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D has left, to drive back to Sydney. I wish he'd sober up first. He's a good driver, but even that doesn't guard against suicidal roos.

I miss him already.

I'd be delighted to meet a fresh contender for the title 'love of my life', but somehow it's still D. *sigh*

I just had Mum on the phone, filling me in on progress with settling my grandmother's estate. She had been thinking about possibly moving into the house, or renovating it and either renting it out or selling it later, but it's come as a relief to me that she's decided to get the executors to sell it as it is. Frankly, she doesn't need all the ( Read more... )

Today was a particularly good day in the office. A range of my superiors admitted to me, in public, that the place has been run very badly for a few years now. This won't help immediately, but I do feel vindicated. All my complaining and moaning is starting to get through to them, at last, at long last. It's a pleasant feeling, having people listen ( Read more... )

I've nothing to say for myself, except that I'm back...

There wasn't much chance for me to have time to myself - things got out of control in the office, on account of a ravening feral Minister - but I am feeling a bit more together than I was. There's still a fair distance to cover, but I'll get there.

Given the stresses of recent events, and the fact that I'm not feeling completely well in any sense of the word, I think I might spend a couple of days offline. It'll be character-building, I'm sure. The fact is, I'm on a depressive downswing. These usually don't last long, but this one feels deeper than the usual type and a bit of hermiting might ( Read more... )

Today wasn't a good one. I was in a rotten mood to start with, then I lost my temper in the office. I try not to do that a a rule, mostly because everyone looks at me sideways for a few days afterwards, but today I couldn't help myself. I didn't actually break anything, at least, and I think my verbal outbursts were grammatically correct, so that's ( Read more... )

I got back from Adelaide last night, but was far too tired to even think about logging on ( Read more... )

Mum rang earlier. My grandmother died about half an hour ago.

Liis Kalejs
Born 27 January 1918, Narva, Estonia
Died 3 May 2006, Adelaide, South Australia

At peace, at last, after 88 years of tumult.

I just had my sister on the phone. It seems the old girl was found slumped in a chair at the nursing home, and not looking at all well, so she's off to hospital again. We don't know which hospital yet, and of course they won't be doing any tests or whatever tonight. I'll be kept informed, of course - but I wonder if I need to make arrangements to ( Read more... )