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Flying South Chapter 11
Dec. 11th, 2005 11:01 amHere's part 11 of my novel Flying South. Luckily this is all written already because I doubt I'd be able to produce much at the moment.
Work is as annoying and tense as always, though we're on the final stretch to Xmas break. I've just had the usual irritating phone call from my mother where she tells me how she thinks I'm "fraught" about "work and everything" and for a while I genuinely don't know what she's talking about as the way I feel is quite normal. I just usually know better than to let any personal details out to her because she will make a big deal out of a pimple or a throwaway line. My brother recently avoided mentioning a could-have-been fatal car accident he had for the same reason. Big deal, small deal, the reaction tends to be about the same. Then she wonders why we don't tell her anything? You don't get much sympathy, empathy or whatever, just more nagging.
Does anyone else have one like this? I think it would be a comfort to know I'm not alone :-) I'm reminded of a quote from something I read once, along the lines of:
It's amazing what people will put up with if they do
think it's normal.
After my mother rings me, even if I wasn't fraught before, I sure am then!
Salutations
Ratfan( Read more... )
Work is as annoying and tense as always, though we're on the final stretch to Xmas break. I've just had the usual irritating phone call from my mother where she tells me how she thinks I'm "fraught" about "work and everything" and for a while I genuinely don't know what she's talking about as the way I feel is quite normal. I just usually know better than to let any personal details out to her because she will make a big deal out of a pimple or a throwaway line. My brother recently avoided mentioning a could-have-been fatal car accident he had for the same reason. Big deal, small deal, the reaction tends to be about the same. Then she wonders why we don't tell her anything? You don't get much sympathy, empathy or whatever, just more nagging.
Does anyone else have one like this? I think it would be a comfort to know I'm not alone :-) I'm reminded of a quote from something I read once, along the lines of:
It's amazing what people will put up with if they do
think it's normal.
After my mother rings me, even if I wasn't fraught before, I sure am then!
Salutations
Ratfan( Read more... )