Here we can all be heard for a little while

Pyxis

The Clangers is on in 20 minutes!

System

Hello all :wave:

I'm back Am about to embark on catching up with the thread so will post the whole festival update after. In summary it had good parts but bad parts too.For now i'm glad to be home (and have had a nice showre/bath! ) and i'm seeing Swain tonight :j

Hope everyone is doing ok!

Pyxis

Welcome back, MessedUp!
Glad some of it was good!

Looking forward to hearing all about it!

oystercatcher

Just to say THANK YOU to Pyxis for the Clangers alert a few days ago. Husband is recording the whole series for me. Little things like this make me so happy.

I also love Shaun the Sheep

Otherwise Very Low and not able to chat , I love listening in though .

Pyxis

oystercatcher wrote: »

Just to say THANK YOU to Pyxis for the Clangers alert a few days ago. Husband is recording the whole series for me. Little things like this make me so happy.

I also love Shaun the Sheep

Otherwise Very Low and not able to chat , I love listening in though .

You're welcome, Oystercatcher! It was lovely, wasn't it, with a theme of persevering and sharing with others!
Real feelgood stuff.

Sorry you're so low. Can we help, at all?
There's always doggy cuddles, the duvet fort and Jaffa Cakes!

calleyw

oystercatcher wrote: »

Little things like this make me so happy.

Well you know the old saying

little things please little minds and little pants fit little behinds.

Not so little pants in my case :rotfl:

Mind you the other day I left some dry washing on the side in the kitchen. A male friend came round and saw one of my bras on the top and he picked it up and held it up by the straps either side and went OMG I can fit my head in there. I almost died

its not true as he has a massive head :rotfl:

Yours

Calley

System

Congrats Calley on becoming a step grandma! Happy belated birthday SolarJunkie! WaS fathers day is hit and miss for me. I always get my step dad a card as he has been in my life since i was 4 and raised me as his own and to me he's more of a dad than my biological dad has ever been. I've not seen or spoken to my biological dad in 10 years now. It took me till 18 to realise he wasn't a very nice person and once my (2nd) step mum was in the picture he just stopped caring, i found it easier to cut him out than have to deal with him. I've not sent him a card in years, besides there aren't really any "thanks for being a crap dad and not being there for me" cards in clintons....


Right...the festival

So, i met my friend at the station on wednesday, and we met one of his friends on the way, journey was largely uneventful (bar being crammed next to the toilet for the duration of the journey :rotfl: ), we got there and it was the BIGGEST queue i have ever seen! :eek: We queued for 3 1/2 hours in the blazing sun, but once we finally got in it was great (though my hands were killing me from pushing my trolley and my shoulders from carrying my bag!). Finalyl got to the camp and met a few more people, there was a girl next to us who was struggling with her tent so i went over and chatted and helped her put it up after we were set up we had a wander round the village (it has food places, shops and rides etc), me and the girl i met ended up trying on hats and it was quite nice to have someone to wander around with! That night everyone went to the nightclub place, though i didn't stay very long as i had been up since half 5 and was knackered.

Day 2: Woke up bright and early, the sun was shining and i covered myself in factor 50. And still got sunburnt. Had to buy another camping chair as some random drunk person broke mine :mad: but spent the day have a wander and getting to know others in the camp.

Day 3: The music begins! The day started off very very hot, and whilst i headed to the arena to watch bands i started to feel a bit unwell. I forgot one of my meds increases my chances of sunstroke Which i think i had, ended up going back to the tent to drink some water and try and stay in the shade. Went back after a bit to watch the rest of the bands...and then..the heavens opened. Luckily i had an emergency poncho but i still got soaked. Oh and i managed to lose a welly on the way there so i was wellyless. The bands were great though despite the rain!

Day 4: Woke up and wasn;t feeling great (aftermath of sunstroke the day before). It had rained havily during the night and the campsite was like a swamp. Managed to find a pair of wellies and a rain coat, and set about going to watch the rest of the bands that day. I queued for 4 hours to meet one of my fave bands and that was a highlight! I said to the singer "its great to meet you" and he said "well i've been waiting years to meet you (queue me acting like a 15 year old all over again haha), seeing them they were the best band by far.


But found after the initial happy feelings my mood crashed so ended up going back to the tent early as i just wanted to be on my own Spent the rest of the night in my tent, i couldn't deal with trying to act happy in front of people. Got a bit annoyed that not 1 person asked if i was ok, but i guess they were busy having fun.

Last day: Still raining but easing off. Was waterproofed up to the max and worked my way round the stages to see bands, but then it got busy. Really really busy. I coudn't get out f the crowd (i wasn't even near the front) and ended uop having a very bad panic attack, thankfully a steward got me to the fitst aid tent where a lovely paramedic sat with me and tried to help me calm down. Half an hour later i felt okayish, so went to try and see the last 2 bands from the back of the crowd, but it was still too busy and after having another smaller panic attack i decided i would have to miss the last band as i couldn;t cope with being there with so many people. So i'm gutted i missed that.

Overall there were highs and there were lows, however on reflection i think this will be my last festival. A lot of the time i just didn't enjoy myself and its a lot of money to spend on something like that. I think next year i'm just going to look forward to my holiday with Swain.

Georgiegirl256

Sorry all, but need abit of a rant. Will penguin this and then if anyone doesn't want to read it they can just skip over it.

PENGUIN:

I don't know how to start this really, but suffice to say, I look at DH (although atm he's not really dear!) and I'm not sure if I actually love him anymore, or more accurately, if I'm IN love with him anymore. All his faults where once I'd laugh about or put up with are just shining out to me like a beacon.

He's kind and generous in many ways, but he's also quite selfish, rude and abit I'm all right Jack in others, not forgetting very moody and sometimes quite nasty with it. If there's something wrong with him, then boy does everyone know about it and is made to suffer with him.

We had a really good time in London, but for some reason, I started noticing things more than usual, and things started to annoy me more than usual. First off he just moaned non stop, it happens every holiday. "My feet ache", "my legs ache", "my back aches", "I'm too hot", "I've got a stich" etc etc. Fair enough. After walking miles, my feet ached too, but I didn't go on and on and on about it so much that it brings the other person down too. For some reason though, this time it really got on my nerves. He's a very negative person, and just brings folk down with him.

I noticed other things like when getting on the tube he'd just jump on' not making sure I was right behind him or had got on ok, and those things move so quick that it'd be easy to get separated. As long as he got on and got a seat, he wasn't bothered about me. Same when crossing the roads (I mean, I'm a big girl and can cross the road on my own, it's just the way that he didn't seem bothered), it was like "I'm all right Jack and I don't care about you". If I happened to disagree with something, he'd go in a mood (he's always done this), and I felt like I couldn't express my own opinions on things, and it puts a downer on things.

Since we've got back he's been in a grumpy mood, virtually ignoring me. I asked him if he was ok and he said he was tired and had a pain. I asked him if there was anything he wanted or if there was anything I could do, he said no he was ok and I thought that was the end of it, but no, 3 days later he's still in a mood/in pain/whatever is up with him. I don't know about anyone else, but if I'm ill or feeling down or whatever, I still manage to be perfectly pleasant to other people, I try to be as upbeat as possible and not project my mood onto others, but oh no that's not for him, it's all encompassing and he projects his mood onto others. It's like he's pushing and pushing for an argument or something, and well he's just got it. :T

After telling him that if he was in pain he should go to the Doctors, and was everything else ok, he snapped at me and now we're not speaking....and tbh, I can't say that I'm that bothered.

He's always been like that though. If I've got something wrong, then I want to talk about, and I get that not everyone is not like that, I really do. But, don't bottle things up until things explode, and do not take things out on other people, and DO NOT be nasty and rude and disrespectful to other people.

The way he speaks to me sometimes is nothing short of disrespectful and not the actions of someone who is meant to love and care for me. Maybe he doesn't anymore? If that's the case, I'd rather he told me. If it's the case of he's feeling down or ill, then I'm sorry about that, but don't project your feelings onto other people and be a rude b'stard, and make that person feel like they've done something wrong.

These are things I've put up with for years, but it's really starting to get to me now. He's a grown man and he acts like a sulky teenager. If somethings wrong, he really does feel sorry for himself. He needs to snap out of that negative insular attitude, or any love I have left for him is really going to start disappearing. .

Sorry for that looong rant!

Georgiegirl256

Sorry to hear of the low moods and panic attacks MU. (((hugs))) Glad to hear there was a lovely paramedic on hand to take care of you. It's horrible feeling unwell when you're away from home.

Glad there were some good bits though! Sounds like you had all the sun! It was overcast a lot of the time in London.

Which lead singer did you meet? What were Motley Crue like? Just found out they're touring with Alice Cooper in November!

System

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Sorry to hear of the low moods and panic attacks MU. (((hugs))) Glad to hear there was a lovely paramedic on hand to take care of you. It's horrible feeling unwell when you're away from home.

Glad there were some good bits though! Sounds like you had all the sun! It was overcast a lot of the time in London.

Which lead singer did you meet? What were Motley Crue like? Just found out they're touring with Alice Cooper in November!

It was Black Veil Brides

Motely Crue were amazing! They put on an awesome show! If you can go see them on the farewell tour, then do it as it will be great!

I'm sorry you're struggling with things atm hun Its difficult when things like that happen, i've been there myself in a previous relationship, we pretty much ended up hating each other (not saying that will happen but he needs to understand the impact how he's treating you is having not only on you but the relationship as a whole)