Friday, November 18, 2005

Quote of the Day

Reading my book on the way to work this morning and a quote caught my eye:

"Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him."

posted by mamasan @ 11:54 AM 3 comments

Happy Anniversary

Yesterday marked the six year anniversary of when Spencer and I got together. I can hardly believe that we've been together for so long. We only just celebrated our 5th anniversary and before I know it, the day of the year rolled around yet again. We decided to have a quiet night in as we're going away on Sunday morning and are going out on the Friday and Saturday nights. Gotta have some spending money to take away.

So I got home from work to be welcomed by a letter from Mother dearest. Really no love lost there. She tried not to be too abusive as I told her that I've informed the police about her letters and will use them all as evidence against her in the event of a court case. She still couldn't resist calling me an "ungrateful, evil creature". True say I've never said thanks for all she's done for me - homeless at 18, severe depression, self harming, self-doubt and an incredibly skewed view of the world....thanks ma - you're the greatest. But I digress. She told me to start proceedings and take her to court as James doesn't want to see me. She also said that she doesn't influence his decisions, she merely presents him with the facts and he makes up his own mind about things. But as anyone who knows her will agree, her opinions and views are often very different to that of your average person. She also randomly said that I have commited fraud. I have no idea what she is talking about which is even more worrying as she is now inventing things in her head. It would be interesting to see the "evidence" she has for this...maybe I could sue her for Libel as well. Or is it slander? Anyway, she's given me the green light to drag her through the courts. Families are way too much hassle.

Then my bubs came home with a big bouquet of long stemmed lillies. The boy really is an angel and I don't know where I would be without him.

posted by mamasan @ 11:03 AM 1 comments

Walk Down Memory Lane

Had the day off on Wednesday and in the evening I met up with the Godmother for some drinks. Not my actual Godmother mind - I mean Godmother in the Mafia sense of the word. Back in the old BK days she was our Don and masterminded all of our activities - I wonder how Melissa is these days (in joke for the BK peeps).

We met up in Richmond but as we couldn't find a parking space anywhere (seriously - Wednesday evening - what's going on?) we decided to drive down to Chiswick for a few drinks there. Out came the photos from Ian's leaving do in 1998 at the Crown & Anchor....lovely pictures of when most of us were around 16/17. How time flies - it doesn't seem like 7 (OMG) years ago and I certainly don't feel 7 years older. Don't think I've matured that much either...oh dear. Gotta get some copies of a few of those pics purely for the amusement factor.

posted by mamasan @ 2:52 AM 1 comments

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Excitement and Venom

Wow - my first ever blog. My friend is a blog veteran and has been trying to convince me set up my own one for a while now. I've been debating - the main reason against it was wondering who on earth would bother to read it. I've concluded that it is easier than constantly emailing everyone the same info - why not just direct them to my shiny new blogspot instead (this one is just for you Hannie).

There's only 4.5 days and counting until my holiday. Jetting off to Jamaica on Sunday morning at 10.30am from gatwick and I am unbelievably excited. I ordered my local currency and travellers cheques an hour ago and they will be ready for me to pick up from my local branch tomorrow. Talk about fast service. And it's all commission free. I am a big fan of Lloyds TSB at the moment - it helped that I wasn't put through to India like usual as I occasionally have trouble understanding the heavy accents. I might do a survey of the amount of times I say "excuse me" next time...

Now all that is left for me to do is sort out the books that I'm going to take to read on the beach while I'm lying in the sun (hah) and pack. I think I will leave the latter until Saturday afternoon when my beloved will be at work. There is nothing more annoying than not being able to move freely around the room just in case I obscure the view of FIFA 2006 on the tv. Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to fit all of the toiletries that I've bought into my new, pink suitcase. I've been told to dress in matching pink clothes - chav anyone??!

So that's the excitement part. Here's the venom. I wrote my mum a bitch of a letter last night. Basically telling her that I've consulted a whole load of "legal professional" who all concur that she is influencing my brother's decisions and that unless he agrees to see me tomorrow, I will start court proceedings against her. Spencer thinks that the letter gives her a taste of her own medicine and that she will be shitting herself from the moment she reads it. Hopefully it will have the desired effect but we'll have to see...I'll post the outcome in the next installment. My life is starting to feel like an episode of Sunset Beach....

posted by mamasan @ 4:38 AM 1 comments