30 Friday May 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends
My first time out since the op!
Pipocas took me out for lunch today at ay Maricrú. It was great to get out of the house after three weeks (though climbing the very long three flights of stairs afterwards was a drag). Anyhow, we had a lovely time and I even had wine!
The plan is to now have one outing a day in order to build up my strength. So tomorrow it’ll be Fnac because I am seriously in need of a book and it’s not too far from home. Poco á poco . . .
(sorry, no Magnums)
28 Wednesday May 2008
Okay, this is embarrassing but here goes. . .
As I mentioned over here the other day, I’m planning on going back to work on June 9th, which means I’ll be able to make up the three weeks of classes I missed in May. But this also means that I won’t have any income in June, which really puts me between a rock and a hard place. I pretty much live hand-to-mouth and don’t have any savings (a situation I hope to change soon with one or more of the new biz ideas I’ve been working on lately). But I’m stuck right now and don’t know where else to turn. Nog is just barely going to make it through the summer on what he’s got and I can’t ask my family.
So (takes deep breath) I could really use some financial help to get through June. There is a Paypal donate button over on my tapas blog for anyone who would like to chip in (you don’t need a Paypal account to use it).
And I sure hope this doesn’t come across as tacky.
19 Monday May 2008
Posted in friends, health & happiness, home, hospitals, life stuff
… and it sure feels good. 🙂
Well, except for the PAIN bit and not being able to do much before feeling exhausted and having to lie down. But of course it’s much better going through all that here – I think another night in the hospital would have driven me bonkers.
So I guess this is what you call one of them thar life-changing experiences. And once I get a bit more energy I’ll share some of my hospital stories as well as other stuff I went through with you guys. It’s actually relatively comfortable sitting on my wheelie chair in front of the computer.
But for now I can only manage to sit upright for short periods of time and I do think I kind of overdid things when I got home this afternoon because I was suddenly so knackered that I just flopped into bed with the cats and didn’t move for ages. And I’m about to do the same thing now.
In general I’m feeling as well as can be expected and the hospital staff were quite impressed by how quickly I recovered (well, at least enough to go home within a week). A nurse will stop by the house every day to change my dressing and other than that it’s just a question of taking things very easy. I’ve been cut from about six inches above my belly button down to my pubes and had almost a metre of my colon removed … sooooo lucky I didn’t end up with a colostomy bag, which was what I had been told the outcome was going to be. But I think the recovery is going to take quite awhile and once the pain subsides I plan to use this ‘time off’ for much reflection and positive change. I know I’m still not ‘off the hook’, but again, I shall remain as positive with my todays as I can and get the most out of every moment.
[I know I’ve used this photo before but it really says ‘home’ to me, this one.]
04 Sunday May 2008
What a fabulous day!
I haven’t been to the Feria de Jerez since May 2005. It is absolutely my most favourite feria, much better than the very famous Feria de Abril in Sevilla. And so yesterday myself, Nog, Jay, Pipocas & Chucky & Kidlet, “R” (another of the ladies) and her visiting friend all converged on Jerez to spend an afternoon at the fair…
02 Friday May 2008
“Perhaps one day we can have tapas together in real life!”
Thus spake Wandering Coyote in her comment on yesterday’s post. And this got me a-thinkin (always a possibly dangerous activity) which then led to wondering about organising a ‘weekend getaway’ meet here for blogfriends who either live in the EU, or are planning to be in Europe and might be able to also pop over to Sevilla, or who own their own jets . . . whatever!
Back in March 2005 I organised a similar meet for h2g2 friends and it was a lot of fun. Some had met in person before and others hadn’t, and we a great time together.
So the initial plan is basically to find a weekend that suits enough people to make this a viable and attractive idea. Between 6-10 people seems to be a good number and my first thought about a date is sometime around the end of September. It’s usually still quite warm then and flights should also be cheaper. Thursday evening to Sunday would be ideal if people are able take a Friday off work.
I’ve just set up a page for this. First of all, people who are interested can vote on a date and sign up – even just as being interested in the idea. At the end of May we’ll go with the most popular date and then those who definitely want to/are able to come can confirm their attendance.
After that we can talk more about accommodation. There are lots of options, from cheap & cheerful pensions with shared bathrooms to holiday apartments and hotels.
And so this post is just to put forward the idea and wait for some feedback. I can think of quite a few people that I’d really enjoy meeting in person, can’t you? And hey – it’s Sevilla! I’ve never met anyone who didn’t totally love being here.
Here is the page (you can also find it in the header)…
