The way it is according to moi

What can I say... Where have I been. Well that's far too much to update on but life seems to be taking an interesting turn without me having to do a great deal.  What do I mean with such a vague statement....let me try and explain.  The last few years (4) I have almost always has regular things in the diary after work. Items such as classes, volunteering, meeting friends etc. Now after what feels like a long time, things are slowly dropping off. Some drop offs have been easier than others, but all in all its just happening with little effort on my side. This might sound a little airy fairy, especially for the non believers but I feel like all this space in my life is being created for something or someone. Who knows.... Watch this space. 

I'm seriously pissed off and I'm hoping that blogging about this will make feel a tiny bit better.   Basic background: I volunteer weekly at a London hospital. I have so, for almost 4 years now.   I'm in the isolation room with a fellow volunteer, the patient and her parents.   We are entertaining the patient and also having a friendly chat with the parents. Normal small talk and they explain that they have been transferred to this hospital because there was a superbug outbreak in their previous hospital that forced wards to shut. I then ask if other patients from that hospital are here too? The mother replies, “Yes,   one that needs a bone marrow transplant.”   I then tell them something that I'm extremely proud of. "Oh, I'm on the bone marrow registry"   The father then replies, “It's very painful you know!”   I come back with, “Yes I know but I'm happy to endure pain for about 8 days if I've then contributed in saving someone...

So I've just been on the tube for the last 20 minutes listening to a young couple in their 20's. It's quite amusing. They work at the same company and its obvious by their conversation that she stayed at his for the first time last night. While the rest of London is trying to get to work these two are trying to establish basic things like 'so, where do you live?, How long have you been at the company?' I was seriously trying my best to not laugh at them. Then she goes on about how she is only going to be 30 minutes late work after she goes shopping first. She needs to buy clothes so that she doesn't look like a dirty stop out. I'm not judging that they shagged, or that they don't know each other, or that she doesn't have clothes to wear to work. My gripe is having to listen to the whole thing. (Look, we've all had to buy emergency clothing at times in our lives. If you haven't, then you haven't lived) The difference here i...

Right! So this entry is absolutely necessary for those who are in experienced driving in the snow, ice or slush. Aka most Londoners The rules according to moi: 1. Clear your car of snow! That means all the snow, not just tiny patches around the windows. This includes the roof of the car. When driving at fast speeds the snow on the roof either ends up on someone else's windshield or often on the rear glass of your own car. 2. Switch on the lights at all times in the winter. It makes it easier for others to see you. 3 When having to break. Pump your breaks. Pump pump pump! Don't slam the breaks. You'll soon be surprised where you end up. 4. Most cars these days have ABS. Read up on it and use this in your favour. 5. When starting a new journey. Start your car first ( make sure it's in a safe gear) while you shovel a path for your car to get out. Yes! You heard me correctly.... Shovel a path out. 6. Don't be an idiot and flood your car with gas when it...