Yesterday was a very good day for me in a psychological sense.
I went into work to attend a project kick-start meeting in the City.
The sun came out in my honour which was great given the recent state of the weather. Brilliant sunshine lifts everyone's mood and the City seemed a happy bustling place.
It was just good to get out of the four walls for the day and the fact that the meeting was with somone who I had a close working relationship with in the past (The Milky Bar Kid) made the affair a very relaxed one.
I did the commute on an early train to avoid the risk of coughs and colds and Sam the Eagle and I took the precaution of taking a cab to avoid the rush hour tube from our offices into the City's heart.
The cab journey set the tone, as the cabbie was in fine form. I have to be careful what I say here, or I will have Notoplip on my case, but a lot of London cabbies are nice enough but "drier lunches" than their image portrays.
Suffice to say that we enjoyed a good ten minutes of banter and the mood carried on into the meeting, which was both productive and performed out in a jovial spirit. When discussing a recent leftfield claim that had been made for damage caused to a car by a baboon I took great pleasure in enquiring as to whether the problem had been fixed with a "mandrill" :-).
In contrast to the tiredness I felt with a couple of hours shopping on Monday, yesterday felt easy. I made it into the office early and left at 2pm when we got back from what was a lengthy meeting. I took a stroll with my laptop slung over my shoulder but the day was a breeze. A nod here to "End of Time" who I met on the way.
Today is chemo day 16 and next Wednesday will be the last day (21), so it is time to live as normally as possible before the bell rings for round two. Having so far negotiated round I successfully I don't know what the culmulative effect of another intravenous session will bring but right now I am in a good place.
Kitten and Sushi are scouring t'internet for somewhere for us to take a short break, with SandD possibly joining us for the weekend. The break will be in the window between chemo and operation and I will make a courtesy call to the Marsden today to see if it's ok. We are being sensible and not going too far. We will stay in the country but a short hop to the Isle of Wight is a possibility.
Good meeting yesterday mate, taking a cab journey with you is an education. Over the last three we've taken so far you have:
ReplyDelete1. Given expert analysis of the causes of world recession & how to get out of it. If ever I bump into Vince Cable....
2. Talked about TXI and TXII cab models. I now know about making sure the coils are warmed up before starting out in the morning - I've always followed this advice anyway but good to know I'm correct!
3. But yesterday I really was on home ground re. football but I had to smile at your reply when the driver said Spurs would decide the Premier league this season as they have to play the top 3 you said "they ought to try winning one rather than just deciding it!!" this was followed by England players lack of belief to beat anyone of note and so on..... I'm sure they drive quicker to get us out the cab!!
It was a good morning all round....
I thought that he funniest thing was when I pointed out that all my in-laws (including my good lady wife) are Spurs fans. He said well you can't dislike them too much ....my reply was top hole but not printable without degrading my image further than I have managed so far. It made you chuckle though!
ReplyDeleteThe bloke was a good laugh and set the tone, though you agreed his assertion that England get knocked out at quarter final stage because they are "unlucky" seemed a bit deluded.