A Social Worker & a bit of music...

Well "Hello" World's...

I hope your bit of the Universe is treating you well ?! It's another wet & horrid day, here in England...... it has been pouring down for most of the morning - it really has !! Now - well, it seems to have blown thru' for a while - hopefully a long while... give the ground a chance to dry up a bit - not like that's going to happen overnight !! It's way too wet for that.....

Anyways... it's another Monday, here in the homestead... and, so far. it's been a weird sort of day !! But - first, the family !!

As I type - apart from some of the cats... I'm home alone. Not that I'm too worried about that.... the ladies have just gone out, for a few hours, to visit ME's old workplace. As far as I know, they are returning some things, that ME wore, while she worked there.....

As explained, in earlier posts, ME changed jobs a short while ago & so.... the stuff - the uniforms - she wore there, at the old place, are no good to her anymore - hence the need to return them !! The new place is completely different... so, the uniforms are no longer any good to her !!

As for B... well, we were going out... into town... this afternoon, to a meeting with someone to do with the water company. I'm not sure if I've got that right - but, anyways - our meeting was at 3pm... but, a while ago, the 'phone rang & the meeting was called off.... mainly, as I understand it, because the person we were meeting is off sick. Nevermind....

I can't say I was overly bothered about going to the meeting..... so, it's worked out quite well, as far as I'm concerned at least !! Back to the family.....

As mentioned - ME has gone back to her old workplace & - as we no longer needed to go to the meeting - B has gone with her for the ride & to do the odd bit of shopping on the way home. All pretty good really !!

So - that's the girls... or ladies.... that just leaves J, our Son, who is over in Aberystwith - where according to the news reports & the odd bit of contact we've had with him, it has been very, very wet indeed !! Oh well - if you read these words J - keep dry & safe !!

I've just spoken to B... it's dry in town.... just a few miles away from here - which is kind of weird really !! Here it's blowing a gale - yet, 8 miles down the road, it's dry !! Very strange !!

Anyhoo - that's the family....

As for me... I've had a "hectic" (by my standards) morning, so far !!

At 9.30 - I had to be at the Dr's... to have another dressings change and, altho' it hurt quite a bit - it was very funny. To explain.... as best I can....

Last Friday, I had to go to the hospital, to see the guys, about the failed skin graft...... and, today, my local Dr. wanted to know how things went. So - the nurse (who does the dressings) called him in & he had a look at the wound. No big problem.... he then asked if a "student" - I think - could come in, to see how things had gone..... which, to be honest, I didn't mind.

So - I'm sat there, facing one way - with the nurse, doctor & student, behind me, talking about how things had gone. It's funny.... well, to me, because - thru' out the entire conversation, I didn't see them
once !! I'm looking one way & they are all behind me.... so, they could have been butt naked, as far as I was concerned - I never got to look at them...... hence, I found it (kind of) funny !! Oh well....

Back to Friday & the hospital visit, mentioned above....

I'm not sure what time I actually went to see the guy.... but, it was mid afternoon & - unfortunately - it looks like I'm going to have another surgery..... bummer !! Well - that's not exactly true..... I had hoped for at least one more operation, to replace a bit of "stuff" that was removed, just over a year ago.... But, on top of that surgery - it seems that I'm going to have an unexpected one, with the plastic surgeons.

I'm not 100% sure what the plan is - but, the two guys I saw, are going to talk it over, with their boss (I think) and get back to me..... at some point, as to what they are going to do. I had hoped, by now, that I would be past seeing the "plastic" guys - but, as the last graft failed - for what ever reason - they're going to have another try !!

I hope, God willing, that it will be all done by the end of May..... I know that might sound a long ways off - but, it was May 28th of last year, that I had the first operation - so, it would be great to get it all over & done with, by the end of May this year !! Oh well - I'll see how things go, I guess...... life goes on !!

So - anyways - that's why the local doctor wanted to see me, this morning.... not that he can do very much about it - it's not really his area & - to be honest - I don't really care two figs about what he thinks !!

Right - that was early this morning... then, at 11, I had a meeting with a Social Worker.... yep, a Social Worker !! "Why" ? - good question really.... mainly as we didn't achieve very much, in our one hour talk together. But - I didn't know who else to call..... to try & explain ....

B is my carer... she helps me with my day to day living. If she has a problem - she can call on her "support worker".... so, I wanted to know who I could call on, if I actually felt that I had a problem, that B couldn't help me with. To that end - to help me find out who I could call on... I asked a social worker to come around & answer a few questions.

It turns out, in the end of it all... if I need any help, I can - or should - go to my local doctor & he should be able to help me, by putting me in touch with who ever, he thinks, is my best form of "help". If nothing else - I've met another music lover & we had a good talk about the old bands, as opposed to the so called new "bands" that are put together, mainly for TV shows etc etc !!

In a nut shell, I knew I didn't need a "Social Worker" - but.... at least I got some idea on who to 'phone, if need be !! Besides - it was good to talk about music.... Ho-hum !!

Staying with music... at the moment, I'm listening to 'The Poet & The Pendulum' from Nightwish's 'Dark Passion Play' album..... which came out in 2007 - heck, that's a long time back !! Since then, they've lost Anette on vocals & released the 'Imaginaerum' album.... oh, also the live set 'Showtime - Storytime' !! "Wow" - things have moved on... and it feels like I've missed out on most of them !! Nevermind.....

I was, or have been, writing about albums that have had an effect on me, in one way or another. Over the weekend, I found one.... which, in many ways has moved taken me on quite a "hay ride" musically !!

We went to a record fair, locally & I picked up a Cd which - at the time - I thought was by Nightwish..... the guy who sold it to me, well... he wasn't too much help - all he knew was he wanted to sell it & I was interested in buying it from him !!

Anyhoo - it was a bootleg.... and I know, I keep telling you "don't buy bootlegs"... but, I was young & foolish at the time - so, I bought it.... it didn't cost much... but.... it was called 'Paris La Logo' and when I got it home, I realised it wasn't by Nightwish at all... but, by a - to me - unknown band called Within Temptation !! The tracks are:

  1) Deceiver Of Fools
  2) Ice Queen
  3) Caged
  4) Restless
  5) Enter
  6) The Dance
  7) The Promise
  8) Dark Wings
  9) Our Farewell
10) Mother Earth
11) Deep Within
12) The Other Half
13) Ice Queen (Encore)

The sound quality wasn't that brilliant - but, since that day... well, I've bought every Within Temptation Cd I could find - even going as far as pre-ordering the new one, which is due out in a month or so !! If ever there was an album, that had an effect on me - it has to be this one !!

Oh well..... enough of music.... but.... Last night, I listened to Cd one of 'The Hobbit/The Lord Of The Rings' set, that B bought me, for Christmas. It's basically the books, being read thru' by a guy called Rob Inglis & - to be honest - I was surprised just how good it was !!

He altered his voice, to do each character & - it really was a good listen !! Mind you - I think there are 56 Cd's in the box.... so, it's going to take me a little while to go thru' them all !! Oh well.... moving on....

My plans for today.... well, none at all really !! I will probably head up stairs, for a little sleep.... but, apart from that - I've nothing too hectic to worry about !! I didn't sleep too well, last night, so.... it will be good, to catch up a little bit !! Sounds like a plan to me.....

I will be on my ways.... I thank you all for logging in & reading my words.... until next time..

Bye Bye