13 December 2008

The end of a horrible week

What a week it has been. We have had such bad news this week. To top it all off, I had a car accident on Friday morning on the way to work. The car is off the road and will be picked up by some accident repair people. Hopefully this coming week. I am praying the repair is going to be quick and everything is going to be resolved so that I can get on and forget about the whole darn mess.

What did make things better was 2 Christmas meals in a day. Lunchtime was spent with work colleagues (food wasn't great but the company was) and in the evening our annual Usual Suspects do. It was great to see the "family" again. 21 of us this year. It is the sort of gathering that makes you appreciate the true meaning of friendship and camaradarie. None of us actually work together any more, most had to travel quite a way to be there. But, every year, without fail, they come. Many would not have seen each other for a year. Everyone always picks up just where it was left the year before, the laughter always rings out, the joy overflows and the love is enough to warm any cold, dark (and rather wet!) winter's night.

Long live the spirit of Remote Operations!

1 comment:

williamandshelley said...

I hope you are ok.

Christmas time is coming... more gathering is happening... and your mum and sister will be there soon to make it all better!!