It seems at the moment I’m spending an age waiting for stuff. The clinic hasn’t gotten back to me, they are waiting for the ethics committee. It appears the ethics committee take their time thinking things over.We waited for ages to get the forms for the bank loan, and now it appears they still haven’t received the documentation that is needed to finalise details. The loan is in the event the clinic say yes. Everything else is on hold, including buying a property. It was never top of our list anyways. The B12 has turned me into a monster. Mammy2 is looking for a suppor group for partners of people who are taking B12. Thankfully I trained on Saturday and took most of my mood out on the punchbag. I was late for class as well because the photographer who wanted to take our pic took his time taking different shots. We found the whole thing humorous moreso because the apartment block is being painted and of course the painters in their mini cranes wanted to know why we were sitting on a fountain with cheesy smiles while yer man hid behind a bush to take some more pictures. I could see the headline now:

Lesbians frolic in fountain whilst painter plummets to his death.

Obviously another reason why we shouldn’t be allowed marry. We cause people to die by merely being in their presence and being openly affectionate. The article looks like it was dropped anyways. I had the horrible task of actually purchasing the Sun the last 2 mornings and there was no sign of it. What a shocking paper it is though! So perhaps our story wasn’t heart wrenching enough. Who knows!

My moods appear to have settled, just in time for my next injection and the madness to continue. Mammy2 did some research and supposedly, it increase your oestrogen levels and we all know that fecker sits in the driving seat of your hormones. Enough said.

The weekend was a comination of work, work and catching up with the college mate who got married last year. We went out for dinner with her and the hubby. They are a lovely couple. I still find it bizzare that we have both come so far in the friendship. Before I met Mammy2 and perhaps one of the reasons we got together was I was very upset over a falling out I had with the mate R. I don’t remember the exact details of what happened except that she said she didn’t want to see me again and that I had changed and wasn’t the person she knew. When you consider I had spent the best part of 4 years living with this girl in college, for 2 of those we weren’t apart at all as we spent the summer together in Wales, I didn’t know what was happening. When you are so close to someone for so long and then suddenly they’re not around , its strange. I did what she asked and didn’t make any contact. Eventually though, about 6 months of no contact whatsoever, I had enough of wondering what if and should I get back in touch. I missed her too much and the friendship. I would try one last time, ask to meet up and see what happens. It was awkard at first, but we both made the effort and now thankfully we get along fine, better then before. The gay thing was a bit difficult for her, why I don’t know. Perhaps because we were so close and she thought this was something I kept from her. Who knows. We could analyse it until the cows come home but we’re all good now.

Speaking of mates, C rang yesterday. I nearly fell over. Himself and the gf are back from the wilds of Australia and Bali where they headed for a month. We’re to catch up next week before he returns to work. I didn’t realise how much I missed chatting and hanging with him. So hopefully we can meet up and I have to tell him all the news about the clinic. Or the lack of news from the clinic. Its hard waiting.

In other news, I have a found a fellow eurovision fan in work! She is as into it as I am, knowing the names of some of the classics such as Bobbysocks and Bucks Fizz as well as remembering Celine Dion’s turn for Switzerland. Classic stuff. So now at least she’ll be into the eurovision poll and I won’t look like the only eejit who gos on about it. Although it is a talent I have to say. The ability to talk to myself about it

Its that time of the year when these trees start to bloom. I LOVE them. They are so colourful and for me always represent spring on the way.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 at 10:13 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Mammy2 is convinced they’re from Vitamin B12 injections, whatever they are from, I wish they’d feck back off to wherever they came from. After yesterday’s jab, my moods were so bad. Its like the worst case of PMT you’ve ever had. Mini panic attacks and I’ve never had panic attacks so it was a lovely pleasent expierence. I was fit to kill, to cry and to dance all in a matter of minutes yesterday. Mammy2 was cooking dinner so my job was the wine. I had not anticipated the frenzy that would be the shops. When I wasn’t getting my eye poked out my single red roses, I was getting pushed in the back as the stampede moved to the chocolate sections. With my mood being in the state it was, I rang Mammy2 and asked her politely if she wouldn’t mind picking up the wine as well. I was fit to go postal. I calmed myself down by counting how many embaressed people there were with flowers. A lot less then last year. Perhaps its going out of fashion.

No-one in work got them. My workmates have 2 vastly different stories. One of them asked where her card was, the husband said it was in work and he would give it to her in the evening. When she went to get into the car, there was a bouquet of flowers, a card and a bottle of champagne. He had also booked dinner. Very romantic. The other workmate asked where her card was. Obvious that he had forgotten it, he mentioned it was in work. She was not impressed understandably. So whilst on gchat to him, she pretended a bouquet of flowers had been delivered to her. He rang her straight away. A cruel but genius move

The meeting went well, we should be ready to start development next week. The design is fab and only one thing came up as a result. There were javascript flyouts for the menu which I said was a no go. As far as I know Javascript still has some accessiblity issues, espeically with navigation so its not a good idea. Thankfully, there was no designer tantrums. Thankfully, I’ve never worked with a designer who threw tantrums! I need to work most of the weekend to get the rest of the my websites up and running so I can concentrate on this one. Its going to get a lot of exposure so I need to make sure its perfect.

The weekend isn’t going to be a busy one thankfully. With the workload I have, it would be a headache. The photographer is coming to take our pic for the article. I think its going to be in Monday’s issue, to conicide with the launch of Marriage Equality. The interview was grand, I let Mammy2 do most of the talking, she’s a lot more articulate then I am. Hopefully it won’t be too cheesy. I’d say the kid will have a good laugh at it. I met up with her yesterday after the doctors to give her the form she needs to get stamped. Thankfully this time she got it stamped so all going well she will start the course next week and start getting some money.

Mammy2 is looking for another job, Stepford as I like to call her workplace is really starting to get to her. Its soul destroying for her. Thankfully there is a fair few editoral jobs out there as well as the accounts stuff which is if she’s really stuck. So by Easter she’ll be in a new job. That’s the plan anyways.

We are catching up with my college mate R and her husband P for dinner tomorrow night. I haven’t seen them since they got married so I’ll look forward to the wedding pics. Other then that the weekend should be quiet enough, me and the PC hanging out. Fun! Once that’s done, I should be able to relax for at least 5 mins. Once the vitamin B12 stops coursing through my body.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 10:58 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Some cute pictures to get the day started.

Its impossible to describe the weather at the moment. I got up this morning and I couldn’t see out the windows the fog was so dense. I LOVE these mornings, they remind me of home. Down the country. Freezing fog, quiet countryside and nothing else. Of course Dublin is far removed from quiet countryside, but out where I work, in the park, sometimes you can pretend you’re back down the country as its quiet and near the sea. Not quite a lake but it will do. The last few mornings I have skipped Luas/little bus for the walk, its a great way to start the day. Of course
I’m feeling a lot more energectic these days. Not sure if its to do with the vitamin B12 injections or I’ve been training more. I had a really great class on Monday. The mate J came along, and its always good fun as well as a good workout when she goes. The class flies by and I look less like Billy No mates, left with my hand up waiting for a partner. It was also good to catch up with her, although its kinda difficult to chat to he when she’s trying to perfect her roundhouse kick. We’re meeting up tonight sans gloves and focus mitts for some chats over bravas. Looking
forward to it.

We have an interview this evening with the Sun. The things we do for the commununity. On Monday Feb 18th, Marriage Equality is launching and its campaigning for same-sex relationships to have recognition and the same rights as hetrosexual couples. Its one of the biggest drives I’ve seen campaign wise and also all of the various organisations are on board from NLGFF to GLEN. Its unusual for everyone to be on the same page so I have a feeling it might make a difference. As a result of this, they have been looking for couples to represent us in the media and covering everything from parenting to immigration etc. We got the parenting side of things. Not what we are doing at
the moment with the clinic and everything, that’s private. Moreso about when we had the kid and how Mammy2 had no rights etc. Apparently our contact at Marriage Equality thinks its a great story. Lucky she didn’t have to live through it. So they are interviewing us and taking our pic. I said to Mammy2 knowing the Sun, it would be a picture of me beside Mam’s pic and a hanky whilst Mammy2 stands in the background clutching the kid’s birth cert. Not sure when its out, Saturday apparently. Also not sure who within our circle would see it. I guess this will test out the theory of who reads the Sun

Mammy2 is starting to look elsewhere for a job. I didn’t think she’d last long where she is and the latest serious of incidents proves how bad a place it is. You’re not allowed talk at all it appears. I mean, you spend the best part of your day with these people and you can’t talk to them or laugh? The only sound acceptable is the keyboard. And the buzz of the generator required to keep all the drones working. Sheesh. Anyhew, she’s had a look around the there are a few journalism/media type jobs but she’s also checking out accounts as well. At this stage, we need 2 wages coming in until we get sorted with regards the clinic and costs.

The kid got accepted for her FAS course in Pharmacy no less. She has to get a form filled out by the social welfare and considering the heartbreak and tantrums her trying to sign on caused , I am hoping this is a bit more straightforward. One can only hope. And hopefully she likes the course, I think it would be great for her in terms of doing something during the day and getting some money. I don’t know how she’s survived so far. Well there is her long running tab with us That’s what parents are for apparently. The sister K thinks she applied for Pharmacy so she can get discounts on baby wipes. You know, she might be right!

We’re not celebrating Valetine’s day. Its no biggie for us and its way over commercialised. We get each other cards and that’s about it. Mammy2 is cooking a dinner as I have a meeting to talk about my latest project. As one of the guys I am meeting said, lovely way to spend Valentines

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 11:36 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

I’m hooked on the latest season of the L word, I know I know, its a tv show. What am I like. etc. But its fun and the whole Bette/Tina storyline is really taking off. To give you an example of how sad I am, the latest episode, ep 4 of Season 5, had them share a kiss. Now, before that you had threesomes and god only knows how many other sex scenes but for me the kiss they shared was much sexier and erotic then any threesomes involving Shane or any shenaigans Jenny got up to. Ever. Its something about the characters of Bette and Tina, who have been through so much, and the actresses who play them. They bring something extra to the role. So I await the next few episodes in
hope that they get back together. They are meant for each other! I’ll stop now, I’m scaring myself. Anyhew, some pics form that episode and one of Shane looking very cute If only she had a body to go along with the attitude.

I may have mentioned its Mammy2’s parents 40th this year and as a present, the family are thinking of getting them a gazebo. Did you ever have a moment where you are brought right back in time to a similar conversation. Its weird. Mammy2 was worried about telling me, but I guess I can understand. Our big plan for Mam was as soon as she was out , we were buying a gazebo for her and putting in the back yard. She fell in love with the one in Powerscourt Gardens. It was just so lovely, we sat in the sun, Mam had a smoke and chatted about how lovely it would be to have one of those. Of course, we immediately thought deadly, once she gets out of hospital and comes home we can have this waiting for her. She can sit in it all day. Here’s hoping she has one where she is now.

No word from the kid, I am assuming this is due to lack of phone. I made an agreement with her to give her mine whilst I upgrade my granny phone as people keep calling it. Just because it doesn’t have pictures, or a camera or a radio and has the smallest screen ever with the largest txt does not make it a granny phone. Sheesh. Anyhew, she’s coming over next week and we are having sister’s night. I want to go and see Cloverfield and Mammy2 is against it. For various reasons which include the motion sickness and the horror element. Strange woman. She is all excited about getting her Wii. I don’t think I’ll see her at all once she gets that. We skipped gym and training last night and had a lovely meal in Desi Curry, the food is amazing and then headed home to chill out, catch up on some Cashmere Mafia and have a glass of wine. Tonight Mammy2 has her induction in the gym so I can either work, which I should really be doing or train and then get an early night. Which I should also be doing.

I got the first of my B12 injections this morning so hopefully I won’t be as tired. Poor Mammy2 said she wouldn’t be able to handle me if I got any more energectic. The training is helping with the tiredness but I still feel out of shape. I asked Mammy2 to ask about swimming lessons in her new fancy gym. Most times when we go away the hotel or whereever we stay has access to a pool/jacuzzi and I reckon at this stage its about time I learnt so I’m not leaving herself all by herself! Its meant to be not that hard and its always something I thought about doing. So perhaps I should give it a go. Add it to my list of things to do. Which is getting longer by the minute. Surprisingly enough.

I think I need a holiday! I was reading in Diva about the top european destinations and looking at all the pics, I really want to be away somewhere sunny for a while. Although with the whole baby thing, I reckon everything is on hold. Typical, in the same year as we have a 40th wedding anniversay, a 40th bday bash of a good friend and 2 weddings. Not to mention the ploughing chamionships and the Rose of Tralee. I want to attend both but realistically I don’t know. We shall have to see. In other news I have subscribed to the Eurovision news letter so at least I am up to date with all the goings on there. Such a relief

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

So yesterday I came close to throwing the pc out the window. And I am not usually one of those people. I know that its a logical machine, it does exactly what you tell it and the idea that it was doing something to piss me off would have been comical were I not working off 12 hours sleep after the weekend and very little patience. I was trying to upload the carnival pics, convert some movies and burn the latest l word to disc. Overworked ? Nah, I wanted it to do all of the above and of course it was having issues. After trying every dvd in the pack, I came to the conclusion that the dvds were fauulty because the same software burned images fine to cds. After nearly 2 hours of working on it, I gave up before I threw it anywhere. Mammy2 hide behind the couch and luckily didn’t ask were we going to be able to watch anything last night. I was beyond stressed with it. And after relaxing when I got home, I had a lovely shower, cooked dinner and was nicely chilled before the bits and bytes started to antagonise me any more. Bed at 10 and I was asleep in minutes. Determined not to let the pc get one over on me, because of course it was keeping score,
I got up early, uploaded the pics onto Jeff2 and headed straight into work. Got most of them uploaded and captioned so I’m happy! Its the little things really.

Today is pancake tuesday, people are all talk about 2 things, pancakes and what are you giving up for Lent. I feel the whole Lent thing is similar to the New Year resolution thing, ie everyone feels like its a good idea and no-one follows through on it. I could be wrong though. Perhaps it is a good idea to reflect on things and try to be a better person etc. I’m also not a fan of pancakes. Thankfully neither is mammy2. She’s working late tonight as its production so I might make her a salad or something light to keep her going. And hopefully I shall purchase some dvds on the way home and stupid things will work. So we can catch up on the l word. I have to say I am enjoying it, I am hearing mixed reviews from people. I think people expect from it then it is. Its a tv show with fictional characters. That’s it. Its a bit of switch on and enjoy. Its not here to make a politcal statement, its not here to tell us what to label people. I sometimes don’t get how people get so het up about things. No pun intended

Still no word from the kid, I am of the belief no news is good news, but I am trying to reach her to ensure she txts one of the aunties. She was supposed to txt her at christmas when the aunty sent money to her, but of course she didn’t. We also sent a christmas card back to this aunty but it appears she didn’t get it and passed a message on via the brother to say that she hadn’t heard from us at all. So I will send her a paddies day card and hope it gets there. Sometimes I don’t know where the post disappears to. She has her FAS interview today, so fingers crossed she gets accepted onto the course AND actually wants to attend. This is a bigger issue. Chances are the bubonic plague may make its first appearence since the 19th century. You never can tell with her.

The evenings are starting to get that much brighter and I am already more motivated to go out and about. When its not pitch dark on your way to work and on your way home you do feel a lot better. The ipod has made a lazurus like recovery from certain death and is ready to go as well, so by next week I shall be skipping to work. Provided I get
headphones for the poor fellow. The minute the kid is around, its a case of what’s mine is yours. And so everything disappears with her. Headphones included. We also need to get a new cd/ hifi as the other one appears to be on the way out and sometimes its not worth the hassle powering up the pc to listen to some music. I have been eyeing up
dvd recorders as well, but they are a tad pricey. Perhaps when all the baby stuff is finished with.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 2:26 pm You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.