A wee catch up. I should be asleep but will have to trudge on in the morning!

Three day weekend last week. First day was the spa/dinner/theatre evening with Sand. Very nice to spend the day together. Very nice. And frustrating. And still no nearer. Still skirting round that elephant in the room. A bit emotional over that over the last few days but it'll pass. Actually probably the reason why I'm still up and not been sleeping well the last few nights.

Saturday was a lazy day and DVD with the housemate - really good evening! Cooked dinner for her and her boyfriend and then we watched "Pan's Labyrinth". Good film, if a bit bizarre.

Sunday involved a walk to one of our local hills with a recently acquired friend. Nice guy, but has that sometimes annoying quality of making statements and talking mainly about himself, though he is improving in the art of two-way conversation. Maybe he's just a bit shy so only talks about what he knows.

Busy few days at work, not helped by my sleeplessness.

Frustrating incident at work - long queues at the A&E department. Two phonecalls from an understandably concerned relative about a patient in the department. He was not that unwell so was seen in time order (when patient's are "triaged" if they are of clinical concern they are moved to the front of the queue). This relative apparently "is good friends with X of the board". I politely said that he would be seen as we could, I understood her concern, but he would be seen in time order unless there was a change in his clinical need. Yes, you can take my name, I shall even spell it for you.

What I didn't say, which is what I thought, was "how dare you think so little of me and your fellow citizens that because you know someone who I don't know, who has very little bearing on my day-to-day life because we never see these mythical board of directors, will I jeopardise the care of other patients by pandering to your threats and, yes, blackmail."

I can let a lot of things pass over me but manipulative actions really get to me.