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Today (Tuesday) is the second day of my son’s Work Experience and so far he’s enjoying it. The plan today is for him to take some PC’s apart and then put them back together; this is the kind of work I used to do and I’m a little envious that he gets to ‘play’ with IT hardware. He also told me that due to the amount of tech they have, that the offices are all air conditioned; now I really am envious! Lol For myself, this week will have been an expensive one: by the end of the week I’ll have added…

Whilst I was on Multiply, I often did a ‘pirate’ themed blog. I don’t live on a ship, just to clarify, though doing the occasional rambling, mad blog has its appeal: Today will see the ‘visitors’ in work leaving. They’ll be set adrift, with a paddle if they’re lucky, and with any luck the scurvy dogs will sail back to the country from whence they came. I have to admit; I’ll be glad to see the back of them. They’ve been noisy, disruptive, and have left litter all over the ship. If they’re supp…

I’ve long said that people don’t ‘go’ mad, that they are ‘driven’ mad. I’m one of those people that long for peace and quiet in an increasingly noisy and busy world. Take my new neighbour… please! We had an old lady live 2 doors down. She often said hello, and was always polite and above all, quiet. Unfortunately she died a couple of months ago and now we have a young family instead. The first 4 days after they’d moved in they had a party every single night that went on until at least 11pm – by…

I share an office. I share an office with a hot house orchid who I swear has no blood. Everyone in the room will be hot, and the orchid has so many clothes on and complains of being cold. I share an office with a giggler. Good grief we’re all adults and one of them giggles on the phone. I share an office with someone who treats the room as their own personal takeaway. Every single day they bring in food reeking of garlic, and then had the temerity to complain today that someone else’s…

It’s only Tuesday and I’m already wishing it was Friday. Or even next Friday. Come to that; the Friday after that would be good. I have a hospital appointment late July for a ‘wound’ on my forehead that won’t heal so I have an appointment with a dermatologist. I’ve no idea if they’re going to cut it off, or try and treat it. My GP took a piece of the wound for a biopsy and said he’d remove it, but after it wouldn’t stop bleeding and he had to put a stitch in my forehead, he now won’t treat it. O…

Last week was not the best week. My sister, who is younger than me, has had some health problems and they diagnosed her as having a growth in her bowel. They’ve already removed some of her bowel and said she was okay. She’s not been well at all and kept going back to the specialist only to be transferred to another specialist. They’ve been pushing her from one specialist to another instead of dealing with her until eventually she’d had enough. They have finally given her a complete MRI and found…

You know you change your car too often when you can’t remember what make, model, or even colour of the car you are driven around in. Over the weekend I visited my parents, and finding a lack of car spaces, asked my Mother which car was theirs so that I could safely block her in. She had no idea! She couldn’t even remember what colour the car was! How can anyone be so blasé about their car that they don’t even know what colour it is? In the end, she came out and pointed out which was their car bu…

Well it seems my ex has decided to 'take the money and run.' I wish I could do the same, but I wouldn't get enough money and I'd worry about getting another job. He plans to run off to Oz with the money by the end of the year. Big dreams, I just wonder if they'll amount to anything. In the short term, he's going to give me the maintenance he owes me for our son, though he does plan to 'screw' me out of about £1,000 as he thinks it 'isn't fair'. People often wonder why I'm still single. Well it's…

Well work is a barrel of laughs at the moment. We're in the middle of an alleged merger, but when the opposition has 99% of the senior posts, then merger isn't the word that comes to mind. In a bid to get rid of 'unwanted' posts, they're offering staff a sweetener to get lost. I don't think I qualify, and besides, when you get to my age you need to think about whether you'd ever get another job, especially in these times of austerity. I won't be leaving voluntarily, they'll have to 'push' me out…

No pun intended, however since I've been 'out and about' with a registered disabled person, it's been a real eye opener. There are those who have been very courteous and go out of their way to help, especially the staff in John Lewis department store, and those who look at you as if you'd just crawled out from under a rock. The friend in question has even been told by two old ladies that he shouldn't be allowed out because he is disabled. Good job I wasn't with him! A middle aged woman del…

I share an office with a hot house orchid, hence my id