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"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

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"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

Michael has a cold. I'm trying to juggle looking after him and keeping us in nappies, since we've just started trying out reusable nappies.

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

We're half way through House Moving Week, and have done a surprising amount of moving in just 2 days, we'll hardly have anything left to put in the van we've rented for the whole weekend! Go us!

Damn Spider pig

Ah that new thread smell...lovely.

I was made redundant last Friday, so I now have to suffer the agony of 12 weeks 'Garden Leave' which is just a full 12 weeks leave where I may/may not be asked to do stuff. On full pay...(you can tell I'm in pain here no?).

In this 12 weeks I will:

Re-write and edit my Nano novel and let someone actually read it.*

Finish recording all the songs that I have had buzzing in my noggin for the last 2 years.

Start my new Training regime (actually I have booked the PT sessions and paid for a string of them so I'm committed now).

On the fitness front a couple of weeks ago I just completed the Rock Climbing competency course at the Glasgow Climbing centre (I used to rock climb about 25,000 cheeseburgers ago) so if anyone wants to go climbing meet me at Alien Rock in Edinburgh or Ratho Climbing Centre, give me a shout.

Keep smiling.

Randy

*By that I mean hold them down and force them to listen to it, while I do all the voices.

Q. How do you write?
A. One word at a time.

Got back to the student accomodation on Tuesday. Lots happens when I was away and this morning (Thursday) the fire alarm went off at 0600 and I have class at 0900. Now I can not go back to sleep and want to die.

"You know why big brothers where born first? It was so they could protect the little brothers and sisters who come after them." Ichigo, Bleach Episode 3.

Well,here I go again- I went back to work after my Grandma's funeral, which was lovely and a real tribute to my wonderful grandma. Little Celina said "sleeping" when she saw Grandma in her casket, she did look peaceful and beautiful. Adam came and managed to survive meeting many of the 54 immediate relatives that were there( there were a bunch of not so immediate ones too), anyway after the committal at the cemetery, at least it was calm and sunny even if it was in the teens, we went back to the church and looked at pictures and watched the "kids", my fathers generation,go through the cards and collect the money.

Adam followed me out to the farm where he survived a naked Ethan and a squealing Celina, she was copying my brother and trying to get Ethan interested in a chasing game. We played a few games of Apples to Apples. My brother Richard won the first two (he's the Apples to Apples champeen of my family) and brother in law Blake won the last game, my sister said that she thought Adam was picking my cards consistently, either he was keeping track or we just think alike she said. I believe we just think alike. I spent the night at the farm, Adam went home because he had stuff to do the next day and I went to his place later that day. We had Mexican pizza and homemade guacamole and custard for dessert.

Anyway when I was leaving work on Monday there was a funeral notice on the wall, My good lifelong friend had passed away the day we buried my Grandma. her husband worked in the QA lab on swingshift but he came in early a lot so I had gotten to know him a little at least. He is pretty devastated by her loss. He'd always been aware that she was in fragile health but the end was brutally sudden and caught them both by surprise i believe. She had been born with a hole in her heart and had been through several surgeries that never really "fixed" her, she was actually on a transplant list, but from what she said about that,I don't think she ever really wanted to go through that. So I have asked for a couple hours to go to her funeral this Saturday, if the weather doesn't turn awful again my sister will probably come, except that it is more likely to be awful then not. I had to tell another of our good friends the news, because she didn't recognize the new phone number, Oh yes my friend and her husband had just bought a house, I was sort of waiting for her to give me the go ahead that she had it all put together so I could visit.

I wish I could say that I have had my quota of funerals for the year but I know better then that, still this is plenty for a while. I hope I have better news next time.

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Tamyra, what a grievous month, and what a sad way to find out. I do hope that will be your quota of harm for this year, even though that probably wouldn't help right now. I am sorry to hear all that.

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

What a run of bad news, Tamyra. I hope you get some good news to cheer you a little.

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

I forgot to mention the plant was audited a couple weeks ago for the AIB and the BRC, we got a superior mark on the AIB and and A on the BRC. The inspector said our plant was one of the nicest he has been in. The B in BRC stands for British, so maybe we'll be sending some fries over there. It is always nice to know we have a decent place to work in.

I did get the time I asked for for the funeral. The pastor was my friend Carol's pastor from San Diego, she had worked for him as his secretary for 12 years and had just got back from a trip to Israel the day before she passed and he wanted so badly to come do this for her and Lyndon that he got back on a plane and came here. He seemed like a very nice man. My sister and her husband came, I was so happy to have her there. we flanked our special friend and cousin who had been very close to Carol. She was a great teacher and friend to all of us at the little church in Ponsford.

So now I am waiting for snow, not wanting it so much as wanting it to come and get over so I can get the driveway plowed, I have had just enough fall since the first time it was plowed to make using it an adventure. Adam wants me to come to Bemidji tomorrow but I probably won't go if the roads are bad. I can manage the six miles to work but 50 miles to the boyfriend's house gets a little tough. The last weather forecast I heard was calling for maybe over a foot of snow, all day sunday and through the night ending on Monday morning. Sounds like a perfect excuse to stay home, read, and nap with cats to me. I don't go back to work until Thursday so I might get to read a couple books at least!

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( ' ,') "don't eat green potatoes"
(> >) Last words of Mrs. Bertha Sperling
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well I got the last of my training today. I can dictate everything straight to my computer.

I also got good news from my course leader today. The process of me getting to the stage has now started. All I need to do now is fill out application forms and get approved and signed by my course leader. If I do get to go I will be over the moon but I just have to wait and see.

I also got my exam results for last semester. I have past two of my modules with good C grades and my third module I passed with a decent D grade however I am still waiting for my last module results to come through hopefullyI receive this grade in the next few days.

"You know why big brothers where born first? It was so they could protect the little brothers and sisters who come after them." Ichigo, Bleach Episode 3.

Me, I'm offline for a few days, going to paint some walls in an otherwise empty flat!

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

I was woken up by the phone at six this morning, there didn't seem to be anyone there when I answered but eventually discovered at about 9.30 that it had gone to voicemail and was from work to say that they had decided to shut today because of the snow. So I decided to stop trying to did out the car especially as it's starting to snow again!

From a good day yesterday to a bad one today!!

Where do I start?

Well I supose I will start with the really good news. Well My University runs an exchange program with a few Univerity's over in the Americas one in Canda and one in the USA. I have asked if i can be considerd for the one in Canada and I got a replly yesterday to the sound of you can go. I cant wait to start the proses properly but it means i am really going to have to work hard in the next year and abit to be able to go.

Now on to the bad piece of news. Well bad for me not the other sudent on my course. My campus is going to be shut next Thurday and Friday 18th and 19th due to a holiday of some sought however my courses still get taught so i have to try to get back to the mainland and find accomodation in Dornoch to be able to go to class those two days. Imput panaking mad woman here. I now want to kill the princaple of my campus!!

One more thing. One of my lectures is a Prachett fan makes me feel a bit better.

"You know why big brothers where born first? It was so they could protect the little brothers and sisters who come after them." Ichigo, Bleach Episode 3.

Guess what? I had another visit from Death, this time a co-worker. He was too stubborn to go to a doctor, thought it would be too costly. The last time I talked to him I was struck with the desire to take him to the emergency room myself, but I didn't think I could wrestle him into the car. I kind of wish I had now, but it might not have helped anyway. Now I have to go to the county jail to visit my wayward nephew. He's hopefully going to be getting out soon and entering a treatment program. I hope he can get his head back on straight and resume a life that means something to him.

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( ' ,') "don't eat green potatoes"
(> >) Last words of Mrs. Bertha Sperling
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