Hestia's 2012 - so far a bit shit

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!  And welcome to Hurricane Bawbag II!!!

So here's how it's been so far, in numbers:

72 - hours without power.  We were not so badly off because we have a gas hob and a gas fire, but many people who were all electric had nothing hot to eat or drink during that time unless kind neighbours took pity on them.  Not everyone has kind neighbours though.

Tartarus fired up the generator, but with limited access to fuel (petrol pumps need power to pump!) it was still achingly demoralising to look out over the darkened streets. On the upside - there was no light pollution which was nice, up to a point. 

......and I wonder why we don't have sex any more.....

See? Not even too brilliant from my pov either!

1 - soup kitchen set up in the Pavilion on Thursday evening - at last! - for the vulnerable and aged. But given that the power actually came back on to the island on Thursday evening, it was a case of a little too late.  There better be some sort of public inquiry about how we handled last week's events.  

3 - telephone calls from the office over weekend to ask Tartarus to return to work...NOW!  He left at 8am this morning.  I was still in my pjs when I drove him down to the ferry terminal.  I have no pride.  Also, I will have one unhappy little bunny living with me for the next few days.

1 - lost silver bangle.  No idea when I lost it.  Sometime over hte last week.  I wear it all the time, but on the same wrist as my watch, so didn't realise that it was gone until I forgot to put my watch on last Wednesday.  Been searching and searching.  Feel sad about it, but also remember that Tartarus found the missing engagement ring, so maybe when he comes back in March, it might turn up.  I hope it does.

**** news flash - it HAS turned up!  It has been languishing at my friend's house since Boxing Day.  Sadly, they thought that it was something from a Christmas Cracker and I am crossing my fingers that it has not been binned along with the other wee bits of tat that come from crackers.  Also, that's a licence to buy a BETTER bangle, don't you think? If your pals think it's from a CRACKER, then SURELY I should buy a better one? ****

1 - LEGO Millennium Falcon purchased in Glasgow with Christmas money given to Sonshine.  He was with his father when he bought it as I would have kicked up a huge fuss about spending that amount of money on a bit of lego.  

1 - AC/DC Exhibition in Glasgow - actually LOADS better than I thought it would be.  The Dr Who Exhibition was a fiasco and I expected this one to be 'fan's waistcoat, circa 1975' kind of thing, but there were lots of letters to read, interviews to listen to and, of course, lots of excellently noisy back catalogue blaring away.

Place was full of Gentlemen of a Certain Age, standing staring at the massive concert screen with a wistful expression and very old AC/DC tour t-shirts on...  

Tartarus can't remember if he was at this gig.  Which probably means he was ......

Check out the ticket prices - all the way up to £2.00!!!!!!

Bon Scott's leather jacket.  Am SO getting one for Sonshine -
 he'll look like one of the Ramones with his skinny black jeans too!

3 - nights in Glasgow.  Oh the luxury of hitting a light switch and being bathed in electrical light!  Hot radiators!!  TV!!! Sadly, the internet connection in our rented accommodation wasn't working, so I could only log on if I went back into the main building and perched on the staircase with my laptop.  Not very comfortable nor private.

Driving through the streets of Greenock as we headed to Glasgow on Thursday evening, there seemed to be quite a lot of evidence of storm damage.  But in Greenock you can never be sure whether it's storm damage or just vandalism.  We decided that it was probably storm damage as the weather had been too bad, even for the most determined antisocial sods.

0 - good night's sleep had. Tartarus had a rotten cough. So did Sonshine.  On last night in Glasgow I gave up and tried to sleep on the sofa.  Using two jackets as a blanket.  It was a two-seater sofa.  Not comfortable.  Woke up with so many zip imprints and seam imprints on my face I made Keith Richards look good.

1 - 3D movie - Puss in Boots.  It was ok.  Tartarus fell asleep during it.  That's your review, right there.

It's been a strange start to 2012.  Mother Nature reminding us forcibly that she's REALLY in charge and that really, we are pretty puny in the face of 100 mile an hour winds.  

Worst of all, one of Tartarus's friends has discovered my blog.  Now, while I don't mind bearing my short-comings to you, dear reader, it's a bit different if people that know Tartarus start reading it.  It is not my intention to embarrass him in front of his friends....and now I don't know what to do.  

Tartarus hasn't asked me to delete it, but I think he'd prefer it.  I never thought that 2012 might kick off with me having to give up m'blog.....but I might have to.  What would you do if you were me?