All cheered up now.

Thanks for all the kind thoughts regarding my last entry. It was a little downbeat, that’s for sure. I think it was just a case of letting the boredom get to me. The pain isn’t really an issue now. In fact, I’ve cut my painkillers back drastically. I’d cut them out completely but, apparently, it’s not a good idea to do that and I have to wean myself off them. It could well have been the effect of cutting the pills that caused the mood swing.

But I’m okay now. I’ve given myself a good stiff talking to, shaken myself firmly by the collar and now I’m getting back into the swing of things. I’ve been a little more occupied, which helps. Although, what’s been occupying my time has been more than a little irritating. Anyone who’s with AOL will have seen that little screen that pops up when you sign off sometimes – it says We are updating your files, please don’t interrupt this process, or words to that affect. Well, since one of those updates, I’ve lost all my favourite places and a whole batch of email addresses. I spent over an hour in the tech-chat room trying to sort it out yesterday and, although I did manage to retrieve my faves, the emails are still missing. To be honest, I’m getting more and more disillusioned with AOL lately and I’m checking out some other providers, just in case they push me too far.

I’ve also been spending time uploading a few more photos to my Flickr page, and look, I’ve even managed to set up a little slide show in my side bar. As well as this, I’ve been visiting my facebook account in the last few days. I’ve had the thing for ages but never used it because it irritates me. But my brother has just opened an account and keeps sending me messages through it. Mind you, he’s uploaded a lot of family photos recently so I was able to take a look at them, so it’s been good for one thing at least. Even so, I hope he tires of it fairly soon because I’m afraid Facebook just doesn’t appeal.

Today is Reet’s birthday. We went out for a pub lunch to celebrate. It was okay but they were so slow we thought we’d be celebrating Christmas as well by the time they fed us. Still, it was a break from the norm and that’s what counts.

Here’s a turn up – I think I’m going off alcohol!! No, seriously, I promised myself a brandy after my last entry but come the evening I didn’t really fancy it. I did pour a small one the day after but I didn’t finish it as I wasn’t enjoying it. Then, yesterday I cracked open a bottle of red wine and only had one glass before re-corking the bottle, a concept which is usually alien to me. And today, at the pub, I had a pint and didn’t finish it. When I was in my forties I used to drink quite a lot and often joked that I’d be either dead or tee-total by the time I was fifty. Well, I’ve made to fifty three and I’m still alive but who knows, maybe the tee-total thing might finally be kicking in. Ah well, better late than never I guess.

Okay, I’m rambling here, but hey, at least I’m writing again, that’s a good thing right? But I’ll leave you with a picture. See if you can guess what it is. (Hopefully I haven’t used it before). I’ll let you know in a day or two.

Toodle-pip. x