Tuesday is the 8th annivarsary of my mums death. She was 46 and (at the time) I was 13. I'm on holiday this year so how would you handle it?
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Sunday, 7 August 2011
Thursday, 4 August 2011
This is an urgent blog for 'MSF - Matt's-poo Sans Frontiers'
It is 4am and I brushed my teeth 3and a bit hours ago and all was well but now I'm filled with a sense a cool relief, stomach pains and desperate sniffing. I have become the guardian of the poo loo.
I got up afrer having probably two bours of restless sleep I decided to get up and have a drink, my mouth plastic and dry. But as I sat at the dinner table after using the PlayBook as a torch I sense that a dash through this barn conversion was urgently required. And being a barn conversion every noise anyone can make is heard by everyone else - so no 'shelf installation'.
Have you ever tried to have diarohea quietly?
For once you aim for the back wall of the bowl rather than the noisier water landing.
Afterwards, I feel better and suddenly wanting to sleep. But a look of fear takes over - even my internal monologue is worried.
In such a noisy house - do I flush?
We had a discussion a few days earlier where as a group we agreed to leave the toilet even after a 'number 2' rather than the rocket-launch noise following a standard decible level flush. I thought this was great - more social guidelines should be cleared. But this? Can i leave it for someone to stumble across? is the smell worse than the noise?I tidy the bowl the best i can and spray the room with lynx.
But should I Flush?
Should I leave that as the poo discussion suggested?
help.
I'm in a shit situation.
0535 cet I risk it and go for the flush. Quickly retreating to my bed only to discover it was the half-flush. I lay down and settle myself in the thought "I tried".
0945 cet I get up feeling pretty poorly. Sat at the table I write this and then, 'flush'. Did someone encounter what my body had down? 'Que Sera' I sighed and returned to my the. (tea)
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Anyway... To hopefully cheer you all up then enjoy this link. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7895722&l=2ee67fa20f&id=542402524
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It is 4am and I brushed my teeth 3and a bit hours ago and all was well but now I'm filled with a sense a cool relief, stomach pains and desperate sniffing. I have become the guardian of the poo loo.
I got up afrer having probably two bours of restless sleep I decided to get up and have a drink, my mouth plastic and dry. But as I sat at the dinner table after using the PlayBook as a torch I sense that a dash through this barn conversion was urgently required. And being a barn conversion every noise anyone can make is heard by everyone else - so no 'shelf installation'.
Have you ever tried to have diarohea quietly?
Diarrhea (from the Greek διάρροια meaning "flowing through"[2]), also spelled diarrhoea
For once you aim for the back wall of the bowl rather than the noisier water landing.
Afterwards, I feel better and suddenly wanting to sleep. But a look of fear takes over - even my internal monologue is worried.
In such a noisy house - do I flush?
We had a discussion a few days earlier where as a group we agreed to leave the toilet even after a 'number 2' rather than the rocket-launch noise following a standard decible level flush. I thought this was great - more social guidelines should be cleared. But this? Can i leave it for someone to stumble across? is the smell worse than the noise?I tidy the bowl the best i can and spray the room with lynx.
But should I Flush?
Should I leave that as the poo discussion suggested?
help.
I'm in a shit situation.
0535 cet I risk it and go for the flush. Quickly retreating to my bed only to discover it was the half-flush. I lay down and settle myself in the thought "I tried".
0945 cet I get up feeling pretty poorly. Sat at the table I write this and then, 'flush'. Did someone encounter what my body had down? 'Que Sera' I sighed and returned to my the. (tea)
/i>
Anyway... To hopefully cheer you all up then enjoy this link. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7895722&l=2ee67fa20f&id=542402524
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Monday, 1 August 2011
En Francias
Hello one and all! I'm writing this sat on a terrace in rural France and to reinforcethe jealousy - qits even more beautifulthat you're picturing. Getting here however...
The original plan was to fly from Stanstead to Tours (we are in Samour) but Ryanair were forced to divert this due to runway works. "Bull" I remember thinking. "What airport would shut its only runway in peak season!??" I don't think Tours is closed....
So i could either have my refund or fly to a airport and get a free coach. I hate coaches. So i bought a ticket with Air France for a flight from Heathrow (my local airport) to Paris CDG and thence to Tours. Well 12hours of travel later and I am here.
The airline (ignoring the three hours they added to the trip) were pretty good but it felt daft doing 2hours of checkin and security for a 30minute flight. I'm full of praise for the staff of the French rail network -SNCF. In red tabards on platforms and dotted by ticket machines and in booths they spoke pretty good english with a smile - and seemed not to hate me unlike most French people I have met. Ahh bien.
Time for a cuppa tea before we go shopping. Carreafour is France's Tesco but doesn't seem to have any real competition. Maybe its the sheer scale of France prevents our supermarkets appearing on thier motorway junctions.
Something feels very risky about being so remote, there is a comfort in having a 24hr Tesco and McDonalds within 5minutes.
The original plan was to fly from Stanstead to Tours (we are in Samour) but Ryanair were forced to divert this due to runway works. "Bull" I remember thinking. "What airport would shut its only runway in peak season!??" I don't think Tours is closed....
So i could either have my refund or fly to a airport and get a free coach. I hate coaches. So i bought a ticket with Air France for a flight from Heathrow (my local airport) to Paris CDG and thence to Tours. Well 12hours of travel later and I am here.
The airline (ignoring the three hours they added to the trip) were pretty good but it felt daft doing 2hours of checkin and security for a 30minute flight. I'm full of praise for the staff of the French rail network -SNCF. In red tabards on platforms and dotted by ticket machines and in booths they spoke pretty good english with a smile - and seemed not to hate me unlike most French people I have met. Ahh bien.
Time for a cuppa tea before we go shopping. Carreafour is France's Tesco but doesn't seem to have any real competition. Maybe its the sheer scale of France prevents our supermarkets appearing on thier motorway junctions.
Something feels very risky about being so remote, there is a comfort in having a 24hr Tesco and McDonalds within 5minutes.
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