Well, it has been a while...Not that I haven't written loads of entries in my head and promptly forgot them as soon as I sat down to transcribe them :)  Work has been insanely busy and I am having a ball!  It is lots of fun and I am enjoying having a busy day.  The late time that I get home is not easy to deal with but what can I do?  I just need ( Read more... )

Happy New Year!!  J and I started our day today with a lovely breakfast and a 7 mile walk around Fewston and Swinsty reservoirs.  How I have missed walking!  That will be part of my resolutions this year-to go for a walk at least twice a month.  I think we shall even look into getting a National Trust membership to save on the cost of having to pay ( Read more... )

Hope everyone's Christmas went well :)  I am at my MIL's and have had a great time.  I did cry when I called home and my Grandpa answered...he broke a cardinal rule we have-we don't speak on the phone during holidays.  Well, mostly we don't speak on the phone unless I ask to speak to him or he asks to speak to me.  We just get too sad...I can talk ( Read more... )

So there is an Ayureveda spa in Wetherby...something to check out in the new year...it is basically a type of holistic medicine.  It uses the dosha and the vitta and pitta and helps you to figure out what is the best combination for you.  Sounds a bit wacko but maybe it will help my stupid stomach :)  It's a day spa and it is quite reasonably ( Read more... )

Let's see...the past week.  I have gone to work,  went to a pilates class, made pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies without the egg it required, went to my fancy dress Christmas do for work, and spent all Saturday on the sofa feeling poorly.  And no, it wasn't because I had too much to drink ( Read more... )

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Started my job today...so far so good.  The only complaint I have is that it is bloody cold in there!  I am near a huge sash window and due to the combination of a quite cold day, wind howling out, and a faulty boiler, it was doubly, triply bad!  I was told that I could bring a sweater to wear so I shall do that tomorrow or once I wash it :)  The ( Read more... )

We got a television!!!  It is a huge deal :)  Of course this is all happening right as I start work but that is ok :)  To know I can come home and veg for a bit is fabulous ( Read more... )

I am doing better today...It really is all about frame of mind.  J and I talked about why I was feeling down and that made me feel loads better.  It isn't that he doesn't understand me, it's that I don't let him sometimes.  I feel as if what I am feeling doesn't matter and, instead of talking about it like I should, I just think it will go away.  ( Read more... )

Its not my first Thanksgiving away from home but for some reason this one seems the hardest...Maybe its J's lack of enthusiasm about it, the being alone all day and pretty much all evening.  The shit weather doesn't help...Perhaps it never bothered me because Japan was so different and H'gate is so similar in some ways to home.  I sort of expect it ( Read more... )