That is a really bizarre series of events, Scardeycat…so what will happen next? I suppose the tests will go to the GP and you’ll both have to make sure it’s followed up?
Well done with the fluffballs. I ..erm have a cleaner instead! Highly recommended, if you find the right one. Are they cat related?
Your friend is so brave, so very brave. But it takes more than that to squish the closeness of years of friendship.
Yes, what you say, for Sweetpeasue, nadateturbe, and Ellieanne.
That must have indeed been upsetting Doodle, meeting with DH’s best friend and wife. So much past, so many memories. Understood - xxx
Yellow rock is where when dealing with someone like D, you are minimally polite but do not engage.
Grey rock is literally not recognising them and walking on by.
Not really comfortable when you know that person is struggling, but given her lack of self understanding giving an inch she will take a mile. We are not “supposed” to be angry in faith circumstances, but people are people.
That took me a long time to learn. Probably still haven’t “Got” it yet.
It’s a useful technique, isn’t it HVDY. You cannot totally avoid some people but you can give no openings - unless they demand an explanation of something and even then I ^think I would manage to say, “talk to X about it”
Now, that was a happy day today with LG and park and my - do they love a giant sandpit. I hope DH manages to extract the information from Son. Or egg him on a bit.
I poodled about in the morning - organised a couple of things - then loafed along to had a nice long easy gym n natter session., then came home via the posh charity shop, tool a blouse back, found a very pretty Monsoon one as I had to swap it.
Then the amazing bit…usual time, usual Quaker Zoom. Except we talked about peace testimony, but what happens if you are personally attacked? Someone (a man) had in their home, and chose not to fight back, which actually diffused it. He was fortunate. But then I came out with what had happened to me in Quakers, and instead of the expected disapproving silence - I got “me to’s!!! From two women, and, from men where it had happened in their local space, and it all got well taken about, like how we are so very bad with conflict of all kinds, and some had even left their meeting - I had stood up for myself and gone to the police who had believed me so they had to do something in the end! Tlaed of the difficulty of forgiving, and that what one wants are signs of true repentance,
ie not a “I’m sorry I upset you: nut “what I did was dreadful and I cannot say how….etc etc, so you actually feel the change.
I have to get ready for tomorrow, as its the orthotics in faraway hospital appointment, usual impossible parking, so half car to gym then a taxi from there, same in reverse,
Then it feels rather a lot atm but after that, a nice outing for lunch in a particularly pretty bit of the High Peak meeting more of new friends family - at another pub, this one with breathtaking views: but rather depends on the weather as to a walk and the best view.
Atm I feel I just want to sleep all day tommorw and hide, but the outing is such a nice one - more of new friends family, and only an afternoon not a full day with more new people as well as the two met before.
. I see what you mean. Odd that your mouth keeps feeling dry like that. The roof of my mouth gets like it (I blame the bladder pills I take). Glad you've had a nice day with friends. Jaffa's still snotty and making a snoring/wheezy sound, but he's getting better, thanks.
