Sprained ankle on Thursday. Can’t get around much. More later.
Month: October 2002
Happy Birthday to me!
As I mentioned on Monday (somewhat obscurely), today is my birthday. I’m not going to say any more on the subject, because it’s my last year as a twenty-something and I certainly can’t waste a second.
And anyway, isn’t it a bit sad to be wishing yourself happy birthday?
Tomorrow
Savouring the last days, pondering the new. Tomorrow will be another day, nothing particularly special, same as it was last year no doubt, but it’s a step forward again.
I just wish I knew where the steps were heading.
Today: Last day of being 28.
Two years old
Who’d a thunk it! Vaughan’s site – Wherever You Are – has been on the go for two years.
He has had a lot to say in two years, and no more so than today’s post, which I’m pretty sure sums up the thoughts of many who ‘blog’. Well said that man! Here’s to the next two years…
Men on the phone
Chatting on the way into work, we delved briefly into the subject of men on the phone. Using myself as an example, men are awful on the phone. Well… awful according to most women I know anyway.
A typical phone call with my best mate.
Me: Hello?
Him: Hello!
Me: Hello!
Him: Hello…
(not sure why we do it, we just do, bear with me)
Me: You still up for a beer tonight?
Him: Yeah, 8ish in Nellies?
Me: Sounds good, see you then.
Him: Bye!
Me: C’Ya. [click]
Simple, straightforward and to the point. None of this yakking away for hours on the phone about what to wear, who will be going, why I might be late, what I bought, who I bumped into when I bought it, who they mentioned when I bumped into them.. etc etc ad infinitum (I think I’m getting away from the point here, hang on…)
I fully admit that, 8 times out of 10, when I’m talking to someone on the phone, I invariably get distracted by something else – the TV, a car driving past, a spider on the window, or that annoying dripping sound that we can’t yet place – and my attention wanders. I then have to guess the right noises to make when I realise I hadn’t been paying attention and the other person is expecting me to say something.
Is it just me? Am I just ignorant.
Oh dear, I fear I may have just answered my own question. Hmmm… need to ponder this some more.
Head is full
Work is busy, trying to get a handle on what’s going on, and what the plans will be. Trying to pick up on two other peoples work. Trying to finish their work on time. Also trying to do my own. Trying to deal with last minute requests from clients (not directly thankfully). Trying to stay calm.
Ohh and I’m also almost finished a re-design. Say bye-bye to those background pictures…