The last week & a half or so I've been on a bit of an emotional yoyo; the various aspects have individually been covered in other threads but have conspired to coincide into a bit of a mental shitstorm.
First up, and on the positive side, things fell into place for me to be able to commit to sailing in a World Championship regatta on almost home waters. It's been on the radar for five years, but after my shipmate who got me onto this thing moved interstate for work & left me with the boat, and then not being able to get a long-term crew, for the last two years the goal had seemingly been slipping away. I'd stayed in touch with my mate, kept the option open for him to come back for it, and he managed to get the time off to do the regatta, split me half of the entry fee, so We Are On!!
Then a couple of days later when I was just chilling at home & listening to some music, a song came up that hit some emotional triggers & got me thinking about & missing my ex-cabbage (those who've read my tale in the "Women Etc" thread will get the reference...), and that got me down a bit.
Another few days later the news came through that a workmate had lost his battle with cancer after only four or five months, and then yesterday we held a minute's silence at work timed to coincide with his cremation, so a few low points.
But again I've got this little Worlds thing in a few months, so there's the Thing to focus on until then.
