15th Anniversary Encroached by Ringworm?!
August 20th, 2008
Today is our 15th anniversary! 15 months that is, not years. We don’t count in years, plus 15 years ago would mean we’d've been together since we were learning to live! But anyway, the Sun seems to be popping out and we’re planning to head out to dinner which should be nice. I have no idea where yet, but I suppose it’ll be somewhere we like, perhaps MaccyD’s?! But yes. I’m planning to build on my portfolio of photos so want to get some snaps of us together today, I’d really like to explore black and white photography as it’s my weak point. Basically I want to build up my portfolio and build on getting some freelance work rolling.
I’ll definitely put some of the photos from today up tonight or tomorrow. [:
On a more sad note, I seem to have a mystery disease, one which no one can seem to explain. In Sydney, I developed blisters all over my fingers causing me not to be able to use my hands for a few days as they were so swollen and killed. They went away mysteriously after we concluded I must’ve been allergic to something, but now I seem to have a tropical virus.
A few mornings ago, I woke up with a huge blotch on my waist, I assumed I’d walked into a door-frame and it’d bruised, but it started to dry up in the centre. I then spotted new ones popping up all over my legs. I then developed a killer earache and went to the doctor’s on Monday to hear I had tonsillitus and she had no idea what my “rash” was. Nathan and I started to smother them in the cream she gave me and since, there’s now an epidemic of Weil’s Disease in the UK which you get from coming into contact with rat urine. We fortunately have no rats, but my Aunt has been away and she lives with my Grandparents who are elderly 80 year olds. So everyday we’ve been going up there to check they’re still alive and to buy them their daily paper from the village and they’ve been having problems with rats living under their house. The thought makes my skin crawl and I can hardly stand being inside that house anymore knowing that rats could fall through the ceiling! So now I either have rampant ringworm or I’m going to die from Weil’s Disease. Either way, I’ll die peacefully and would very much like to be cremated, I’m pretty sure if I were buried, the rats would find me and gnaw on my dead legs which is an even worse thought.
But no, I’m not going to die. I’m very much alive and just felt like ranting about my special illness which isn’t so special, but rather unattractive on so many different levels.
This was just a silly little blog entry with no particular purpose other than to say a huge Happy Anniversary to my darling angel, Nathan. We’ve made it this far. At times we thought we’d never make it as far as we have, but yet we’ve conquered it. Despite the discouragement people may have said like, “You haven’t made it” – I think we have. So what if we haven’t been married for 50 years, what does that prove that we can’t prove now? Love is everlasting, so why is it considered to be such a hurdle to be devoted to someone for that long? I feel bad by even mentioning this because the one person who really discouraged everything doesn’t even deserve to be thought about, especially on our anniversary. But the thing is, I laugh in their face because they know nothing about us. All that you ever need to know Nathan is that I love you. I worked so hard to make it to Australia to be with you and you worked so hard to make it back to London with me afterwards. Together we make a team and we work together. With you, I can open up and share my dreams and even fears. In you, I found a best friend who cares for me and I couldn’t ask for a better person to be with. You are my wildest dreams Nathan and you constantly take my breath away. Nath, I loved you yesterday, I love you today and I will love you tomorrow and forever.
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