So I work as a Heart Failure Nurse Specialist taking
responsibility for caseload management of approximately 140 patients - that's
serious stuff. That's why anything else I do in life must be for enjoyment and
fun. Family and friends are the
heartbeat that keep me ticking over and I value these as priceless. I would be lost without their love,
support and humour.
I like to keep fit, knowing what illness does to the body,
and I do work out , run and cycle
but I could never describe myself as a gym bunny or marathon runner or
tour cyclist. I do all these
things to the best of my ability and if it stops being fun then it doesn't get
done. That's why I stopped making
sponge cakes!
I'm passionate about music, reading and writing. I can't imagine my house without the
sound of music. My taste is
eclectic - my kids have been known to say "Mum, wow! you like this
group. So do I". (Not bad for someone pushing on in their fifties.) And my kids are right
down there with the happening stuff.
Reading is just another kind of music. I love to listen to the sound of words
rolling and rippling off the tongue.
I can't remember when I wasn't mesmerized by the musical quality of
words. I figure if you strung a
list of words together that made no grammatical sense I would still hear the
music in them. Maybe I should test
this theory out and we could all stop worrying about grammar and syntax ......
And I've written and researched two books on my maternal
genealogy. Loved doing that. Sadly, I don't have a famous, rich,
aberrant or influential person in my family. I'm just a Joe Ordinary from a very ordinary family but at
least I know where my ancestors were hanging out in 1796.
I am currently writing part two of a witty novelette about
some of my cousins. Hmmm, did I
say witty? The main characters
haven't read it yet. I may have to
go into hiding when they do.
However, I have survived part one's review......just.
Golf is something I watched for years. Watched. And then watched some more.
And did nothing about playing even though I soooooo wanted to. But I figure there will come a time
when I won't be able to smash it out in the gym and roll it out on the running
and cycling front so it's time now to get proficient in golf. By the time I'm 90 I'm hoping I'll be
able to play a decent game. And
did I mention that I love being out in the great outdoors? I love being out in the great
outdoors. When I was only on the driving
range, I was
