Not As Young As I Was...

...but then is anyone? :)

Had a l-o-n-g day to get through today. I've returned to work, and that went OK I guess - my bloody employers may well slap a disciplinary charge on me for "taking too many days off sick this year" (a number in single digits, incidentally) but they'll have to wait until after my alien new year holiday to do so and I'll worry about that then. Or rather, I won't worry about it at all, as I no longer care. It's not just me - a workmate of mine has been involved in a situation at work straight out of a Franz Kakfa novel for months, which would be hilariously funny if it wasn't so serious. Obviously I will not go into details here, but you really couldn't make it up, trust me! Thankfully it's all looking like there'll be a happy ending. As for me, I shall be organizing things at work to suit myself from now on - the least the bosses have to do with me, the better, I'm just going to be "the grey alien in the background"

Today was so long as I had a doctor's appointment in the middle of it, which went OK as well! The MD's not entirely sure what's wrong with me, he reckons the pain I have could be a simple muscular strain, or it could be related to excess stomach acid. So, he prescribed me something for both!! I now have a couple of boxes of little pills, some of which are strong painkillers which I've been told could make me feel a little "floaty" - sounds heavy, man! Maybe I should put on a Hendrix LP, drop one, get my GroupieGirl and go far out.... or, alternatively, go down to some of the nightclubs and sell them. I'll be rich!

Anyway, this is, as regular readers will know, the equivalent of the last day of the year for us aliens - today was officially the last full day before the spring equinox, and rather fittingly I saw my first bee of spring today. Along with the return of the oystercatchers and the butterflies, this is a sight I look forward to seeing as it's a sign the indeterminately long winter is over, a time that is always an ordeal for me. Although this winter had plenty of snow, which helped. I won't be complaining if we get that again in 2010/11, although I feel I may be in the minority there... Should you wish to celebrate with me, the moment of the equinox is at 17.32 Universal Time tomorrow, when I'll wish you all a happy renewal day...

I survived another winter then - there's been quite a few now (shudder!) This was brought home to me last night during an online conversation with a certain UK ex-pat now living in Sweden. He was posting up all sorts of links to reminders of growing up in the UK in the 1970s/80s which really had me wallowing in nostalgia. I did say "that one's going in my blog", so here's a couple of videos to showcase what was so cool about my childhood. If you're in your thirties or forties you'll already know, and if you're in your twenties or younger - well, this is what it was like... It's all there, including my dad's favourite aftershave of the time!