1 July 2005
An appropriately timely meme, via Lyle
10 years ago...
I was 18, working as a secretary/receptionist/office monkey. Still at home, lacking confidence and just discovering this weird thing called Compuserve.
5 years ago...
23, in a wheelchair, still at home and struggling to figure out how to deal with it.
Fighting against potential demotion at work and considering a tribunal case.
Dreaming of being healthy and having a future.
This time last year...
27 and living in London, working as an administrator.
At one of the lowest points in my life, and with the rubble from an eight year relationship crashing down all around me, falling in love, even though it did and still does scare me a bit.
Yesterday...
28 and working as a web accessibility consultant, having managed to jump off the admin train for the second time in my career.
Today...
Dislocated kneecap a timely reminder of how lucky I am and how far I've come.
I'm almost 29, living independently in London and doing my dream job. I've got enough money to live reasonably on and am lucky enough to be surrounded and supported by fabulous and inspirational people. I'm mostly healthy, and even though my knee hurts, it could be so much worse.
I need to remember this more often.
Tomorrow...
Living my life, as best I can, with a bit of snuggling and maybe some knitting thrown in for good measure.
Compuserve...
Nothing to add!
Ouch, re the kneecap - hope that gets sorted without any problems.
Stalker boy: 10 years eh? Who'da thunk it, etc. :)
Lyle: Thanks. It'll be fine, just need to not overdo things too much for the next wee while.
{knit|walk|blog} on!
Compuserve (106,222 I remember), bulletin boards, 300/1200 baud modems, I feel older than I should. But it was exciting and fun, wasn't it?
Keep taking the pics (Pix) and posting your thoughts.
Get well soon Pix
Love
Mike
Posted on my birthday, fabtastic. I'm a bit confused though, was the wheelchair five years ago to do with the knee, or something else, sorry don't mean to be too personal but you seem to have a lot of injurys? surely not from knitting!!!
I think her knitting injuries are the ones where she bangs her head against the wall very hard when she drops a stitch :-)
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