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corkcomp

NoDice wrote: »

Know how you feel akamossy!

Man I've been staring at my Christmas tree all evening, I really know I should take it down but I just can't bare to do it!

exact same here... the lights are even switched off now and no one is making any move to take it down. happens every year, i reckon we could make it to february this year:p

Owen

Same here. I bought a small tree in Tesco 3 years ago that wasn't even a foot tall, been transplanting it into bigger pots over the past while and it's a 3 footer now. Looks great and it's not really motivating me to put it back outside again for another 11 months ...

corkcomp

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Same here. I bought a small tree in Tesco 3 years ago that wasn't even a foot tall, been transplanting it into bigger pots over the past while and it's a 3 footer now. Looks great and it's not really motivating me to put it back outside again for another 11 months ...

does it survive outside in a pot? sounds like a great idea! better than €60 a pop every year..

Owen

Bloody thing is like a fungus, keeps growing and growing! It's even been knocked over a few times in the wind but it keeps going. It'll be 4/5 foot shortly and at that point I'll have to take it out to the countryside and let it go mad

Blitzkrieger

Sounds cool. I was planning on doing something similar when I get my own gaff. When the tree gets too big I was going to plant it in the garden and get some outdoor lights

Purple Lemons

Friends mammy died last night just 4 weeks since my mammy died its bloody horrible.

Were both 19 i just think its to young to lose a parent

I know others have lost parents at younger ages but it still sucks

Owen

Never easy TBH, I lost my Dad when I was 11 and he was just 51, but the one thing it does do is improve your overall perspective on life and what's important.

Purple Lemons

Purple Lemons wrote: »

Friends mammy died last night just 4 weeks since my mammy died its bloody horrible.

I never knew you lost your Mam recently. I'm so sorry to hear that. It is horrible, my Mum died when I was 24 and I didn't handle it at all well, for years actually to be honest. You'll always miss her and it will always be horrible but time does help. So sorry you are going through this.

Purple Lemons

It is horrible, it breaks your heart.

She went into A&E with really bad back pain two days after her 50th, she hadn't been able to walk for 2 days. They basically told her there was nothing they could do, gave her 2 paracetamol and said they wouldn't be admitting her. Cue me screaming and crying to doctors in A&E begging them to help her, eventually, (7 hours later) she was admitted and told that she had crumbling bones in her spine.

So they began treating her for that, she was in for a week and a half and then they told us she had cancer in her stomach and that it had spit at her spine and so was in her bones too. She was allowed home, and stayed in my aunts where she'd been living since she and my dad separated a few months previously. She was there for 2 weeks and then she got bad, she couldn't move or anything without crying.

So the ambulance came, took her to Marymount Hospice and sedated her, 4 days, on Dec 8th later she died.

It just all seemed to happen so fast that I didn't really have the chance to think about what was going on the whole time she was sick. People say time heals all but tbh I'm missing her more and more as time passes.

Webmonkey

I can only imagine how it must be. That's a very sad story.

Sorry to hear it

It will take time.. but it's good you are talking about it and not bottling it in.

Owen

Anyone who says time heals has obviously never been through it. It'll always feel bad, but time teaches you to remember the great times instead of the last few hard moments. Humans are naturally resilient, before long you'll be smiling instead of crying when you think of her. I guarantee it! Also, there's a brilliant Bereavement forum here full of some very kind people.

Webmonkey

Not sure if you were referring to what I said. I'm not going pretend I know what it's like as I've never gone through such a thing. But time will help in some way I'm sure as you've described.

Owen

No, not you WM, just the people saying it to Purple. You're obviously trying to help as any boardsie would

corkcomp

hope your doing ok purple lemons.. know a few people who hav been through the same thing and its good your able to talk about it, just remember the good times:) hope we see you for beers in the brog sometime soon!!

As paintdoctor says time won't heal, but as it passes you will find yourself getting through the days that bit better, of course then a day will come when you feel again like you do nnow and its horrible as you say. I feel strangely close to mum on the horrible days which brings its own comfort. All I wanted for Christmas was mum to come home for Christmas day, which I knew was never going to happen, I'm 30 and not quite a total nutter. Well done for getting your mum admitted. also as paintdoctor says the happy memories do provide much needed smiles too. Don't be in any hurry to rush through the grieving, losing a parent at your age, any age really is awful and horrible and far far from easy.

deRanged

so sorry for your loss purple lemons.

NoDice

Hey Ms Lemons, I've sent you a message before about it and still thinking of you babe. Just wanted to say you're a very strong girl and you seem to be staying so positive during such a hard time. Wish I had the strength that you have. xxx

So Cork folk, how is Monday treating ye? Unreal lash of rain earlier. Not looking forward to the gym later, went to bed at 2am and was up before 8am.

Weekend looming :pac: (ish)

LenaClaire

Not too bad. Working from home this week since I have calls with our US offices from 5 pm to 1 am every night this week

Papa_Lazarou

RoverJames wrote: »

So Cork folk, how is Monday treating ye? Unreal lash of rain earlier. Not looking forward to the gym later, went to bed at 2am and was up before 8am.

Weekend looming :pac: (ish)

As shíte as ever to be honest. Spending more time in the library than i am outside of it
One exam tonight and last one on wednesday. Cant come quick enough to be honest. And to help forget all the crap that's happened in the last week im going to a friends gig in the Old Oak and going to get plastered :cool:.

Webmonkey

RoverJames wrote: »

So Cork folk, how is Monday treating ye? Unreal lash of rain earlier. Not looking forward to the gym later, went to bed at 2am and was up before 8am.

Weekend looming :pac: (ish)

The gym is great, should be looking forward to it :P

(I@m just new, prob get sick of it too later on!)

Webmonkey

Webmonkey wrote: »

The gym is great, should be looking forward to it

Was there on Saturday with a buddy who is highly strung to say the least, did an unreal session (by my standards), so still have lots of sore bits.

Webmonkey

Yeah. But sure that's good sign. Shows that the gym is working - Feel the same myself.

Owen

Monday was surprisingly okay, did a bumper corner on a 3 series which was fecked and it came out grand, right before the heavy showers came too. After that, a seriously good coffee, home now playing with the dog, dinner, and then unfortunately accounts.

On the upside, the non-toxic paint I was waiting to come in to paint a Baby's cot was waaaay cheaper than I thought too, so thankfully this week I might actually break even

Might have a new band to be playing with too after the breakup of my old band after 7 years, so things appear to be looking up.

Webmonkey

If I ever have a holiday from here I'll have to call down to Cork and get my MG sorted by ya! - Poor thing is neglected now in an underground basement

Still though, the train to work is great

panda100

Its so dangerous having The English Market and Marks and Spencer on my way home from work. Picked up a whole load of cheese and bread in the Market and then two yum-yums in Marks!So much for the new year diet

Owen

I hear you about that Panda! I go grovery shopping most weekends, and I usually end up getting all my sliced meat & cheese in the Polish shops, flavours are incredible, and it's ridiculously cheap too, 20 slices of smoked cheese from the mountains for about 1.80 ... om nom nom

corkcomp

Webmonkey wrote: »

(I@m just new, prob get sick of it too later on!)

not if you follow the 6 week rule, need to change program around every 6 weeks max:D

RoverJames wrote: »

Was there on Saturday with a buddy who is highly strung to say the least, did an unreal session (by my standards), so still have lots of sore bits.

good ole DOMS, cant beat it:pac:

im on a forced break from the gym myself:( hoping to get back on Wednesday though

deRanged

speaking of the gym. ow ow ow ow ow.

Cadyboo

RoverJames wrote: »

- Two are secrets
- make my time in the gym more productive, I go loads but the intensity isn't there quite often
- clean up the diet
- there is a lady quite often in my thoughts who I find incredibly hot and irresistible but breaking the ice has proven quite an issue for me, so I want to break that ice Well it broke but has frozen over again. The only positive is I reckon she may be of a similar state of mind (about the ice not the hot and irresistible bit )

This time next year I don't want to have to be making these NY resolutions.

Webmonkey wrote: »

+1 on the better year 2011. 2010 was some disaster in my opinion! haha.

Oh talking about Gym, decided to join one first time in my life! - Can't wait! Time for change this year

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Resolutions are to finally loose my little pot belly, I look ridiculous with it. Thin arms, thin legs, thin face, and this stupid lump in the middle. Learn Bass Guitar (Actually in the middle of some songs at the moment), learn some more skills for work, do a lot more web development this year, finish restoring my 84 Mini Tripper, and make a decision if I'm going to sell my JCW MINI or not. I've been all over the place trying to decide.

corkcomp wrote: »

ive got plenty but I seem to have forgotten its actually 2011 so I should really start sticking to the resolutions. main resolution is to avoid using a computer from 5 pm - 9am at least three days a week:eek: thinking of getting back into swimming too, mix things up a bit

NoDice wrote: »

NYR is to pick up the guitar again and stop using it as an ornament. Also to tone up again (stupid take-aways) AND to start saying yes more often!!!

Cadyboo wrote: »

Yes I agree with this. And good luck everyone. Trying to go off the cigarettes, have my patches ready and am rearing to go!:o:(

So how is everyone keeping up with their resolutions???
:DAm still off the cigs, although I did smoke at a wedding on fri, but it was only a few.