Thanks to all my LJ Friends .........
Jul. 21st, 2007 10:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fredbassett............for helping keep me sane over the last two days. It would have been a hell of a lot harder without all your postings, comments and support, both on and off-line. Feel free to ignore my ramblings, which I'll put behind a cut so as not to fill up my f-list .....
One of my dogs died yesterday, which has left a huge doggie shaped hole in my life, (and Mr fb's as well). He became ill at the end of March and we nearly lost him then to severe pheumonia/lung infection etc, and the vets discovered a lung tumour. We thought we'd only have him a few days, but he managed four months, which he enjoyed, so that was what mattered. He 'd got increasing frail this week, but was still happy, but he collapsed yesterday afternoon, and we knew there was no way back from that. He was peaceful and we were with him so that was what mattered.
Looking after him for the last four months has meant we've both restricted outside activities a lot more than usual, hence my growing LJ and fic addiction, as that was something I could easily do in the house, from lap top while enjoying the dog's company. Our other one is missing him, and it's been a nightmare getting her to eat this morning, but we don't want our issues to affect her so lots of romps in the woods will be needed, I think.
It has been amazingly therapeutic to have such a wonderful group of LJ friends to post with and interact will, and I really can't tell you all what a difference it has made to have somewhere to escape to and take my mind off things. So thanks, guys, you've been great! If I can ever return the favour, you know where to find me!
Oh and to round off yesterday nicely, some sod seems to have used my credit card to book some airline flights, so that's now frozen, after an interminable wait on the most godawful phone line trying to find the "find me a real person before I go postal" option. Mr fb finally took over and pressed a seemingly random series of buttons which eventually got us somewhere after I'd keyed every bit of personal info asked for into the system numerically, including, as I reall, my shoe size!!!
So any spending sprees will have to be done by cash until replacement card arrives. memo to self, get a second card provider, just in case.
Anyway, now need to do some jobs in house, so I can then justify spending latter part of today slumped in chair with LJ fic.
And thanks again, guys.
Looking after him for the last four months has meant we've both restricted outside activities a lot more than usual, hence my growing LJ and fic addiction, as that was something I could easily do in the house, from lap top while enjoying the dog's company. Our other one is missing him, and it's been a nightmare getting her to eat this morning, but we don't want our issues to affect her so lots of romps in the woods will be needed, I think.
It has been amazingly therapeutic to have such a wonderful group of LJ friends to post with and interact will, and I really can't tell you all what a difference it has made to have somewhere to escape to and take my mind off things. So thanks, guys, you've been great! If I can ever return the favour, you know where to find me!
Oh and to round off yesterday nicely, some sod seems to have used my credit card to book some airline flights, so that's now frozen, after an interminable wait on the most godawful phone line trying to find the "find me a real person before I go postal" option. Mr fb finally took over and pressed a seemingly random series of buttons which eventually got us somewhere after I'd keyed every bit of personal info asked for into the system numerically, including, as I reall, my shoe size!!!
So any spending sprees will have to be done by cash until replacement card arrives. memo to self, get a second card provider, just in case.
Anyway, now need to do some jobs in house, so I can then justify spending latter part of today slumped in chair with LJ fic.
And thanks again, guys.
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Date: 2007-07-22 01:06 pm (UTC)Yes, launching a card-theft-git hunt would be fun. You'd think as it was for booking a flight that they'd catch someone but I read somewhere recently that the police don't even do anything about credit-card theft. And I suppose there is always the possibility that it was just a wrongly attributed thingy, but again I doubt I'll ever know.
Like your user-pic, by the way. Where is it? And isn't it tomorrow that you're moving house? Let us all know how it goes! Will you still have email at home/work?
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Date: 2007-07-22 05:23 pm (UTC)Icon is a view from halfway up Cader Idris (that may be spelt wrong!) in Snowdonia in Wales. And yes, I did climb up there. And no, I won't be doing it again!!!
Moving is happening on Wednesday, and job starts next Monday. I will have internet in my new flat, eventually. I'm anticipating severe LJ withdrawal symptoms while I try to sort it out!
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Date: 2007-07-22 05:33 pm (UTC)Hhhmm, lack of internet could be hard. Access at work? But might cut down on some types of fic! *grins*