Sunday 28 November 2010

Overdue Catchup

Let me start by saying that I realise that it's been some time since I last posted an update, even though I keep saying that I will update more often.

I've not been too well over the past few weeks and have found things a little overwhelming. I'm feeling a little better now so I thought it was time that I caught up.

We had a great time in France and will definitely be going back next year. I feel like we made some good friends and, even though we were only away for a few days, I felt very relaxed.

Getting back to work and normal life however was quite hard. I haven't had a proper rest for some time as I have always been doing things.

Last weekend I went up to see Matt and, whilst it was great fun to see him, he also has a few things going on so the evening was a little tense at times. He looks like he has solved his problems now however which is a great weight off my mind.

Yesterday I started the Christmas shopping so I feel like I have achieved something (in fact I am just about to go and ice the Christmas cake).

I've also made an effort to make time to play and digitise more vinyl records as that gives me a huge amount of pleasure.

I have also started my course of psychodynamic therapy. I have only had 4 sessions so far but I am not convinced this is going to help. Every time I try to tell Pazis, my therapist, how I am feeling she tells me that whatever it is is pushing buttons from my past. Er thanks, but I could of told her that. She also keeps saying that what I am telling her is making her sad - not really what I want to hear. I'm not going to give up on the therapy but I really hope it develops a bit more than this soon.

Anyway, that brings me up to date - I've got a few weeks left before Christmas and I want to try and make the most of them.

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Saturday 13 November 2010

Hinge And Bracket Weekend - Day One

Friday 12th November 2010 - 10:30

I'm writing this sitting in my seat on the training to Poitiers waiting to depart from Montparnasse station. It's 10:30 local time and I have been up since 3am.

We are off to spend the weekend in the guesthouse run by George Logan, the Hinge half of Hinge and Bracket. And this will be the fourth Hinge and Bracket weekend that George and his partner Louie have run this year.

As I said, we woke up at at 3am and left home around a quarter to 4 to drive to Ebbsfleet to catch the EuroStar to Paris. Then, following a very bumpy Metro ride from Gare du Nord to Montparnasse where we have just had (for us) lunch. There is now an hour and a half train ride south to Poitiers where we are due to be met by a friend of George's who will be driving us further south to the guesthouse.

14:30

We were met by Paul at the station who drove us to Bel Ombrage. The journey was very pleasant and I was surprised how much the countryside was like that in Wiltshire.

George met us when we arrived and we had a very welcome cup of tea and met our fellow guests; Ann, Heather, Jane and Terry.

3:00 (Saturday Morning)

We had a very much needed sleep after our cup of tea and at 7pm sat down to a wonderful dinner cooked by George and Louie. We then spent meany hours reminiscing with George who told us some wonderful stories about the act and about Patrick (Dame Hilda). Much wine was consumed and we were all a little 'tired and emotional' by the time we hit the sack 24 hours after we left home!

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Monday 8 November 2010

Back Soon

Sorry about the lack of updates, had really bad cold last week. I will post a catchup tomorrow.

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