Life in Middle Girth

Sep 23, 2005 at 03:57 o\clock

Je suis desolee

by: jaybee

Mood: Shattered
Listening to: Wayne Mowatt's programme on National Radio

Friday, 1.30 pm Hi. Watch out, I'm not good. After the last disaster when I lost the entire blog I should have been prepared for the next level in godawfulness in the pit of the stomach but I wasn't - Brent has just casually dropped the bombshell that NOTHING off our old hard drive is retrievable. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Sweet fanny adams. I'm devastatetd. I'm fucking desolate, I feel as though somebody's died, or we've been robbed or something, I've howled my eyes out and had to go lean on the back fence in the sun for a while - probably the depth of my misery is way out of proportion to the actual event causing it - after all I haven't lost the manuscript of a great novel or the only copy of family history or stuff, but I have lost photographs and writing that I've done, and goodness knows what that I don't even know is gone.... Yes I know the golden rule is BACK everything UP, thats alright for you computer whizzes, I'm only me. I have got some photos on disc but there will be lots that I havent. And the Colin Lythgoe letters that I lost once already are on disc, but what about MY DOCUMENTS? That's got lots of ideas, hopes, half finished/started things waiting for future inspiration, my recipe book, copies of all sorts of things, letters, emails Oh, email addresses that I don't know from any other source, Scout stuff, squash stuff, school stuff....Bugger. SHit. Damn. ARSEHOLES. BUM POO WEES. Je suis desolee. How can he not understand how empty its left me? He has no friggin idea how it has made me feel. No idea.

I went to the doctor this morning, full of good vibes, walked down on a lovely sunny morning happy to be alive - one of those days. Opened up a can of worms whilst feeling positive - the appointment was to get a couple of funny looking skin spots zapped, and for repeat prescription of pills, both blood pressure and Fluoxetine (Prozac). Asked if I needed to continue either/both at the same level or at all. Answer was yes, don't reduce Betaloc despite my blood pressure being the best its ever been. Loss of a couple of kilos may be responsible for that. May. He feels I am still depressed so doesn't want to remove that medication either. We talked about my dead in the water libido and while I don't consider it a problem, the husband certainly does, and so does the doctor (blokes sticking together?) - he suggested a change of depression medication could help there but unfortunately he isn't allowed to prescribe the alternative, it has to come from a shrink, how about I go and see Dr Siri-something Indian?? (What would he think about my dying my hair blue, and increasing alcohol intake - according to Brent [so how come its always me being the sober driver?] - and longing for my own time and space?) So here's me, feeling really good this morning, wondering if I could come off or reduce my pills, now a snivelling shattered miserable wretch waiting for a psychiatrist's appointment. What's going on??

Not much point saving this blog, but will continue to print them out and keep them in a folder for posterity. Maybe I'll get some of those pens that I compulsively collect used up after all - handwriting could be about to undergo a renaissance. Wish mine was more legible. Typing is so easy and quick!! Also am now more determined to get a printer that will print out photos as I want.

Fekkin technology. Jaybee

Sep 21, 2005 at 12:32 o\clock

Bollocks

by: jaybee

Mood: Very bad now
Listening to: Boys burbling

Wednesday 21st,

 

Just lost the good (and very long) blog I'd done. Bugger. BUGGER. Can't be bothered trying to remember, and now I'm grumpy.

 

Grrrr

Jaybee

Sep 16, 2005 at 04:35 o\clock

I missed blogging!

by: jaybee

Mood: Good
Listening to: Incoming message alerts

Friday, 2.20pm

Hi there - did you miss me? I certainly have missed blogging and writing. Our computer died big-time and we've all been suffering withdrawal symptoms - me from blog and such, the kids from games and the husband?? I'm sure he's missed nagging us to get off the computer! Today is the first serious attempt I have had at using the updated machine but it's going to be a long slow process. After nearly two hours I have got as far as accessing my emails (Hooray!! Over seventy emails waiting for me...) and getting the hard drive to acknowledge the printer, even tho the printer appears to have no red ink left. The scary bit is that there is a  technical looking electronic thing on the floor hooked up with a USB cable (Umbilical Substitute Bit?) that is supposed to be the brain of our old computer but the only message I can get from it is FILE CORRUPTED AND UNREADABLE. Doesn't sound good, eh?

 

We have had an amazing three weeks of summery weather - not one drop of rain or breath of wind just about for the whole time. Absolutely amazing for Aug/September. Just yesterday though it packed up and has got colder, even lit the fire last night and dragged out longs again today, and a jersey.

 

Made a statement last night to assert my independence. Am so sick of the rest of the family moaning about my grey hair that I had some colour put in. Blue.  Even that was a mission though as it didn't "take" properly and the hairdresser had to start over and bleach some bits to make them more colourable. Guess I'm just not grey enough!! It's not too drastic, just a few blue highlights here and there. It's semi-permanent - will fade out over about 20 washes. I quite like it and am inspired to continue with different colours - am thinking some purple streaks next time. Lol,  Who would have thought that I would be doing this sort of thing in my mid forties?

 

Right, that's me started again. Next I must get back into my Journal. Then I want to do a wee bit of photo scrapping - not enough "me" time these days, even at night I'm too knackered to do that sort of stuff. Work is now at least 4 days a week, eight forty-five to five thirty. (Have to spell numbers here because somehow the programme disappears any digits I put in. How annoying.)

 

Pip's on TE in Hunterville, Greg and Brent had a major last night, Duncan was a Marmite Jar in the school production, I haven't yet begun my sunbedding and the gym has gone out the window for now. Will catch up soon.

Cheers,

Jaybee,