Sometimes I say things which on reflection were possibly not the right thing to say. Now I'm not saying that this is a common occurrence, I don't spend my whole life upsetting everyone or at least have never planned to do that. I sometimes suffer from "foot in mouth" disease, not thinking before I say something or just going for what I think is the overwhelmingly funny line without thinking of any possible outcome. I sometimes even manage to make myself shudder with a thoughtless phrase. Once said it can't be unsaid. This is a family trait shared equally with my brother who I think is slightly less funny than me and slightly more crass. I am also aware that he does not own a computer and will never read this himself, so I can say what I like. My manager and friend Chris likens it to Tourettes syndrome. I am not sure whether our present predicament is making me more or less susceptible to this or whether people have become more tolerant to my utterings.
Anyway what's the point in me explaining this? I took my daughter for a driving lesson today, straight after work. We have a pretty good in car relationship, Livi drives and I occasionally pass comment. It's 20 years since I passed my test and things have changed, I have forgotten most of what I was taught and she is learning things in a different way. She drives off, finds a place to manoeuvre and gets on with it. I don't even give many directions. "Navigate to Chippenham" and off she goes.
Anyway today was one of those days, straight after work she drove to Chippenham. We spent a little time around the estate by the Wiltshire and Swindon history centre and headed home to do bay parking in Leekes car park. Livi chose the bay to park in. "I will park in the one by the tree" an 8 foot tall Rowan tree. Some of you may be getting an idea of which direction this is going. Livi proceeded to give an excellent demonstration of bay parking only slightly ruined by a gentle impact on the tree directly behind the parking bay. This was a very low impact crash. At this point my tourettes kicked in "idiot" I said. Somethings do not need to be said and I realised pretty quickly it was the wrong thing to say. I quickly got out of the car to check the damage, of which there was none, and to give myself a bit of thinking time. I got back in the car" I didn't see the tree behind me". "You said you were parking in the bay with the tree". "It was in my blind spot".
There are 2 problems here, I can't unsay idiot and Livi can't unhit the tree. So we have a very quiet drive back to the house. There was only one course of action I have to apologise, it might take a bit longer for the tree to admit anything.
Adam has been doing homework for most of the day, which means he has been on Facebook all day, with a bit of homework. Vaughan has had 2 hours rugby training followed by 2 hours sleep.
I took advantage of the fine weather to chop down a load of weeds. The garden is looking standard so it is at its best. I also took a bit of time to cut my own hair, a number four. The results are interesting if not salon standard.
Tracey is on one of her worse few days of the cycle (no not that one, her chemo cycle). The stuff that is pumped in to her is horrible and I can only imagine how she feels. There will be no blogs for a while. Today was a PJ day for her and I am not sure she will be out of them tomorrow. If it makes her feel better, good she can stay in them all week. So it's no visitors for now.
This is beginning to feel like it has gone on for ever(not the blog) and yet the last chemo was only 3 out of 6. Still that's half way there so we are on the downward slope. The next time is a different nasty, toxic, chemical, can't wait.
I leave you with some funny things from an email I received from an Irish friend of mine.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
Chris
arguing with an idiot is brill! how have I never realised that before!! Britain is full of them it's even run by idiots so that's how politicians become politicions they win the arguements by bringing people to their level and with their experiance of being idiots, no one can win!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Chris.
P.S. now off to sleep but not with white fluffy dreams but with a braveheart v 300 spartans kind of blood masacre!! If Trace asks I'll be dreaming it in HD!!! :))