Archive for February, 2008

Just For the Record…

the chicken nachos were excellent. Damn, I’m a good cook. And modest.

February 29, 2008   Posted in: me  No Comments

On Being Agoraphobic and Stuck in a Crowd

So tonight after work I had to go to Tesco at City Centre because a.) I forgot to order the seafood for tonights paella in the grocery order for this past Monday and b.) Simon and I still haven’t gotten our heads around having a real sized refrigerator and only order food to last through [...]

February 28, 2008   Posted in: Mental Illness, daily  3 Comments

This Happens Worldwide…

Simon found out yesterday that his job will not be renewing his contract at the end of July.  So he’s out of a job as of then. They will try to redeploy him somewhere else in the University.  If they don’t he’ll get a redundancy payment. So things are pretty depressing and stressful around here [...]

February 28, 2008   Posted in: daily  No Comments

Time Goes By…

The street where I wait for the bus to work is where a lot of school children walk to get to school. I don’t know what school they go to, but at least 15 – 20 of them walk by every day. There is one group of boys I have been seeing for the past [...]

February 27, 2008   Posted in: Belfast, Thoughts, daily  No Comments

The ‘Joy’ of the NHS

So I went to the Diabetes Clinic today. I don’t think I mentioned before about my having Type II diabetes. But I do. I control it with diet and *cough* exercise. In other words, I watch what I eat and think about doing exercise. Wasn’t too bad today, although they were running an hour behind. [...]

February 25, 2008   Posted in: Belfast, Diabetes, daily, me  No Comments

Other Differences Between the US and the UK…

In the UK Mother’s Day is 3rd March this year. US 11th May.  This means I have to buy Mother’s Day cards now and remember where I put them so I can send them to my mom and step-mom in May. It used to be that the clocks changed a week apart in the fall, [...]

February 24, 2008   Posted in: Belfast, daily  2 Comments

Be There When You Said You Would

So today the plumber was suppose to come by to look at the toilet in our En Suite bathroom.  It works but not well and sometimes you have to flush twice.  He never showed up, never called.  We don’t have his number to call him, as it was arranged through our Landlord.  Who will be [...]

February 23, 2008   Posted in: Belfast, Customer Service, daily  No Comments

On Being Loud and Female

I am not a quiet person. Not at all. Ask my mother. And, for a woman in Northern Ireland, that is very unusual. It would appear that women in this country are taught how to be quiet. It is so bad that half the time I can’t even hear what my female co-workers are saying [...]

February 22, 2008   Posted in: Belfast, daily  One Comment

How’d It Happen?

Along with wondering Who Decided? I often wonder, How’d It Happen?  How did the myriad of immigrants accents become the broad twang of the New York accent?  How’d it happen that the French speak French and the Germans speak German if, theoretically, all of mankind evolved from one place and one species? How did those [...]

February 21, 2008   Posted in: Thoughts, daily  One Comment

If No One Complains, Nothing Will Change

So we are waiting for a part to come in for our boiler. We were told it would be in in a week about a week ago. No part, no call from the boiler man. Our boiler works, but keeps overheating, which is a pain in the ass. When I mentioned to Simon how annoyed [...]

February 20, 2008   Posted in: Belfast, Customer Service, Thoughts, daily  2 Comments