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Jan. 2nd, 2011 06:02 pmI still have a bad ear. The hearing issue is becoming more pressing. If people are talking to me on the 'bad' side and there's a noise on the other side then I'm utterly deaf. I've taken to listening to music to try and drown out the buzzing. I have tried everything now. Thank you all for your tips, they're very kind and my sinuses and other ear are in tip-top condition now! I may seek medical help if I feel like this after a week of work. I figure the stress will pop it out.
This is the only real downside of what has been a lovely few days. Richie turned up on Thursday night, and we've had a very self-indulgent few days and basically not seen anyone else. This is quite selfish, but we don't see each other that much so hey ho. We spent New Years Eve not leaving the house. I made some nice food, we drank wine, Richie fell asleep on the sofa so I watched Jools Holland and woke him up towards midnight, and watched Chinese fire lanterns sail through the sky at midnight. I am unsure why all of Ormskirk has whole-heartedly taken an ancient Eastern tradition and transplanted it to a different time of year, but it looked beautiful anyway. We went to my parent's for the traditional new year's lunch, and Richie has somehow been talked into going to my grandad's retirement do. It's very kind of my Grandad to ask (and to let us share a room - he didn't let my parents share a room until they were actively married with children!) but I am faintly despairing of how it will go. There are guaranteed to be bad family arguments. Dad is very keen that Richie attends, however, as great-auntie Val will be there. She likes young men. Oh, god.
However, he has now left and is on a train to Aberdeen again. Rubbish. I'm feeling positive about the year ahead, as he's going to move to be with me, and with any luck it might be a mutual move if I get a new job. Fingers crossed. If that happens, we can get on with proper wedding planning which I have to admit is secretly quite exciting. 2010 was a holding year, when nothing really happened and nothing really changed and I felt like I was getting left behind. This year I will stride ahead. That is a good thing.
And once again I resolve to expand my cooking repetoire. I seem to have forgotten how to cook in the last year, but I got cookbooks for Christmas and tonight I'm going to try making crustless quiche. ROCK AND ROLL.
This is the only real downside of what has been a lovely few days. Richie turned up on Thursday night, and we've had a very self-indulgent few days and basically not seen anyone else. This is quite selfish, but we don't see each other that much so hey ho. We spent New Years Eve not leaving the house. I made some nice food, we drank wine, Richie fell asleep on the sofa so I watched Jools Holland and woke him up towards midnight, and watched Chinese fire lanterns sail through the sky at midnight. I am unsure why all of Ormskirk has whole-heartedly taken an ancient Eastern tradition and transplanted it to a different time of year, but it looked beautiful anyway. We went to my parent's for the traditional new year's lunch, and Richie has somehow been talked into going to my grandad's retirement do. It's very kind of my Grandad to ask (and to let us share a room - he didn't let my parents share a room until they were actively married with children!) but I am faintly despairing of how it will go. There are guaranteed to be bad family arguments. Dad is very keen that Richie attends, however, as great-auntie Val will be there. She likes young men. Oh, god.
However, he has now left and is on a train to Aberdeen again. Rubbish. I'm feeling positive about the year ahead, as he's going to move to be with me, and with any luck it might be a mutual move if I get a new job. Fingers crossed. If that happens, we can get on with proper wedding planning which I have to admit is secretly quite exciting. 2010 was a holding year, when nothing really happened and nothing really changed and I felt like I was getting left behind. This year I will stride ahead. That is a good thing.
And once again I resolve to expand my cooking repetoire. I seem to have forgotten how to cook in the last year, but I got cookbooks for Christmas and tonight I'm going to try making crustless quiche. ROCK AND ROLL.
