Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Good Night Nurse

So I've not posted anything in a while, for various reasons.

Firstly it was my birthday last week, so I was doing lots of party-planning and lots of trying not to be depressed (I have a tendency to suffer from the Birthday Blues). Also, I've been quite ill and have been in bed with a fever for the last few days, stuffed to the brim with Night Nurse.

But I'm also avoiding blogging slightly. I think being honest with myself right now is a little dangerous - I'm dealing with the Darcy situation by just pretending I'm fine and everything is normal (it's not denial. It's good old fashioned deal-with-it-ness) and much as it may be a bit of a fascade, it appears to be working. So I don't want any secret sadness slipping out accidentally, thank you very much. (Hmm that may have been me talking to my subconscious there, which is a little worrying).

Anyway dealing-with-it-ness seems to be working perfectly well, except for one small thing. I keep crying on buses. I don't know what that's all about, I never cry on buses - who cries on buses? Well, me, evidently. Honestly, for the last few weeks I've found myself leaving the house to go to work, or for a drink, or whatever, putting in my ipod, lighting up a cig, walking to the bus stop - so far, so good. Everything fine. I sit at the bus stop, check my phone, maybe smile at whoever's also waiting for the bus (although mostly not - have you seen the weirdos you find in bus shelters?) But still, fine. I'm probably listening to something upbeat, the Noisettes new album maybe. So I take a seat on the bus, humming away to some lovely souly Noisettes track "I'm not who I was last Summer, and I don't wear the same robes in May - damn this wild young heart, damn this wild young heart.." and as the scenery starts to move and change, I feel my eyes well up and a desperate need to burst into tears. I then spend the rest of the bus journey trying not to cry, and trying not to make it look like I'm trying not to cry. Then the second I get off the bus and get to wherever it is I was going, I'm fine again. It's the strangest thing.

Anyway what am I talking about? I'm going to blame the fever and delirium for this entry, and subsequently put myself to bed.

Goodnight. Good Night Nurse.

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