What a September! A little summary should follow I think. We have had weeks working in a tiny training room and now we have been unleased on the remodelled new office. Comments vary from "airport lounge" - blue carpet, white walls, gregory logo obscured glass breakout rooms, lots of space. It's much nicer but at the moment, oh so noisy! Myself and Stacey are in the cool, quiet corner but we face three noisy managers who shout at their laptop microphones when they should be using their headseats.
We are surrounded by piled up dismantled desks, emptied cardboard boxes, discarded ceiling light boxes. But it is clean, light and I like it!
Sandwiched in between was a holiday in Cornwall. Most of the week the skies were like this:
The usual mix of some lovely coastal waks, amazing smoked salmon and scrambled egg breakfasts, leisurely coffees and a bit of touristy shopping in Porthleven. And lazy evenings watching sunsets and Netflix.
It's hard to write a blog sometimes.
This is one of the times, because for the last few months, my long time friend Judith has been slowly losing her fight with cancer. To put it into perspective, I've literally known Judith half my life. We walked together in the same walking group, worshipped together in St Leonards church, laughed and, in my case cried together, through my divorce. And then as she had her first and second cancer diagnoses. Through losing her parents, through losing my job - several times, redundancies are common these days.
I'd been to my aunty and uncles. A long day, a long drive. I poured a tin of G&T. The phone rang - Judith. "I have spine cancer" I remember saying to her "did you just say...." Hard to take it in.
Cancer is such a bastard. It takes the gentle, wise, stubborn friend. Who hated floppy trousers - wide legs - such as I will wear to her funeral. Whose warm smile and enthusiasm and cry of "mmm" when presented with anything she liked, I am sorely missing. Who had to have all film and TV references explained as she was too busy being kind to people.
September is a lovely month. But I will remember Judith with love.
