Prehistoric laserbeams and Shirley
Don’t look at me strangely, the subject comes from a phone call with the mate R. She’s south african and so a little strange. I look positively sane next to her. She was asking me did I think there were any lesbians in the stone ages. She pondered about how it would work with no conversation and what not. I asked her had she been on the scene recently, things hadn’t changed all that much. I have reason to believe there still are some prehistoric lesbians out there. She’s back in 3 weeks!
The kid is in Holland 
Don’t get me wrong, I love that kid to bits, but a whole week without her is just bliss. We dropped herself, the sister and the boyf off at the airport at 5.30 yesterday and literally dust from the wheels to get home! Fair play to the sister for taking her for a week. Its been over a year since we have had the apartment to ourselves for such a long period of time. Yesterday when I finally crawled out of the bed, there was cleaning, christmas decorations to be taken down and what not. Its a job Mammy2 hates and as she was still tucked up in bed with a bad chest infection, I cleaned the place. By the time she arose, the place was spotless and I was working on the PC. She was so groggy at first, she didn’t notice any difference. Glasses make a world of difference!
Once the cleaning was done, I did nothing. Well, after playing on the PC for a while, yes I am a nerd. I sat on the couch and watched dvds. For hours. It was a strange sensation. I got to watch Season 2 of Popular, I loved that show in the 90s and the sis got it for my birthday. We got a text from the
kid via the sis. She was looking for the boyf’s landline number. She’s not a gone a day and she wants to call him. This guy is looking like he might last longer then the others.
I was in strange mood yesterday, tends to happen when I switch off and calm down. Also, the episodes of Popular that I watched were all set in a hospital. One of the characters had leukaemia and was getting treatement. Everything about the scences though brought me back to St James. He had to try and walk by himself and I rememebered Mam. Every day no matter how weak she was, she wanted to try and walk. We’d sit outside and watch her, the hair on the back of her head all ruffled up because she’d been sleeping. She was so frail, and still she yapped away to the nurse about this and that. I guess no matter what a titch suffers from, our speech will be the last thing to do 
It made me think how thankful I am for all I have in my life at the moment, I know its sounds cliched.
But whilst we are enjoying ourselves on this New Year’s eve,there are people all over the country suffering. There are people in waiting rooms in hospitals, not knowing if their loved one is going to make it or not. Enough cheerfulness I hear you say, I just thought I’d put things in perspective. Things are never as bad as they seem. This moment was brought to you courtesy of Hallmark.
I’ve no idea what we are going to get up to for New Year’s. Its the first one in a while where we won’t have the kid. Mammy2 hates it, I think she’d rather sleep through it. I love it. Mam loved it, the countdown, the singing, albeit off kilter, of Auld Lang Syne and chatting about the year gone. I’d like to go out but I shall see how Mammy2 is doing. I’d hardly be the best nurse out there if I drag the patient out into the cold. And no, I don’t have a uniform. Before you ask. There’s a tradition of gathering at Christchurch Cathedral and the bells ring in the new year. It always gets a good crowd, so we might do that. The kid is heading to a New Year’s Party with the sister. Did I mention she’s turning 18 this year? She’s talking about coming
to the birthday bash for my website. It would be great if she did come , except for I’d be in ribbons. She’s not ugly, lets put it this way and she gets attention. I’ve been told by the mate J that the team will be on hand to keep an eye at all times. The poor kid, with a bodyguard on hand. Not that she’d want one. I’ve been told I’m overprotective? I don’t know where these people are coming from! Happy New year!!!
