Frizz

Sorry for the lack of posts again. Have been busy, even my computer remained shut from Tuesday to today – some kind of record. My colleague has been visiting from across the pond, which is always nice and means lots of meetings and this time a conference as well, which happened to take place at my old Uni – I even ended up parking (I know I ended up driving one day) in my first year car park and went on a nostalgia visit to the library. Actually car parks were a thing, because later when I drove into town, I remembered where I used to park and how to get there, I was chuffed that I remembered – small things. Also, amazed that my car made it that far and back again without the need to call out the RAC, which I was half expecting to have to do.

Other things that happened this week: I got attacked. Really. Kicked three times in broad daylight and chased and I have to thank a guy called Aly (not sure about the spelling) who basically saved me from being very scared and possibly being kicked again. My colleague and I were minding our own business, when this guy came up and spat at her and I had to ask why, it was an involuntary reaction. The guy kicked me each time in the same place, behind the knee – I’ve been wondering if there was a reason for it, because it didn’t leave a mark, anywhere else and I’d have had an enormous bruise. My colleague missed a free afternoon and I missed a tea party at C’s, whilst we gave statements to the police. Also, it’s not what you want a visitor to remember of London; I had to reassure both of us that I’d never experienced anything like it before. And then both C and Big R said we were lucky he hadn’t had a knife and at the time I hadn’t even thought about it, but sadly and reluctantly I’ll admit they have a point.

And I met a woman who knew my aunt years ago – one of those situations where I thought, shall I go up and ask her or not? When I asked her what my aunt had been like she said like me, which isn’t news as I’ve grown up being told I look like her – I thought that must have been odd for the woman though, to be accosted by a stranger who looks like someone from her past.

Apart from that I’ve had an ultrasound to try to find a reason for the anaemia. I’ve sat next to a family who didn’t know who Jennifer Aniston was. I ate a whole pack of Rolo’s (not as nice as I remember them) driving home from the conference. I went to bed at 9 O’clock one evening, it was that time of the month, I drank lots of miso soup and I finally pumped up my tires – even if I did deflate one first, because I’d forgotten to “press the button” – that was embarrassing. I got tooted at on the M25 for going 55 mph in the slow lane, it wasn’t busy, but I don’t think they wanted to have to change lanes. I had another cupcake with a purple flower on it. And The Niece refused to come and spend the weekend doing ‘fun’ things in preference to sitting in front of the TV.