“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.” - Mitch Hedberg

I couldn't believe it when I saw it was a month since I last posted.
This used to be my go to place when I needed to say something, maybe I have even less to say than i once did.

Yesterday was my "last" day doing my old job. I barely got through it. A couple of Weeks ago a pain in my left knee developed into a minor disability. I had to have a few days off just to rest. Even now standing up (the act of standing, once I'm up it's just a pain) is agony. I think it'll get better with time, but all the kneeling my old job entailed is now a no no (and probably a contributing factor I imagine).

In good news, Billie passed her driving test last week, and bought a brand spanking new car. So be it.
I haven't seen much of her recently, just scheduling and happenstance I imagine, but she'll soon be gone, for the longest of times.

I must briefly mention "True Detective" , the latest TV event and rightly so. I cannot wait to see the final two episodes (but sadly like the rest of the world, I'll have to do just that).

I'm on holiday this week, and next week begin training full time, let's see what happens eh?

Hopefully I'll be back sooner, rather than later...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes? from yakkowarner on 8tracks Radio.

“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.” - Abraham Lincoln

 

 

 

“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction” - Winston Churchill

I can't really talk about work, so I won't. Lets just say it's very stressful, in new and interesting ways.

I thought my leaking roof saga was over, but what's that dripping ? always discovered at 1am , when everything is , briefly silent, but worries seem larger and more foreboding.


(The roof man is here as I speak actually, having "a look").

(ps - he fixed it free of charge!)


Mentally I feel better than I have done for years. I'm completely off medication. However there's still the odd "rebound" or blip. Such is life.


I'm so very bored, that's my main problem.
Of course I could pick up a textbook , or even do overtime at work, but I know I probably won't. Likewise the appeal of some sort of relationship occasionally crosses my mind. But the realist in me knows that will probably never happen. If I could lose a few stone and magically revitalise my so called dwelling, maybe. But being me is just too embarrassing to share with anyone else.


I've hardly seen my beloved daughter recently. What with driving lessons, the ever approaching exam season, darn football, and just being a teenager, my main role is lift giver, with the occasional request for a tenner (by her not me of course). But I'd be lost without her.

Mom And Dad from yakkowarner on 8tracks Radio.

“I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.” - Winston Churchill

Heaven... from yakkowarner on 8tracks Radio.

I love this song and the album it comes from. Fond memories too of the movie, the facts there within are a bit kit bashed, but great Tuesday afternoon fodder, with the winning combination of Niven, Howard and the good type of patriotism...




oh have another !

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” - Jimi Hendrix

So suddenly the Matron calls a meeting, and all of a sudden this is my last week on the ward - from Monday I'm wearing navy, and a Nurse Practitioner (albeit in training). Blimey I'm scared, you know there's two things I can't cope with, change, and anything at all.

Six months of Monday to Friday, and effectively a pay cut!

I'm already quite broke!

New Years Eve - at work we were busy , all 3 of us worked our arses off. 3 of us, 3!

I dislike New Year so much it's the one night I go to bed early. 11pm asleep, so I sleep through the transition.

I haven't seen my daughter since Christmas Day!

The Look Of Love from yakkowarner on 8tracks Radio.

"Here's to those who wish us well and those who don't can go to hell." - Patsy Cline

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” - Philip K Dick

What a totally forgettable Christmastime.
I was at work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I had a terrible cold, so food tasted like cotton wool, and it was all I could do to drag my bloated cadaver from place to place.
By the time I got to my Mams on Christmas Day the rest of my family had been and gone, Billie was so visibly bored she wanted to go home after 90 minutes (who can blame her?), and that's pretty much all I've seen of her.

Joy to the world eh?

I'm also at work New Years Eve and Day, but I don't mind that as New Year has never appealed, for obvious reasons.

I still feel a little rough, both mentally an physically.
When my parents are gone, and Billie is off at University (ie next bloomin' year), apart from work, what will I do with my time? What contact will I have with humankind?
Could one man be any more bored or boring?

New Years resolution, do some bloody exercise! Please !

Pieces Of A Man from yakkowarner on 8tracks Radio.

“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else” - Bette Davis