Larengitis ...

So it's a holiday .. Remembrance Day .. I have enjoyed a 'paid' day off !! But tomorrow I will have another day off ... due to me losing my voice ... grrr!!!! I don't mind not having to work .. but now I have to sit here and not get paid ... :p !!!

But my job depends on my voice so what can a gal do ??? I can't take orders at the restaurant and be coughing like crazy at the same time ... not exactly sanitary lol !!

But starting next schedule I've changed my hours a bit .. starting a half hour later and also working an extra hour ... that will be better for me in the long run ..(esp with Christmas looming !!) and also I need to start saving now for my trip to the UK in two years !!!


Level 42 Forever Now - 1994

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields" is one of the most famous poems written during the First World War, and has been called "the most popular poem" produced during that period. It is written in the form of a French rondeau. Canadian and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote it on May 3, 1915, after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, the day before.

The poem has achieved near-mythic status in contemporary Canada and is one of the nation's most prominent symbols. Most Remembrance Day ( November 11th) ceremonies will feature a reading of the poem in some form.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

— Lt.-Col. John McCrae

nothing but worry lately ...

just a normal weekend here .. only i decided not to go out at all ... i just relaxed ..

worried about my poor Ray though .. he's been off work for two months with this bad shoulder of his .. its really taking it's toll on his self confidence ... Hope the physio therapy he s doing will help him a bit .. but i dont know if he will have his job too long after he does go back .. they didnt like that he claimed workers compensation for his shoulder .. I just hope he doesn't end up reinjuring it when he does go back to work .. but one thing at a time I suppose ..

This also puts my trip to Europe on hold .. theres no way i can do this now that he s like this ... !! And i couldnt very well leave him in this condition anyways .. So I guess I just need to content myself with listening to Level 42s music .. seeing the odd video that comes on Youtube .. nothing much else I can do then ... and no use crying anymore over something I cannot change ...

I may not be online for awhile after next Friday as i m taking the PC In for cleaning and to have it all 'debugged' etc. So it could be up to a week away from it ... prob a good thing too hehe ..

Too Much Drama Already!!!

I'm getting to the point where i really don't know who to trust online anymore ... A year and a half ago I was forced to leave an msn group i was a part of for many years .. all because I brought in a lady that fell out of touch with the rest of them .. !! Well how was I supposed to know this person and another one there had a huge falling out ???

Well i was banned for my trouble .... I really don't know anymore ... someone s banned me recently at Myspace for no good reason .. I mean I'm not perfect ... I had to made a tough choice myself earlier this year ... Sometimes I wonder if it was the right thing to do .. But you make these choices and have to live with them ... Maybe its because its hard to trust anyone in the Cyber world anymore ??? I guess I'm getting a cranky cynical auld bugger eh ???