Sunday 24 October 2010

Uncle Tommy

Just heard news from Mum that my uncle Tommy died yesterday morning in hospital. Very sad news. He was 89 and had been in hospital for the past few weeks after suffering a fall. He had been suffering from parkinson's for the past few years as well. He died around 6.30am. The nurse had taken him in a morning cup of tea and when she went back half an hour later he had passed.

He was a really great man, always had a smile and a joke no matter what was happening. I remember the tattoos he had on his arm, I was fascinated with them when I was a child, he had a mermaid tattoo and an anchor tattoo from being in the navy when he was younger. Also, when I used to work in the newspaper shop when I was a teenager he used to be down there at 6am every single morning to pick up his papers. He did that for years. We used to go to his house every Christmas too when him and my aunty would make us a big meal with loads of chocolate cake, blancmange, jellies, trifles and the like.

His passing is a slight sense of relief for my aunty and their side of the family as they were having to think about sorting out a nursing home for him as he was too sick to return to his own house but it will still be very hard for them to adjust, although the doctors had told my aunty he was too ill to return home if he made it through she was still in denial, talking about the adjustments she would need to make to the house for him, so at least things will be easier for them now.

So sad news to end what was otherwise an enjoyable weekend. And right when I'm preparing for my new job tomorrow as well. The world is a sad place sometimes.

RIP uncle tommy.

Friday 1 October 2010

Lull

Pretty low on activity, more so than normal, experiencing a bit of a temporary lull.
Let me explain, everyone's near enough gone and left me from Manchester town so I'm all here on my lonesome. Well not quite, I still know people, but all my favourite people have gone. And my job is coming to an end, the company is going under near enough so it's bail out time. It's only myself and my manager in the office now as well, and we're spending most of our time searching job sites.

So couple them up, along with the time of year and my housemates accusing me of stealing things about the house makes this boy sink into a bit of a lull.

The plan is to find a new job, I'm getting a fair few recruitment firms calling me up etc so it's going the right way so far, and then after a month or so find a new home. It's all stuff that can and will be sorted, it's just the present is a little grey and miserable is all. Pretty much drained of all motivation.

Got a nice little trip down to Bath to meet the old gang coming up tomorrow though, hopefully that'll jumpstart me.

Having a little listen to The Like's new album right now. Can't say I'm massively impressed. Maybe it'll grow on me, I wasn't too keen on their first album though, apart from June Gloom.