getting better

28Jan08

We went to Perth, Western Australia, for Christmas and New Year. We have a daughter there and we spent the time with her and her partner. I had looked forward to the trip with mixed feelings, dreading the journey, Perth is so far away – taxi to the nearby railway station, 2 hour [...]

Filed under: australia, beach, cfs, my story, photography, the beach, the sea, water   |  2 Comments
Tags: holiday "western australia" "christmas and new year" "

giving in but not giving up

18Jan08

Just the last coupla days, I have given in. But I have not given up.
I have had chronic fatigue for ten years now. Someone asked me recently how I deal with a chronic illness. I replied that I have an optimistic outlook and I believe things will get better for me and one day [...]

Filed under: around home, cfs, my story, who i am   |  3 Comments
Tags: cfs tiredness resting

3G or not 3G?

15Jan08

got an invoice from our telecom supplier is that what you call it the company that rents you a phone line and bills you for calls, except for now-forgotten reasons we use our ISP for long-distance phone calls, those to sydney for example or interstate. anyway on this invoice i am told that “There is [...]

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Tags: grumpy old man, 2g, 3g, phone, mobile phone, cell phone, decisions, technology

like sands through the hourglass …

14Jan08

The text of an email I sent to two of my daughters this morning:
well anyway after our stimulating conversation last night and the thrill of the ventrilo thing working i could not sleep, i went to have a glass of milk and a coupla biscuits, still took some time to go to the land of [...]

Filed under: around home, conversations, my story, ventrilo, who i am   |  1 Comment
Tags: email, seniors, grumpy old man, ventrilo, port kennedy