What did you do today?

I wrote most of the day and now I’ve got brain mush. Just hope these 10 mins worth of “film” survive looking at them fresh tomorrow, unlike the now deleted 7 mins worth I wrote previously. About to bake coconut and blueberry slices and attempt a vegetarian shepherd’s pie (to prove I can make one that’s just as tasty without meat).

Still tired today after a long day out at the England-Scotland rugby international at Twickenham on Saturday. Sorted and uploaded my set of photos (of varying quality) from the match: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15437467@N07/sets/72157632688417682/

Waited half an hour at the doctor’s surgery to have another half-hour of exquisite yet hopefully somewhat cathartic pain inflicted on me. Rest of the day at least will be spent on lovely painkillers, I think.

Aside from that, managed to finish off the current stage of what’s been a complicated and long-running piece of editorial work, to receive the response from the client that it looked “perfect”. Which was nice.

Good idea for a thread.

Big day today.

Changed the bedclothes, then everything in the machine for a nice big Wash. Then a
nice shower and me in clean clothes. Then get down to that letter from last month.

Never finished the letter, or the kitchen tidy up that was “on the list”. The “Wall” came
down and I “Fell Of the Cliff”, (if you like mixing metaphors). Suddenly nothing is being done
and from feeling really good everything is going wrong. Find I have forgotten to defrost
the milk, wet clothes hanging everywhere, piles of dirty clothes on the floor and it’s all
not being sorted till tomorrow.

Why is live so complicated ?

Ta Cassini. It was good pain really. Still a bit sore today, with a visit to the nurse later to look forward to (which will doubtless hurt). Apart from that, looks like a normal working day. At least the sun is shining!

When it comes to the rugby, I’ve always been a follower of union rather than league. Being a soft southerner and all that. There’s quite a bit of crossover these days: the first England try on Saturday was scored by a former Wigan Warriors player. Twickenham is a very good venue with regards to wheelchair ticketing and access.

It’s been a day of phone calls so far, making them. Have arranged for a physio to come out next week, reflexology for tomorrow and a massage in a few weeks. I was given some money for my birthday so it’s be good to Sarah this month!

Had a man out about my plumbing – this is not a euphemism for those that sniggered there!! He is the last in a long line of blokes who have come out to look at it and go back to the company responsible for maintains Housing Association property – this was the supervisor so I have a bit more faith that something will be done this time.

Also, Tesco have just delivered and only one substitute woo hoo!!

@Cassini wrote:

@petered wrote:

I heard somewhere that ATOS have just declared Richard III fit for work. A government spokesman has said that this is a typical example of the type of skiver they’ve told us about, as he’s obviously just been lying about for ages.

I just realised I called him Edward…woopsie! Did you make that one up yourself??!! lol! …

There’s nothing new under the sun… Parts of that one may have been recycled out of existing ones to make into something else. I should have been a Blue Peter presenter really.

With Andy Farrell as one of the coaches and his son playing at outside half, as well as the converts in the team, the current England RU team has some real RL influences in it. I remember when all the traffic tended to go the other way, there were a fair few ex-RU players that ended up playing league. [We should have a sport thread somewhere on this forum if we haven’t already got one!]

I have a bit of a thing about venues and access, for music and sport. Some are pretty good nowadays, but others still have a lot of work to do to provide acceptable access. And you often have to know how the system at a particular venue works before you start trying to get tickets.

Meanwhile, back on topic, sort of, today (bright and sunny but cold here) looks like a fairly normal working day, with another trip to the nurse for pain infliction later. Might just treat myself to a coffee at the lovely Italian deli down the road too.

well ive spent the whole day recovering after my 8mth old grandson visited yesterday. the little bugger has started crawling. jesus he can shift. talk about nought to sixty in 3 seconds flat.
however, he did learn that if he pulls my cats tail, the cat will inflict pain on his hand. now i think this is going to work out lovely for me when hes about 2yr old. because i can threaten to feed him to the cat if he doesnt behave :twisted: .
anybody see the rugby? england 12 ireland 6. i cant wait for the england – france game. i’ll be bawling, go on hit the french pastry eating ####.

@kissofdarkness wrote:

@littlestef wrote:

anybody see the rugby? england 12 ireland 6. i cant wait for the england – france game. i’ll be bawling, go on hit the french pastry eating ####.

Gutted Ireland couldnt pull it together! But am impressed with Scotland’s performance yesterday, hope they’ll continue in the same way…

It was an unpretty, old-fashioned kind of match in Dublin, though not surprising given the weather conditions. The match in Paris on Saturday was much the same, though they didn’t have the excuse of the weather. Tense matches, though. And who’d’ve predicted that Scotland would have scored more tries than any other team by the end of the second weekend?

I’ll be going to Twickenham for the England-France match, accompanied by my half-French friend who will doubtless be wearing full French rugby-supporting regalia, including chicken hat, while pushing my wheelchair (with me in England hat). We make something of a strange sight. But it’s always fun going together. We try to outsing and outshout each other.

Today I have been to the hairdresser’s (through the snow) and now have a hip and trendy new hairstyle.
Only kidding, it’s the usual razor job all over!