| I have a new car |
[Sep. 6th, 2007|07:56 pm] |
To replace the stolen car, I have purchase a rather nice little Citroen Xsara runabout. However, it's lacking the owners manual and there are two things in it that I've not seen before.
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| Waking up from a dream |
[Aug. 27th, 2007|02:53 am] |
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to find myself talking (not out lound, i think) about how "no I don't expect the answer to be that simple, but in effect it is that simple. The reality of putting in to practice is more complicated, but in essence it is quite simple." Which was slightly odd. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 26th, 2007|01:06 am] |
I have had a good evening.
I am also drunk.
There was a slight casualty. There is a photo.
I am drunk - did I mention that? |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 25th, 2007|06:28 pm] |
Well house things progress, will just have to wait for the searches etc to be done. The only thing that does concern me is the possibility that the burglars took a bill or similar from the desk and have used that to gain credit in my name. I think this unlikely, but it is a slight concern. {shrug} it shouldn't be a big deal to sort out, but it will slow things down if it has happened.
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I've been doing the "rush around sort things out" following the burglary and the "sort out the new house" thing since I got burgled. Now that it's mostly sorted, it's started to hit me. I can't have a window open in a room I'm not in - even a little one, I can't have any windows open when I go to bed, not even the tiny one in the bedroom. I'm sleeping for between one and two hours before I have to get up and check all the doors and windows. Resulting in me not quite being my normal well balanced self :) I hope this passes soon.
I was going to do some work on the bike this weekend, it's my only transport really. I've been borrowing ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ladynina's car for the past week or so, but that is only as and when. So I need to make sure the bike is going to be ready and reliable, but the parts I need haven't arrived - that'll be on the cards for next weekend, then. I suspect that the insurance people will write off the car, so I shall see how much they offer me for that. I'll probably end up taking the money and buying a cheap car for now then seeing just how much money I have avaliable after I've moved. Then I'll see about getting a decent car.
Later on I shall be heading to the pub with g1nge and may be joined by mrs_karen_bear and fen_wolfchile depending on how their hangovers are. Tomorrow? Possibly doing silly things on motorbike, tomorrow night there are potential plans for film and beering. Leaving Monday free. Anyone want to make suggestions for that?
I'm going to look at some work stuff now and see if/how much of the new laptop and phone I can claim back on tax, as they're work things - honest.
Oh, and I have had some cigarettes yesterday and today. But never mind, I slipped, I will continue to stop. And be stopped. The cravings will pass, and I don't need them. |
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| Why bother with insurance? |
[Aug. 14th, 2007|03:30 pm] |
I've just had the insurance company on the phone. I have a £250 excess on my policy, so I have to pay £250 before I can have the car back, fair enough. There was a lot of stuff in that car, I would have thought the insurance company would have paid for this, but no. They will only pay up to £100.
So I've lost all my stuff and end up paying them £150. Fanfuckingtastic. |
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| Updateything |
[Aug. 11th, 2007|07:36 am] |
I have a PAYG mobile to keep in contact until my new sim arrives, number being 07789 498 537. I should be back to the old number within a few days.
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| Fuck! |
[Aug. 9th, 2007|07:26 am] |
I've been robbed. Waiting for police to arrived. Obviouslt taken are laptop and car - full of tools, and mobile.
If anyone wants to reissue their mobile number to me, or email as they were all on laptop, either post it here or email it to matt@iato.co.uk, ta |
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| So then, the weekend |
[Aug. 8th, 2007|04:07 pm] |
Well Friday was a nice quiet evening, watching a bit of telly, poking the computer, that sort of thing. Went to see a friend at 5 in the morning, then came back tided the house, did the garden and went out on the bike.
Took a run out to a local pub to meet up with some friends on their bikes, which was nice. Chatted for a while and had some lunch, then got a call from mrs_karen_bear telling of a certain dampness in the celling. So I headed home to collect some tools and head round to see fen_wolfchile and mrs_karen_bear. After a bit of head scratching we set to work. Unfortunately, I missed a pipe hidden under the floor. Or rather, I didn't miss it - a small amount of water was suddenly released. After a bit of rushing about, and much hard work the cut pipe was replaced, and what we thought was the original problem was sorted.
Boded about the house for the rest of the afternoon, then had a friend round for the evening. Sunday morning I found out that there was still something of a leak, so went round again to have another go. But no luck - far too seized. A week of WD40, and we'll try again next weekend :)
I spent the rest of the day reading and relaxing, which was nice.
And I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate miss_s_b and matgb on their engagement. Many congratulations. |
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| So then, personal reponsibility... |
[Aug. 7th, 2007|06:27 pm] |
I've known for some time that the concept of personal responsibility has been on the slide, so why am surprised that the concept of responsibility to others is also diminishing.
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| Ouch! |
[Aug. 6th, 2007|05:56 pm] |
One of my fingers is a little shorter than it was when I left the house.
Still, I got to get out of the lab and visit the minor injuries unitl. |
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| More stuff |
[Aug. 3rd, 2007|08:15 pm] |
Less busy today, which made a nice change. Although we had some equipment failure to make up for it :)
Reading a bit more through the book and I find some more stuff that resonates, so I'm putting that here again.
"Back when he had first come to the monastery, they had given him a very simple ritual called Forgiving the Day. Even the youngest child could do this; all it required was looking back over the day and dismissing the day's pains as a thing that were past while choosing to remember as gains the lessons learned or moments of insight. As initiates grew in the ways of Sa, it was expected they would grow more sophistocated in this exercise, learning to balance the day, taking responsibility for their own actions and learning from them without indulging in either guilt or regrets." |
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| Gotta love books and synchronicity |
[Jul. 31st, 2007|06:42 pm] |
Robin Hobb is proving to be bang on the money again. In this comment I mentioned some of the things that rang bells for me in one of her books.
I'm reading the Liveship Traders trilogy, first book and only a few pages in she says:
"Refuse the anxiety. When you borrow trouble against what might be, you neglect the moment you have now to enjoy. The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgment."
This has been said to me several times. This time it comes where I'm somewhere within myself that I can feel it, not just know it. It echos with a conversation I had with a very wise person on Monday, and echos what someone else has said to me quite often.
I think you can go to far towards living in the moment, and that it's worth keeping at least a glance on the future possibilities and consequences. But to be consumed with them, so the degree that you don't enjoy your moments, or are paralysed by indecision is taking things too far.
Take things as they come, have some idea of what I'm aiming for and just enjoy life. That's the aim, and you know what? I can do that.
"Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how."
And
"Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum." |
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| Another good day |
[Jul. 30th, 2007|07:46 pm] |
Sunshine and lollipops.
Ok, there were no lollypops, but there was sunshine. Still at 50% staffing with loads of work to do, but with the departure or two members of staff (one to a new job, the other on rotation to another hospital) the mood is fantastic. Everyone is working together, people are taking responsibility for problems and making sure everything is done as is should be. It's great.
And as the boss is off work myself and the other senior staff are identifying problems that the boss isn't prepared to recognise and we are putting them right. Which is great.
I have a meeting with a couple of consultants tomorrow to discuss a couple of new ideas and a few things they want changed. So I'm looking forward to that.
I'm going to see the Transformers film tomorrow, and I have plans for wine on Wednesday. So all in all, things are looking good. |
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| Normal service has been resumed |
[Jul. 16th, 2007|09:23 pm] |
well, normalish.
So, yeah, I'm rather down at the moment. Not looking for hugs or help or anything, just, well, updating I guess.
I've not been reading LJ for some time, so if there's anything important that I've missed, do let me know.
I have quite a bit of work to do, so please to bear with me if I go up and down. |
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