Wednesday Already

Where does the time go?

Busy all weekend then show..then a long day on Monday...first consultation session I had organised...with Colin from Perth consultant...lots of folk attended and many more to engage with...finished at 9.30ish and I came back here by 10.30 after tidying up and stuff...then early up to Seaton Park for the fun day with Riverbank PS...then drop the kit off then the office...phew...lasted until 5 then went home.

Chilled here...called Michelle in Brissol..then looked at the paintings Simon had packed away...and he really did a good job as well...bless him...took me ages to get to the paintings...what to do...some just won't sell...some I am not too sure I want to as dad had put narratives on the back...and some I think will sell....money to Cancer Research?...anyhoo...that is for the future...I had pulled some pics of Michelle to send to her...but they are under a pile of something else so I need to dig them out!!!...luckily the room here is huge....as it is now storage for the personal stuff out of the other storage...now I need to move the big stuff in storage to the garage here...had started...stopped....sorted into trays and now ALL ready to come out...over the next few days I think...and I am bloody working on Saturday as well...hey ho...always the same...target...to have it all out by Sunday...get my deposit back...and the refund in storage rental...and then work on moving the stuff on from here.

Radio...office tidy....prep for tomorrow. Relatively easy day.

Tara

Type slowly...

it would seem is the best way here...piffle...still have not shaken off the sniffles...went to bed at ten last night and woke at 6...then another full on day..as always...so chilling tonight...Australian rawk...Wolfmother...on dad's stereo...and some discounted Newcastle Brown Ale...hopefully these sniffles will clear as I have 2 days on the CSO...then an interesting day planned on Saturday..and then moving dad's stuff from storage to here...and then the show,....and then the event on Monday...my event...parp!!!...no rest..although some of it will be nice for me...looking ahead..July and August will be spent consulting and report writing...so no chance for time off until September...what a thought...cos by September I will be stressing about funding...poops....talk of Tullos and rangering there...but I don't know...just got to keep ducking and diving...which I am bloody good at I think...but it would be nice for some stability.

Mixed feelings about being ready to move stuff out....good to get it out and closer...less expense...£200 less outgoing a month...plus my deposit back..which is good...but...how can I put this....the stuff being in storage is the last link to dad's life...as it came about from his death..I was there when he lived...was there when he died...and made sure this all came up from home....now it will be totally separate from that....a different stage...it will be mine to deal with..for me...not him...get it?...bit strange. Aware of it and ready to deal with it. All the pics and stuff are here...in my room!!!...so if I move at some point all the stuff in the garage will have to go and what about the stuff in the room...storage will have to be sorted again...locker size is what we are aiming for I suspect.

It does not stop raining here...bloody summer and peeing it down for the last 2 days.

Polytunnel life tomorrow...with the boys..hurrah..not.

Tara

Been A While

..since the last entry...blame it on the man flu...came on sudden and floored me Saturday/Sunday and then back to work and basically flaking out afterwards...my dongle on the lap top makes it less an attractive prospect to make an entry as it takes twice as long correcting the text..every time the bloody thing disconnects and then reconnects with the transmitter the fecking cursor dodges somewhere else..and then all hell breaks loose!!!

Spent all weekend sorting stuff in storage...it came to me in a flash of brain activity...I have a garage here....why not store the kit here and not have to pay for the other storage?...hurrah..or not...I have been moving, sorting, repacking into as high a stack of baker trays as I can..almost there...might have to snaffle some more trays..important thing is that I know what is there now...and where I might be able to move them to..although I do think there is going to be a fair amount I will not move...but what to do with them?...hmmmm...feels good to be reaching the end of this stage...on target as gave up chorus for June...so dad's stuff will be closer and easy to reach...tired of spending hours in semi darkness and having to wave my hands around like a baboon in order to make the lights come on...only thing is the garage is not as secure as the storage facility...but then...I am staying in a posh part of Aberdeen...any ne'er do well is more likely to go for the Ferrari next door rather than a scabby bunch of boxes in a garage...safety by surrounding myself with expensive decoys!!!!

It has taken a week to shake this man flu...hate it...hate not being on top form...but hopefully that is it.

Office work on a Monday/Tuesday is fine...but nice to get away from the smouldering heat and lack of air afterwards!!!...apparently my role is as an "outreach consultant" on this SURF project...glorified fixer and gofer I think!!!!..the experience in consultation session should put me in good stead for the future...along with all the other hats I seem to be wearing. No bloody coffee machine though...hey ho.

I have dabbled again in EBAY and seem to have sold some old metal t shirts..never the damaged justice tour t shirt OR the Grindcrusher long sleeved t shirt as it is the one the day before my hospital admittance for my back...so now I need some envelopes to post them...oh...and I am in a big office building tomorrow...good timing...unmanned post room as well!!!!

Tara

Old Bones

Damn....we busted it big time yesterday...very proud of the boys....we had made planters from scratch over a few days stuck out at Hazelhead...then snaffled the tipper yesterday...delivered them to the school...after digging out top soil from a garden in Newmachar...hard hard work. 1st time we dug was all nice an sunny...next time was torrential rain...I wanted to stop but the boys kept going..and in good humour!!!..amazing...spoiled at the end by the janni but I have hopefully sorted that one out.

Chain Gang

Long day ahead...CSO...we will be digging up earth..then the planters into schools....then hopefully a shower....then a pre record at SHMU...may be back by 10 pm...oh dear oh dear.

At least it is sunny...burn!!!!!

My head is like a neep already!!!

Tara

Proper caffiene

I tell thee..i bought some decaff by mistake and thought..."ah well..it will be fine"...well it wisnae!!!..so i bought some proper job coffee which is having the desired effect..Simon will be having the benefit of the other type of coffee..he he...no cycling tonight...think ile go thru dad's paperwork with my postits...cso tomorrow and Friday with 2 hrs each day at SHMU....pre recording emergency shows for the future,....since the other were totally used up with dad, etc.

I expect to be tired at the weekend..but I will be cycling...then Fetterangus....then here and helping W do a food shop and then the show on Sunday..and some more time in the storage on Sunday...phew...then back to work..busy busy.

A pleasant evening with the ladies of St Swithins yesterday...hurrah!!!

Tara

Sleep

I seemed to spend the day dozing inbetween work...waste of time in Dyce...see what happened there tomorrow...spent some time with W who is under police protection from her ex...good to see here...haven't for a while...nice to chat bout things...made me realise a lot about my situation...and nice for her as she seems to have a fella on the scene...good...good to get her out of the house...she doesn't leave on her own...good to see my chum.

I wonder if it is all catching me up....perhaps it is the office work...focusing on a screen for long periods of time...hey ho...maybe get on the bike tomorrow...we shall see.

Tara

Hammerhead

Having battered the steel shaft on the bike..trying to get the end attachment off so I could put the new seat on..I gave up as I was destroying the thing...took it to the shop today....what the hell am I doing wrong?..use the bits from the old seat and take that off and then put that on there....thanks very much...would have been nice to know there was an option...when you get some kit you expect the challenge is to use that kit to get the result...bloody use the old stuff on the new seat...cha!!

Anyhoo..the padded seat is on...as is the mudguard....and my shorts await!!! Not tonight though...taking it easy....office....Dyce....for work...freecycling as well....then off to St Swithins for a CPD..then to Cults to pick up a tv/dvd combo....sleeping well but waking up early....time helps....but then up and away....best way to be I guess.

It would seem that the consultant is wanting me to do the consulting for him...which is fine by me as long as they know I am only on that job for 2 days a week..and I have never done it before...a learning curve indeed...and I may snaffle a digital dictaphone as well...if I play my cards right...but we shall see....a far cry from the job I gave up a job for....me stay true to the ideal or go with the flow?...stay here or go...no ties now....running away or finding the path I chose in the first place?..all an option....I think I will stay here for a bit and have some continuity in my life...that is what I am looking for I think...peace and rest....and some fun in life....not that there was not before...but you know what I mean...wait until the estate monies are in and then see what happens....a holiday is a definite!!

Next time on the bike is due to be Wednesday I think....CPD and paperwork is the name of the name of the game tomorrow.

Tara

Wolfmother on pop's stereo....rock!!!!...Cosmic Egg indeedy!!!

Run Up

to the show is usually filled with texts and jokes....not so now...just have to get used to it I guess...poops!!!

Pic

Oh...and the pic is from Llandudno....walking bacak down the Great Orme and the view is of the east beach...our hotelis closer to the hill...and the singing venue further along the shore front.Very much like Brighton...bit cheesy though...but all the fun of the fair.

Suspmenshion!!!!

The bloody suspension on the bike may have looked good...and indeed have worked for someone a bit lighter....but nae good for me...the spring under the seat was squished as soon as I went on the damn thing!!!..well...I suppose it is a bench mark of sorts. It was fun...well...sort of....and flat....I think that I will not be cycling to and from home to the van for work...there is no way I can make it up the hill to the main road and then again up the next hill to the house. I think think the target is to be able to do the loop, quicker and stronger on higher gears...and see if the weight falls off.

To be honest, I think I would have been able to make it each way without a stop if it hadn't been for the excrutiating pain in the seating department!!! Oh my goodness me!!!...first it was sore then numb then numb sore..I had to get off the seat just to get the feeling back..which if course was sore!!!! After a brief soujourn in the house it was back into town to purchase a well padded seat and extremely well padded pair of shorts!!!..kevlar for the crotch!!!!

Am up early this am as I need to go and sort out the tax at the office. This is a return from 3 years ago which they lost...I put in figures as they told me all that time ago and they are now saying I shouldn't have...and charging me 3.5K for it plus interest even though it was their fault for losing the information. I do not trust them and am going to check first before I type this letter stating it has to be zeroe'd...it is me who will get into trouble if I should have put the figutres in!!!

Just deserts this morning. Ran out of coffee and used a housemates....it is putrid!!!! Still drink it though!!

After the tasx, some filing then to Newmachar to look at mud (yes, mud!!) then perhaps to storage and definitely to shops and then show. Nice to be wearing shorts again.

Good to be busy. When I stop I think and when I think I get down and upset. Best not.

Tara

Bonds That Tie

When the dark clouds lift and you are blinking, not knowing where to turn...reach out from the dark...you will find what you are looking for.

What is this wonderous thing?...

....that sits in the sky and throws forth rays of heat?...why are my arms red and my face all tingly?....blow me....I do believe it is the sun!!!! In Aberdeen, it burns and taunts us for a few months before we are plunged into the arctic winter.

Good to work in but I am covering up today so will be superduper hot....jings.....lots of water for me I think.

Longer post over the weekend..after the first bike ride after C2C!!!!

Tara

Coming Home

Last bit of my kit....dad's stereo and stereo unit...is coming home today. Sure it is going to be uncomfortable retrieving it...Simon to the rescue...and embarrassing as well...the street looks on behind closed curtains...twitch twitch..but it has to be done and that will be that.

I have bought a push bike....went up and had a look at it last night....he he....they say you never forget....I was lucky I did not fall off...the thing looks like some magical space machine...with suspension front forks and a pump under the seat...was only when I hit a bump I realised it was a form of suspension....the whole back of the bike moved!!!!...and me with it!!!!...felt like the bike was collapsing!!!..so hope it goes well...now all I need to do is figure out how to change a tyre and I am set....luckily one of the guys here is a cycle courier so I see my friendship will need to be developed!!! 1st run is for tomorrow as moving stereo tonight.

Then I have to settle down to the storage work and reduce that. I think Sunday for that as I am "working" at SHMU in the evening. On the subject of SHMU...will have to do 2 pre records of the show...now I have the time to do it....just to keep the ladies happy at SHMU,....which reminds me....I need to sort some tunes out for that one today!!!

I never went to chorus yesterday... and it felt fine...taking a break for a month I think...lot of pressure actually...more than I expected...so much to learn in a short time....never reallised that...they should make that clear when you show interest. Anyhoo....will be nice to continue and hopefully my increasing health and fitness will help this as well.

Tara