Mixed emotions
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livI could have had a really really bad day on Thursday. I woke up and hit my head painfully on the corner of my bedside table trying to turn off the alarm. While wandering around with a really tender bruise on my temple, bad enough to give me a constant headache, I got a phonecall to tell me my bank card had been cloned and the card would have to be cancelled (happily it was caught before I lost any money, so it's annoying rather than a disaster, but still). And lots of other little annoying things happened, but it was all completely eclipsed by some awesome good news, which I've talked about in a locked post because it's to do with work. So on balance that was a very very good day.
Friday was annoying because I was having to organize stuff without having access to the money in my bank account, and because various people at work were being demanding, and because my train to Brighton was late and full of irritating fellow-passengers. But I made it to Screwy's birthday party in the end, and had a really lovely evening. People were excited about my imminent marriage and my good work news, and there were some really clever takes on the theme of "pictures and ideas". I just used the excuse to wear a really over the top dress (big foofy skirt and shiny purple and silver bodice), because it's hard to be overdressed at Screwy's parties. P'tite Soeur offered crash space so I didn't have to stay to the bitter end of the party, and actually managed to get 6 hours of decent sleep.
You see, I had really foolishly planned to go straight back to Stoke on an early train on Saturday morning, which meant 9 hours of travelling for the sake of three hours of party, but no weekend hanging out with the sibs afterwards. But I did this for a good reason, which wasangelofthenorth was visiting for the weekend. We were both pretty exhausted after a long and stressful week, not to mention the travelling, so we spent most of the time in various states of flop, but it was really restorative. We drank lots and lots of tea, and ate food that I'd cooked and ventured out a couple of times for Thai dinner and tasty desserts and a little stroll through the park, and watched Revolutionary girl Utena which doesn't make any more sense after several viewings than it did the first time.
And today, I had to deal with something that has gone quite horribly wrong in a part of work that's somewhat under my jurisdiction (bad enough that I'm not going to discuss the details even under lock). After a really vexing meeting about that issue this morning, I had been hoping to get away from the Med School to work on stuff related to last week's really really good news, but people kept needing me for a series of small things, so that I didn't actually leave until after half past seven. Most of these things were enjoyable and productive and worthwhile, but still, I'm in a phase where I can't settle down and work on anything in a sustained way, because lots of people need lots of pieces of me.
mathcathy discovered, almost entirely by accident, that the gym we're members of has just randomly closed from one day to the next. It's obviously worse for the people who are suddenly out of work, but it's annoying on a personal level too. There's no other gym that's convenient for both of us to get to (the one near mathcathy's work is two buses away from anywhere I'm likely to be starting from, and the one that's on my commute has no parking available). So I think we're going to end up going to separate gyms, which is going to make it a whole lot harder to keep up my good habits.
I'm very happy with my life, because the wonderfulness of lovely friends and the exciting news far outweigh all the irritations of geography and work stress and stuff. Oh, and I'm getting married in two months. After some wibbles along the way, I now feel emotionally prepared, but at this point I'm starting to panic about being practically prepared. Lots and lots of stuff to do in the next few weeks, and I kind of need to spend the time on urgent and important work things...
Friday was annoying because I was having to organize stuff without having access to the money in my bank account, and because various people at work were being demanding, and because my train to Brighton was late and full of irritating fellow-passengers. But I made it to Screwy's birthday party in the end, and had a really lovely evening. People were excited about my imminent marriage and my good work news, and there were some really clever takes on the theme of "pictures and ideas". I just used the excuse to wear a really over the top dress (big foofy skirt and shiny purple and silver bodice), because it's hard to be overdressed at Screwy's parties. P'tite Soeur offered crash space so I didn't have to stay to the bitter end of the party, and actually managed to get 6 hours of decent sleep.
You see, I had really foolishly planned to go straight back to Stoke on an early train on Saturday morning, which meant 9 hours of travelling for the sake of three hours of party, but no weekend hanging out with the sibs afterwards. But I did this for a good reason, which was
angelofthenorth was visiting for the weekend. We were both pretty exhausted after a long and stressful week, not to mention the travelling, so we spent most of the time in various states of flop, but it was really restorative. We drank lots and lots of tea, and ate food that I'd cooked and ventured out a couple of times for Thai dinner and tasty desserts and a little stroll through the park, and watched Revolutionary girl Utena which doesn't make any more sense after several viewings than it did the first time. And today, I had to deal with something that has gone quite horribly wrong in a part of work that's somewhat under my jurisdiction (bad enough that I'm not going to discuss the details even under lock). After a really vexing meeting about that issue this morning, I had been hoping to get away from the Med School to work on stuff related to last week's really really good news, but people kept needing me for a series of small things, so that I didn't actually leave until after half past seven. Most of these things were enjoyable and productive and worthwhile, but still, I'm in a phase where I can't settle down and work on anything in a sustained way, because lots of people need lots of pieces of me.
mathcathy discovered, almost entirely by accident, that the gym we're members of has just randomly closed from one day to the next. It's obviously worse for the people who are suddenly out of work, but it's annoying on a personal level too. There's no other gym that's convenient for both of us to get to (the one near mathcathy's work is two buses away from anywhere I'm likely to be starting from, and the one that's on my commute has no parking available). So I think we're going to end up going to separate gyms, which is going to make it a whole lot harder to keep up my good habits. I'm very happy with my life, because the wonderfulness of lovely friends and the exciting news far outweigh all the irritations of geography and work stress and stuff. Oh, and I'm getting married in two months. After some wibbles along the way, I now feel emotionally prepared, but at this point I'm starting to panic about being practically prepared. Lots and lots of stuff to do in the next few weeks, and I kind of need to spend the time on urgent and important work things...
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Date: 2012-03-20 06:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-20 11:42 am (UTC)It really does seem to have been a mixed few days. Much hugs.
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