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wellinghall ([personal profile] wellinghall) wrote2006-07-09 09:38 pm
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Up and down

It ws our tenth wedding anniversary last Thursday. I got Creatrix a nice 1930s evening watch, which she likes - although with a temporary blip on Friday night, when it stopped! - but a jiggle got it going again. She had a tie-pin made for me, using a topaz she had inherited. It's lovely.

We had a few days away at Strattons Hotel in Swaffham in Norfolk, and saw two and a half castles (Castle Acre, Castle Rising, and Weeton), a priory (Castle Rising again), an abbey (Anglesey), a Cathedral (Ely), a hall (Holkham), some graves (Grimes), and three bird reserves (Cley, Titchwell and Snettisham). Much good food in the hotel, but mixed experiences at lunchtimes.

And yet this evening, I feel like sh*t. Is it the fact that my nice new tie-pin was mislaid earlier today, for long enough for me to get really worried? Is it that too few people noted our anniversary? Is it the position at work (too much going on in the short term, too little chance of a job in Luton for me in the long term)? Is it the fact that our email access is down tonight? Is it my upcoming hospital appointment? Is it that I'm missing my friends, with no real prospect of seeing most of them again before Oxonmoot? Have I just got too much going on in my life?

If you know of a goat-farm in the Outer Hebrides that's looking for someone, let me know. In the meantime, a hug or two wouldn't go amiss.
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[personal profile] chainmailmaiden 2006-07-10 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on reaching 10 years!

We only get a card off my parents on our anniversary, even Bacchus' parents can't remember when it is now. I think the longer you've been married the more people forget about the exact date. That combined with job worries, no email access & upcoming hospital appts is bound to bring you down so have a hug, off me too!

[identity profile] kargicq.livejournal.com 2006-07-10 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely; I don't think anyone other than parents remembers our anniversary (apologies to anyone reading this if you do & I've forgotten!!!). Personally that suits me just fine as I never remember anyone else's! I wouldn't let it get to you -- what a small niggle in comparison with the achievement of reaching 10 years together. Congratulations. I remember your wedding very well, Creatrix looking all pre-Raphaelite....

Neuromancer

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2006-07-12 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it was a good day, wasn't it :-)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2006-07-12 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you :-)

Cards:
my parents, check
my sister, check
next-door neighbour, check
Saxon, our best man, check
didiusjulianus, check
hotel, check
Creatrix, check.

And that's it. Creatrix's parents? No. My grandparents? No. Creatrix's sister? No.

Huh!