Lazy Mare

You must think that I am lazy for not posting on my blog for a while. I have been quite busy and that's my excuse.

I did a crazy thing on Monday - I knew that Steve (the gorgeous hunk that I met at the airport prior to going to Spain) would be returning from his holiday so I decided to go and meet him..I know...I know..before you start saying anything. I was hoping that we could go for lunch but he came back with his mum who was already in Corfu and we didnt have much time before they caught the bus to the longstay carpark in Coleshill - in fact us chatting made them miss one bus. I decided to give him a bottle of Crema Catalina that I had bought back from Spain because I know that he loves Baileys - Crema Catalina is far nicer than Baileys. It was great seeing him and I admit that my heart skipped a beat when he came through arrivals - he didnt see me at first until I tapped him on the shoulder. He must have done something to me because I managed to get onto the London Euston train by mistake and had to get off in Coventry - I didnt get home til gone 5pm...sigh. We have since exchanged emails, hopefully we will exchange more :-)

Tuesday, I went to a 4networking breakfast meeting in Rubery (I got lost leaving there as well because I couldnt find my way out of the complex..sigh). The meeting was great and I met some interesting people - this meeting is far better than the BNI one especially as there is no pressure to refer but you do get 3 10 minute business meetings and they meet later, there is also no commitment to attend every single week. I decided that I liked them so paid for a passport membership which allows me to visit every group in the country. I have also put my name forward to help out. A guiness world record was broken too with a little audience participating which was cool - Redditch are trying to beat us this coming Tuesday but as their meeting is at Studley Castle I have made arrangements for them to have no drink and Jacobs Cream Crackers to eat - trying delivering a speech with a dry mouth LOL. I met a chap who was a hypnotherapist but more about him later.

Wednesday - I had my eye hospital appointment, I was kept waiting for over an hour due to their jobsworth receptionist who refused to handover my notes because I hadnt taken my appointment letter as she likes to pin it to the front..it has never been a problem before. Prof was so angry that he asked me to make a formal complaint - this silly delay caused him to be late for his next meeting and he was particularly keen to see me. I came home and wrote a 2page epistle outlining the fact that despite requests for appointments for the glaucoma clinic they are not forthcoming, again the receptionist only reads what she wants to read on the appointment forms submitted by the specialist. It took 18 months to get an appointment at the field vision clinic..which is completely ridiculous. So I hope to get a response to my letter because I really am quite angry.

Thursday - the meter man came too early and I was still in my dressing gown..I cancelled a meeting that I was due to have a the chamber of commerce, I have decided not to renew my membership when it comes up for renewal especially as I have now joined 4Networking which will be more beneficial to me.

Friday - this was an unusual day to say the least. On Tuesday at the networking meeting I met a hypnotherapist who offered me a free session so I took him up on his offer. I dont particularly like standing up in front of people talking about me and my business and see it as a necessary evil hence the offer of this session. We started off having a little chat and how I felt that the lack of self confidence stemmed from my mother who is super critical - well she is, I know that I am one huge disappointment to her and have been from the day of conception! It has reached the stage that she is almost cut out of my life. Well less about her as talking about her depresses me. Onto the hypnotherapy - I have a very open mind about alternative treatments but I admit that I am not convinced that I was actually hypnotised. I was told to imagine blackboards, bits of chalk and blackboard rubbers and writing words and numbers and rubbing them out, I was then told to imagine myself as an insect under a microscope being studied and that insect not caring and then I was bought back to being awake - now I don't think that I was ever 'asleep'. I won't be having any more sessions and cannot understand what benefit they are to people. I feel exactly the same now as I did before the therapy session.

You will also be pleased to hear that I have picked up my coursework again and have been making notes for various assignments and coming up with some ideas..I pity my poor tutor as she is going to start assignments out of order again LOL.

I spent yesterday networking on the online 4N forum - even gave some details about Linda and DressesatNo.9 because someone wants a red Hollywood Dreams type dress for a New Years' Eve wedding. Someone else is looking for a dressmaker in Bristol but I don't know any.

Since getting Skype - I have found that I use it for all calls to landlines as it is free but I do admit to buying credit occasionally so that I can call mobiles but those calls cost me less than 4p a minute.

I am waiting for news from my friend Anna - she was due to give birth on Wednesday to her son Thomas Ryan Warrilow but as yet there is no news.