3 Too Many

Restless night – fidget night – oh for a full nights sleep! At least it is body restless not mind this time.  Only one cure – gym at 6am that’ll fix it all –  and does until the 6:45am fitting of bike lights to Jacobs bike gets in the way!! Ahh – why is it the simple stuff now takes 40 mins to achieve! only had to clip the damn things on – seriously.  But when Wilson decides to assist it turns very difficult for all.  Job done – all working.

Off to work to Logistics then & another trip to the new building in the Red Zone coming up. 

Time or a little moment about the quakes here – today I got to look out from the third floor of the new Press building just before midday to see them start demolishing the remainder of the spire of the Cathedral.  Bit of a poinyant moment of reflection for me really as on Tuesday 22 Feb @ 12:51 I stood in The old Press building about 30 metres from where I am now and watched mother nature knock the spire down on this same Icon of Canterbury and here I am now 14 months on (though 1 day & 1 hour earlier) watching Man power trying to finish Mother Natures handy work (it took her about 25 seconds).  Maybe it is just me been a soppy git of sorts – but whats the chances of witnessing 2 events like this unplanned considering most Cantabs haven’t got to see in this part of their city? I know there are arguments about the Cathedral but watching what was happening with the spire today every time it was touched by the demo claw all 3 walls twisted & moved – it is not stable – it needs to be lowered we are dealing with Mother Nature who doesn’t care how many foundations you have, how many cornerstones make your church, hall or city – there is a time to accept that we are against a bigger force than man & machine and get it right from what we think we know about this force now – though Feb 22  proved we are still very much infants when coming to knowing how our billion year old mother can behave.  Maybe this is just one of these things that I guess I was meant to witness seen as I’ll not get to see what the new city will become.  Right enough deep cr@p!

Off to Chemo Nurse Education session though I’ve no desire to become a Chemo nurse so don’t know why they want to educate me   What a stuff up! Checked in at reception – upstairs – waited half an hour – Sue went & asked when we’d be seen – oh the session is downstairs – haven’t you been?  Well obviously already to much of a frequent flier to Oncology if they didn’t think it odd just us sitting there twiddling thumbs for 30 mins. Taken downstairs then and told that would be seen soon.  20 minutes later – finally an Oncology nurse called Candy (and not that sort of Candy nurse either!) – comes and finds me – to then explain that they have no record of me – how rude!!  They don’t they know who I am – Nursey you’re not making friends here   And then she suckers me with the old beauty line – that they are changing between computer programs and that my files are imported over yet – good old blame the computer system one – not sure if I’ll warm to Nurse Candy at all .  Session once started went very well  have a strict drug taking routine I’ll have to stick to, and weekly blood tests – ouch yuck! Guess I’m going to get this blame the PC nurse a bit over the next 7-8 months as I’ll be in nearly everyday of it (except when in the month gap) and Nurse Candy will be there with me all the way.  I forgave allowed the slip in her judgement (don’t blame computer when dealing with IT folk) eventually – at least I think I will in about 2 weeks time when it all starts.  Got given my Green card – unfortunately not my US one but my flash Harry Cancer one – so it makes me an official Oncology patient I really pray to God that I don’t know or  hear of any other folk that will get one of these things or have to face this ordeal in any form.  My green card is my emergency 24 contact to Oncology and if I have to go to hospital via A&E it is a go to the front of the queue ticket anywhere in NZ.

Basically that’s the day folks – a bit of dribble, a bit of me been a soppy git about the Cathedral & the dealings with Nurse Candy. Having an earlier night tonight as planning a full day at work tomorrow – depending how body & brain are going.  BTW – Wilson is behaving more –  though taking a huge amount of work which is tiring as retraining the brain., but I am not going to give up – sense of taste still sucks huge time – oh well small trade – bit of luck I’m not allowed to drink anymore – as would be a shame to be drinking my mates Grey Goose or Jim Black & not taste them!

Hope all have a pleasant  day/night too.  M&D time!!

Kia Kaha