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« Reply #8055 on: 10:57:40, 23-10-2008 » |
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This isn't really a rant, more of a vent as there's nobody in work to vent at. The other half was well on the way to recovering after his shoulder break and surgery, but as a knock-on effect I've been absolutely drained and off sick a couple of times in the last 2 weeks with stupid little viruses. Things were looking better though, he as back at work and even driving.
Now he's been readmitted to hospital for another operation because there's an infection around the wires, so it's another op, back in the sling and we're back to square one almost. I don't know if I can bring myself to head back up there this evening as I'm only just back at work from being off sick yesterday.
It's just bluddy relentless. It wouldn't be quite so deflating if the whole thing wasn't what's currently getting in the way of us moving in together, and the fact that we haven't done that yet is in turn what makes it all so exhausting.
I know much worse things happen, it's just the circumstances that are making me so tired and fed up. I honestly didn't think I'd have another Christmas in Lincoln but it's been one thing after another for nearly 2 years. It's like a conspiracy.
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« Reply #8056 on: 11:10:36, 23-10-2008 » |
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Ruby, I'm really sorry to hear all that.
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« Reply #8057 on: 11:18:10, 23-10-2008 » |
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Ruby, I'm really sorry to hear all that.
Thanks Don. I'm coming to terms with the idea of having to start it all again now, I was just suffering from post-disappointing-text syndrome and needed to get it off my chest.  |
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« Reply #8058 on: 11:24:36, 23-10-2008 » |
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Ruby, I'm really sorry to hear all that.
Thanks Don. I'm coming to terms with the idea of having to start it all again now, I was just suffering from post-disappointing-text syndrome and needed to get it off my chest. So sorry Ruby. I know exactly how you're feeling. When one thing goes wrong, it can trigger off another in health terms. Sometimes it looks as though you'll never be free of it. All the same, you will be free eventually because nothing lasts forever. It just seems like it at the time.  I can't think of anything better than Christmas in Lincoln, my old home town. It's such a beautiful place. Keep your chin up.  |
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« Reply #8059 on: 11:31:57, 23-10-2008 » |
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Ruby, I'm really sorry to hear all that.
Thanks Don. I'm coming to terms with the idea of having to start it all again now, I was just suffering from post-disappointing-text syndrome and needed to get it off my chest. So sorry Ruby. I know exactly how you're feeling. When one thing goes wrong, it can trigger off another in health terms. Sometimes it looks as though you'll never be free of it. All the same, you will be free eventually because nothing lasts forever. It just seems like it at the time. I can't think of anything better than Christmas in Lincoln, my old home town. It's such a beautiful place. Keep your chin up. Thanks Milly. I know it'll be sorted evetually but I can completely relate to "Sometimes it looks as though you'll never be free of it". If you lived uphill then presumably you couldn't really escape the Christmas market? Gosh that'll be coming round before I know it. Christmas isn't really Christmas until we've shuffled through crowds for an hour without actually seeing anything and spilled hot mulled wine down our sleeves. Every year I go "oh no I can't be bothered." Every year I go anyway.  |
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« Reply #8060 on: 11:56:01, 23-10-2008 » |
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If you lived uphill then presumably you couldn't really escape the Christmas market? Gosh that'll be coming round before I know it. Christmas isn't really Christmas until we've shuffled through crowds for an hour without actually seeing anything and spilled hot mulled wine down our sleeves. Every year I go "oh no I can't be bothered." Every year I go anyway. Oooooooh! Stoppit! You're making me really homesick. I might just book the three of us into the White Hart now for Christmas. The Eastgate used to be the best hotel but I feel it's really gone off in later years. I may seriously think about this. I used to be able to run up Steep Hill. I think I'd need the rope to help me now.  |
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« Reply #8061 on: 12:01:32, 23-10-2008 » |
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Bloody iPods - stupid things wiped itself again.
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« Reply #8062 on: 12:12:58, 23-10-2008 » |
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If you lived uphill then presumably you couldn't really escape the Christmas market? Gosh that'll be coming round before I know it. Christmas isn't really Christmas until we've shuffled through crowds for an hour without actually seeing anything and spilled hot mulled wine down our sleeves. Every year I go "oh no I can't be bothered." Every year I go anyway. Oooooooh! Stoppit! You're making me really homesick. I might just book the three of us into the White Hart now for Christmas. The Eastgate used to be the best hotel but I feel it's really gone off in later years. I may seriously think about this. I used to be able to run up Steep Hill. I think I'd need the rope to help me now. The Eastgate has really gone downhill. It's now called the Lincoln and a colleague stayed there recently. She wasn't at all impressed. You must let me know if you book yourself into the ever-reliable White Hart. Ye Olde Lincolne Christmasse Meet-uppe! I still think there should be a funicular railway up steep hill. Or a chair lift. I was walking up a month or two ago and a guy easily 20-30 years my senior RAN past me. I was so embarrassed. |
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« Reply #8063 on: 12:28:51, 23-10-2008 » |
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If you lived uphill then presumably you couldn't really escape the Christmas market? Gosh that'll be coming round before I know it. Christmas isn't really Christmas until we've shuffled through crowds for an hour without actually seeing anything and spilled hot mulled wine down our sleeves. Every year I go "oh no I can't be bothered." Every year I go anyway. Oooooooh! Stoppit! You're making me really homesick. I might just book the three of us into the White Hart now for Christmas. I may seriously think about this. Would you really like to spend Christmas in a Hotel Milly? Or do you mean just go for the Christmas Market. I've only been to Lincoln once but thought it was a lovely place. |
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« Reply #8064 on: 12:41:45, 23-10-2008 » |
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If you lived uphill then presumably you couldn't really escape the Christmas market? Gosh that'll be coming round before I know it. Christmas isn't really Christmas until we've shuffled through crowds for an hour without actually seeing anything and spilled hot mulled wine down our sleeves. Every year I go "oh no I can't be bothered." Every year I go anyway. Oooooooh! Stoppit! You're making me really homesick. I might just book the three of us into the White Hart now for Christmas. I may seriously think about this. Would you really like to spend Christmas in a Hotel Milly? Or do you mean just go for the Christmas Market. I've only been to Lincoln once but thought it was a lovely place. I suppose there's a danger that all the hotels round the market time will be booked up by now. Antheil - did you think it was a bit like York? That's what I thought when I first came here and also pretty much what everyone else seems to think! Milly - when did you last come to Lincoln? Just wondering how recently you'd seen the Brayford - it's changed 100% since I moved here in about 1994. Apart from the sprouting of the University on the south side, the north side is wallpapered with restaurants and bars and dominated by a massive Odeon right next to the Royal William. The old music library has gone (now integrated with the main library on Freeschool lane) although its structure is still there (the weird concrete triangle bit) - I think it's a restaurant or an office or something. When I moved here it was just run-down boat yards (ideal photo opportunities for an art student), the music library and Kwik Save. |
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« Reply #8066 on: 12:58:28, 23-10-2008 » |
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I honestly didn't think I'd have another Christmas in Lincoln
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« Reply #8067 on: 13:03:42, 23-10-2008 » |
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I honestly didn't think I'd have another Christmas in Lincoln
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« Reply #8068 on: 13:14:59, 23-10-2008 » |
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If you lived uphill then presumably you couldn't really escape the Christmas market? Gosh that'll be coming round before I know it. Christmas isn't really Christmas until we've shuffled through crowds for an hour without actually seeing anything and spilled hot mulled wine down our sleeves. Every year I go "oh no I can't be bothered." Every year I go anyway. Oooooooh! Stoppit! You're making me really homesick. I might just book the three of us into the White Hart now for Christmas. I may seriously think about this. Would you really like to spend Christmas in a Hotel Milly? Or do you mean just go for the Christmas Market. I've only been to Lincoln once but thought it was a lovely place. I suppose there's a danger that all the hotels round the market time will be booked up by now. Antheil - did you think it was a bit like York? That's what I thought when I first came here and also pretty much what everyone else seems to think! Milly - when did you last come to Lincoln? Just wondering how recently you'd seen the Brayford - it's changed 100% since I moved here in about 1994. Apart from the sprouting of the University on the south side, the north side is wallpapered with restaurants and bars and dominated by a massive Odeon right next to the Royal William. The old music library has gone (now integrated with the main library on Freeschool lane) although its structure is still there (the weird concrete triangle bit) - I think it's a restaurant or an office or something. When I moved here it was just run-down boat yards (ideal photo opportunities for an art student), the music library and Kwik Save. I haven't been to Lincoln for 20 years or more. We would have to stay in a hotel if we came because I have no relatives or friends left there now. My father used to drive a taxi as a second job after the war and he told me of one very foggy night when he dropped off a fare there who got out of the wrong side of the taxi and walked straight into the Brayford. He heard a splash.... Fortunately he was fished out ok. I have seen the adverts on tv for Lincoln University and should imagine it's improved beyond all recognition now. They do say you should never go back to a place in case of disappointment and it would be true to say that all my memories are of when I was a child and it will obviously be very different now. Don't know. Maybe it ought to be somewhere I should go back to on my own at some later stage. |
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« Reply #8069 on: 13:25:01, 23-10-2008 » |
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I haven't been to Lincoln for 20 years or more. We would have to stay in a hotel if we came because I have no relatives or friends left there now. My father used to drive a taxi as a second job after the war and he told me of one very foggy night when he dropped off a fare there who got out of the wrong side of the taxi and walked straight into the Brayford. He heard a splash.... Fortunately he was fished out ok. I have seen the adverts on tv for Lincoln University and should imagine it's improved beyond all recognition now. They do say you should never go back to a place in case of disappointment and it would be true to say that all my memories are of when I was a child and it will obviously be very different now. Don't know. Maybe it ought to be somewhere I should go back to on my own at some later stage. I don't think it's changed all that much uphill, after all it revolves around the cathedral and castle doesn't it? And all the old houses up there. Certainly it's barely altered an inch in my memory - the only significant change I can think of is that Imperial teas have moved and the Eastgate hotel has changed its name. You'd undoubtedly get a shock round the Brayford though. I forgot to mention that there's even a new road connecting the Yarborough rd/ Carholme rd junction with Tritton Rd and a huge new roundabout with a bridge over the brayford just as it narrows to the river. I can barely remember what it was like before all that happened as my student world existed between Monks Rd and the city centre. All I know is that I've got a load of photos of oil drums. The taxi story is hilarious. |
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