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I too shall be away....
federica
Seeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
....But I'm afraid my reasons are far more practical and less altruistic than Elohim's....
I won't be around much today (Monday 6th) because tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday, I'm going to be dealing with, and embroiled in a legal situation....
Gonna fight for the right to get paid - !!
I'll be back on Friday, and will let you all know how I get on, then....
can I PLEASE trust you all to behave yourselves....?
BF..... .........stop flicking ink pellets at Yogamama....
Xrayman..... stop writing sonnets and pay attention....
Zenmonk.....how many times.....? Sit properly!
Brigid.... .....leave my knife collection alone....
Knitwitch.... cakes and tea, please......
Palzang.... ..use a hanky, not your sleeves......
Frizzer.... ...stop click-clacking those beads fergawdssake!
George......George?.......
........don't do that......*
Wish me luck
(*Only die-hard true British fans of Joyce Grenfell will know what i mean by that one....!!)
I won't be around much today (Monday 6th) because tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday, I'm going to be dealing with, and embroiled in a legal situation....
Gonna fight for the right to get paid - !!
I'll be back on Friday, and will let you all know how I get on, then....
can I PLEASE trust you all to behave yourselves....?
BF..... .........stop flicking ink pellets at Yogamama....
Xrayman..... stop writing sonnets and pay attention....
Zenmonk.....how many times.....? Sit properly!
Brigid.... .....leave my knife collection alone....
Knitwitch.... cakes and tea, please......
Palzang.... ..use a hanky, not your sleeves......
Frizzer.... ...stop click-clacking those beads fergawdssake!
George......George?.......
........don't do that......*
Wish me luck
(*Only die-hard true British fans of Joyce Grenfell will know what i mean by that one....!!)
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Aquula, you'll notice you're not on the list... you're just too good, I guess!
thanks again....
Bright blessings on your endeavours beloved. The whole house will stink of incense while you are away.
-bf
BF - did you notice how she told you to behave and not me??? Hmmmmm....guess I have her fooled, huh??
Dang, my memory's going..... Yogamama....... I told you - that's not lady-like, so stop it.....
(Spitting mandarin seeds across the place....Why? What did you think I meant.....??)
:rockon::cheer::mullet:
I must have missed that.
Probably while I was whipping up my sausage and prune juice smoothie this morning.
I'm dim without my prunes in the morning.
-bf
For someone who is supposed to be gone - you sure are hanging around here a lot.
Why don't you shoo off for a bit now?
-bf
It's now 10:25pm here... I shall soon be climbing the "wooden Hill, Bedofordshire bound" so be patient, my little Lab experiment, be patient..... heeheeheehee!
Too funny
-bf
You all forgot about me.....Dang! I'll just hide back in the corner were I belong:grumble: Hit you all with my ruler I will!!!!!!
Palzang of the limberlost
Sonnets?
I friggin' wish!
Yes there's love if you want it ,
Don't sound like a sonnet,
My lord.
Sonnet. Richard Ashcroft-The Verve
Now this guy can Write!
All this talk of getting lonely,
it's getting me down my lord,
like a cat in a bag,
waiting to drown,
this time I'm going down.
Now the drugs don't work,
they just make you worse,
but I know I'll see your face again.
Now I say Wooohooo,
If heaven calls,
I'm coming too.
Just like you said,
You live your life, I'm better off dead.
The Drugs Don't Work, Richard Ashcroft-The Verve
mmm maybe it's because his name is Richard...Yea there's definitely something in that.
Good luck, Federica!
You've gotta fight for your right to Par-ty! (Beastie Boys):rocker:
regards,
Xrayman
Well, after a long, tedious, frustrating and terrifying drive back, through continuous torrential downpours, we're back....
Got in late last night....(thursday 9th,) and it turns out we made a near 2000km round-trip for about a half hour in the Industrial Tribunal, infront of four french judges.... Who will let us know their decision on the 31st of May.
They kindly pointed out I would not need to attend then....For this at least, I am truly grateful....
But we still have another three months or so of tough time ahead of us...
I feel fatigued, a little deflated and cannot believe such an experience would be so intimidating and harrowing.
However, you will all note I am still in one piece, down a little, maybe, but definitely not out!
Picture ant and rubber-tree plant....
So glad you're both home safe and sound.
The waiting game is such a drag, isn't it? I've been doing a lot of it recently and I'm still not handling it with the grace and patience I'd like to. I always freak out like my whole world's ending. I need answers, NOW!!! But, (sigh), it is another good opportunity to practice patience, after all. (My parents are starting to get pretty fed up with this "opportunity" attitude of mine. I know they want to tell me to shut up. I just know it. LOL!)
Just hang with us while you're waiting and we'll keep your mind off things by being our usual naughty little selves. We'll keep you on your toes, Fede. Promise!
Love,
Brigid
P.S. Just curious, but were you supplied with any travel refunds of any sort? Or did you have to pay for that as well? You should have received danger pay for those drives. That makes me a little angry, putting you and Nick through danger like that. Surely video conferencing should do away with the need to show up in person in the very near future.
I have no idea how I'm going to do the traveling the government expects of me when I have to be reevaluated at the end of April by a doctor chosen by them in who knows what city.
Yep - I was a little naughty yesterday.
Fede - so glad you are back and sorry to hear it was so draining for you! Hope you are feeling better soon!
Wouldn't it be great if BF had the same standard for naughty as you have?
I never said I was naughty. I'm just plain, old weird.
-bf
Now stop passing the buck. You sound like my girlfriend. "It's your fault I'm not using Right Speech, you big, stupid dummy!"
-bf
I am making fast and decisive moves to vacate the place we are renting, and will be staying with Nick's dad for a week or so....
During this time, I will come in as often as is possible, but my visits are likely to be less frequent...
On Friday the 23rd of June, I am leaving France.
Nick's dad (Peter) is driving me over to the UK, and all being well, I shall be staying at my younger brother's tiny apartment, whilst he is away for a month or so, working...this will be the necessary incentive to spur me into finding more permanent accommodation, and hopefully, some form of gainful employment....
Peter has just bought a one-way ticket for our trip, because he will be using the return trip already paid for, and planned for Nick's return to France - something that in view of what I'm doing, will now no longer be necessary....
Simon, Adrian, Sas, Jane: I shall look forward to the Golden Opportunity of meeting up with you all at some point.... I have taken the liberty of making a note of your e-mail details, in case for some reason I can't make it back on forum for a while, but in any event, everyone should definitely consider this coming interlude as an 'au revoir' moment, as opposed to an 'adieu' - I am more difficult to get rid of than this, you know....!!
Will keep you all in the loop...
You're all such a joy and tower of stength for me....
*Hugs* Simon.... :winkc:
Well.....
That's where I'm going to.....!!
It's my brother's pad, and it will only be temporary, but it will be so nice to get back to England!!
(Appearances can be deceptive....The roof covers two adjoining houses....both divided into ground-floor and top-floor apartment/maisonettes....he's in one of them.... and it's quite tiny....) But for a while, it will be my little pied-à-terre....
dang! Must get rid of this French - !!
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&om=1&ll=51.4516,-0.333624&spn=0.001239,0.002033
Catholic, that is...One of the most hideous, modern, characterless churches I have ever seen- !! All breeze-block and weird angles....!!
No, Fr. John Wylie married us..... (I think that's how it's spelt - pronounced Why-lee, for those who don't know) I don't know if he was before, during, or after your time....; Comical sensitive chap....lovely man.... Fr. Swan was... complicated..... bit tetchy and authoritarian.... but he was ok.....
Good grief, 'quel monde intime'.....!!
Frizzer...you know it? How far are you from there?
-bf
Fede,
I'll be happy when you're finally back. France has had its day.
Happy times ahead!
Love you.
Brigid
Moving out of this house on Friday the 9th of June....
Will have sporadic access to the Internet from then, until the 22nd of June....
Then, that will be it, until I really don't know when.....
I have shifted more dust than is good for me, and got rid of much crud and clutter that's been bad for me...
There have been some delightful moments here, but the whole experience has, on the whole, left a bitter taste in my mouth - but i'm not looking back -
The UK awaits, and I'm looking forward to the move, now....