Monday 23rd August 2010
Edinburgh 2003
Rather a strange week for me, some good bits for a change, but the weekend was very emotional.
For some reason I have started reading again, I have had trouble in the past trying to concentrate for more that 10 minutes. However if I have a problem with the computer then I seem to have no problems with concentration, weird!!! I suddenly decided to start reading Christian Jacq again. He is one of the few authors I can read and enjoy. His books on Egyptology are amazing, his knowledge on the subject is without parallel, I have been struggling of late reading his “The Queen of Freedom Trilogy” I managed to get though about half of one book in 6 months, but all of a sudden I started reading him again and finished the remaining 2 books in a matter of a couple of weeks.. Then I started reading Dan Brown, I enjoyed his “The Da Vinci Code” a while back and of course I got the film and enjoyed that. Well I have a copy of his “Angels and Demons” and read the 600 pages within the past week, I had to of course had to get the film as well and enjoyed that over the weekend. I have started reading his “The Lost Symbol” now…. It’s been years since I was able to read so prolifically.
It’s been a strange week insofar as I went into DDF (Denbighshire Disability Forum) on Monday and Wednesday, instead of the usual Tuesday and Thursdays and this has thrown my week out. On Wednesday at DDF we had First Aid training, and I thoroughly enjoyed the long day. The lady who ran the course was brilliant, I generally hate going to meetings of any kind and more than often I fall asleep, not because I was bored, but because I can’t hear what is being said and the rooms are often warm and stuffy, I am almost notorious for falling asleep!!!!! Not with the lady from The Red Cross, she made the subject interesting, In the beginning, I told her that I was deaf and she almost geared the lecture making sure I could hear and understand what was being said, why can’t more lecturers behave like this? All the participants were DDF members and so we had a lot of fun and I felt that she enjoyed teaching us too!!!!
Its been a painful week as well, I had a couple of good moments but I did struggle with emotions again, I hate being and feeling this way, I get so tired so quickly and then I start to think about things and then get emotional and very weepy. I am also feeling very cold as well; I am told that it’s the morphine that is responsible. Despite the warm weather I wake up shaking like a leaf and it takes me ages to get warm again
Well it’s the usual British summer again nice and sunny up to June And then almost non stop rain since, I am so looking forwards to my holiday at least the weather will be nice and sunny.
