BlueFireBird

Originally posted by ferneberga at NoH8

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Broken.


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Here's a little meme to see who's reading my posts. So, if you read this, leave me a one-word comment about your day that starts with the third letter of your LJ USERNAME. Only one word please. Then repost so I can leave a word for you. Don't just post a word and not copy - that's not as much fun!

As all of you married or in committed relationships will know - it is your partner who is supposed to ignore you, right? Well, perhaps surprisingly, for the most part Pete didn't ignore what I said, he actually listened and remembered. Now he's gone everyone else is not listening, or are ignoring me, instead.

We have an AGM coming up and which I am trying to organise. Pete, as he always attended the clubroom, was my go-between in sorting it out.

The clubroom is held at a social club and there is also another cycling club there that we know well. We both have our AGM at pretty much the same time, originally we had a private room that we met in where we held our AGM, and they booked a room at the back of the hall, but "our" room has been made open plan, so both cycling clubs now need to book the hall and therefore have it different weeks. The memorable year was when they made the change to the rooms and we suddenly found that we needed to use the hall they had booked - for a half-hour later start than our AGM - and we dived into their room and got through the AGM in less than 30 mins and then got out their way...

As expected the other club picked December 1st for their AGM and I was going to go for our "usual" date of December 8th. Then our potential-new-club-president asked could I not make it that week because he wants to take his wife away on a long weekend to celebrate her birthday...

OK, so I'll make it the 15th. Then my ex-work colleagues said I am invited to their works Xmas dinner which will be that week, and might be the Thursday or the Friday, it's not defined yet.

Now one decision that I have been able to make at the moment is that I would rather not spend the evening holding the AGM when I could be at the works Xmas dinner with the guys.

So I make some phone calls and send some emails, saying that the 8th/15th are no good and that we either need to make it a different day of the week or push it out into January.

I had an email from one of the committee last night, saying he'd booked the room for the 15th December... (see what I mean).


So they can have the bloody AGM on the 15th December and if it clashes with the works do, someone else can take the minutes.

I have had it up to here with my friends.

I told them that things were going to be different without Pete as my go between, but, no, they didn't listen. Or, probably more to the point, they think everything is going to be the same for all of them, it's just me who's going to have a different life.


And the 5th of November is officially cancelled this year. I'm going straight to the 6th and hopefully a middle-of-the-night viewing of Certain Prey - but that probably won't work out either.

Seeing as I have no enthusiasm for the future, perhaps someone would like to benefit from my "good fortune", here's an email I have recently received: (note for anyone tempted to think otherwise - THIS IS A SCAM).


Good day,

My name is Mr. John Phillip; I work in the Euro Million Lottery. I am soliciting your assistance for a swift transfer of 4,528,000 GBP, should you be willing to assist me in this project, and you will be giving me just 25% of your winnings.
So selfless - if I assist you, you'll give me 75% of your ill-gotten gains?

Just as a brief, you just have to register online; due to my position in the company I can make it happen that you would be a winner of the above stated amount. Naturally, every body would like to play a lottery if they are assured of winning.
Not that you mention where I need to register online - on the other hand, I am already registered online in a number of places, including here, does this not count.?

I am assuring you today to be a winner, please do not take for granted this once in a life time opportunity as we both stand to collectively gain from this at the success of the transaction.

Should you be willing to assist me in this transaction please do send your Name, Address and Phone-Number to E-mail: john_philip@hotmail.co.uk

Regards,
Mr. John Phillip

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In other news, I posted this picture about 6 weeks ago:



Today I am oscillating between getting things done and wandering around listlessly. The top cycle race in pro cycling, the Men's World Road Race Championship is on the TV and there's a big gap on that sofa.

You see it all the time on the TV - how people react when their loved ones die.

Well, I can't take it in. It doesn't seem real. No, not my Dad (who I assume is still safely in the hospital), my other half's son-in-law rang me to say that Pete (my other half) appears to have died in his sleep on Tuesday night.

Now what do I do?

My whole world has fallen apart.

I'm numb, my heart rate has gone bananas. I'm not sure I even believe it, but Gary wouldn't play a cruel joke like that - in fact he's got the horrendous job of breaking it to all of Pete's nearest and dearest.

And I can't get hold of any of our friends on the phone either (although I guess half of that is because my body isn't working properly right now and I can't type properly!). I need to drive over there, but I have enough sense to know I'm in no fit state to drive at the moment.


And don't worry about it, I know that you don't know what to say, I wouldn't if I was reading it about someone else, and I sure as hell don't know what to say now that it's happening to me...

Note to self #1: If your tool is pointed, check that it isn't attached to a sharp blade as well.
Note to self #2: Don't hide the stock of butterfly stitches.

I'd swear the blood is never that colour on the telly!

Also the injury itself never seems to hurt at the time (O.K. hammer vs thumb is probably the major exception), but then there is plenty of time for it to throb at leisure, to come...

Now sporting a 1/4" slice into the tip of my thumb - you could see from the damage to the nail just how far it had gone, until I strapped it together with a butterfly stitch and then added the tape that the stitches are made of for good measure.

One of these days I'll learn...


Haven't injured myself in a while - guess it goes to show that I haven't been doing much!