at the moment. Thursday my car finally went for its MOT – only a month or so late … Oops! It passed OK, although I do need to get a new tyre soon. Whilst waiting for my car to be done, I visited Silver Moons and had an aura reading done. Currently, my aura colour is violet – a complete change from my last reading when my aura was bright yellow (mind you that was about 10 years ago) and the reading was startlingly accurate for my current situation. While I was there I bought a birthday present for Chris and also a little something for me. Friday found me helping Mark and Lynne at the Golf Club Christmas Quiz – always a good evening out. A quiet Saturday night spent wrapping presents was followed by a more gregarious evening last night, as Dick and Sheila are down for a few days and so a few of us got together with them for a drink (however, I resisted going for an Indian at 11pm!)
Anyone who knows me will know that I have left the largest and most important part of my life out of the above review. This is due to continuing difficulty with chronicling both the facts, and my feelings. I am sure that eventually I will be able to talk about it, but now really isn’t the right time for me. However, it was important for me to get some words down as I don't want my blog to disappear. It is my lifeline to the world and it’s important to me that it continues.
Not only are we well into December, Christmas is fast rushing up – there are only 13 days left on my chocolate advent calendar(s). Fortunately I am just about finished with my Christmas shopping (with one big exception) and even almost all my wrapping has been done. At the moment I am going through a pretty stressful time and the main reason for not posting has been a difficulty in knowing what to say and how to say it, and even whether I want to say it. So here’s a quick update of some of the more interesting things that have been going on in and around my life since my last post.
Monday 27th November was Christmas decoration night at the pub. Gary (the relief landlord) had told me that he and Steve would do them in the afternoon (Steve was back off holiday that day), but they didn’t, so I got lumbered with the task. What a great idea – give the shortest person in the pub the job of putting up the decorations! Not aided by the fact the staples had disappeared so I only had some cheap crappy old sellotape to do the job. Fortunately, my forte is supervising rather than doing and soon had a couple of wonderful customers actually doing the putting up. I did get the Christmas tree up as well, but we ran out of time and so had to leave the decorating of that to someone else. Imagine my surprise then, when I got to work on Saturday morning to find that the tree still hadn’t been done. Yep, I ended up spending an hour decorating it myself, although I don’t mind tree decorating. Met up with Mrs H3 for a nice meal at de:alto on the Thursday evening. As always an entertaining evening, although Bluewater was packed with people doing their Christmas shopping (haven’t they heard of the internet? *LOL*). It was weird to be sitting in a traffic jam at 11pm! The following night was a Christmas meal at the Kestrel with Annette and Lynne. We had a good evening and the meal was very enjoyable. It made a nice change from being at the Sherwood too. Didn’t overdo it in the drinks department though as I had to be up at 4am to drive Lynne to Stansted. She was off to Gothenburg for the weekend on one of those cheap Ryanair flights (she said it was very nice, but very expensive). Saturday night was spent looking after Perry, Chris’s 12 year old son. I get on with him very well so he was a breeze to look after, although his criticism of Take That (who were in concert on the TV that night and fantastic) was uncalled for *LOL*.
Monday 4th was Jack’s funeral. I went to the service, which was very interesting, and upbeat being a humanitarian service, but really wasn’t feeling in the mood for the wake, so instead I went home and decorated my Christmas tree. The wake was still going strong when I got to the pub in the evening, so I had a chance to commiserate with the family anyway. On Wednesday Andrea and I went for a meal at the Tiger Moth. Yep, another meal – and I have loads more to come over the next few weeks. Definitely must get back on that diet in January! It was a nice evening, a chance to take my mind off things and relax, well, at least as much as I can at the moment. Thursday my car finally went for its MOT – only a month or so late … Oops! It passed OK, although I do need to get a new tyre soon. Whilst waiting for my car to be done, I visited Silver Moons and had an aura reading done. Currently, my aura colour is violet – a complete change from my last reading when my aura was bright yellow (mind you that was about 10 years ago) and the reading was startlingly accurate for my current situation. While I was there I bought a birthday present for Chris and also a little something for me. Friday found me helping Mark and Lynne at the Golf Club Christmas Quiz – always a good evening out. A quiet Saturday night spent wrapping presents was followed by a more gregarious evening last night, as Dick and Sheila are down for a few days and so a few of us got together with them for a drink (however, I resisted going for an Indian at 11pm!)
Anyone who knows me will know that I have left the largest and most important part of my life out of the above review. This is due to continuing difficulty with chronicling both the facts, and my feelings. I am sure that eventually I will be able to talk about it, but now really isn’t the right time for me. However, it was important for me to get some words down as I don't want my blog to disappear. It is my lifeline to the world and it’s important to me that it continues.
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