Edition
253 Monday September 29th 2014
Hi,when you stare danger in tha face like I do daily it is
easy to get complacent, possibly arrogant!. It is those times that can be the
most dangerous! Last week I was the victim of one such moment whilst running on
the beach early one morning in the dark. I can recall standing on something a
bit spongey and thinking no more of it until I developed a burning sensation in
my calf muscle. To my consternation I discovered the spongey thing was a man
stinging ‘blue bottle’ jellyfish who obviously took a dislike to being jumped
on in his or her sleep! I have survived one such attack previously and know
that the sting is toxic and needs to be treated with care.So like a numb nuts I
scraped the sting off my leg with my hand and proceeded to touch my face before
washing….. Drrrrrrr.
Post attack I know day
one, affected areas sting like crazy,day
two, itches like crazy and day three,goes
feral, then in typical ‘she’ll be right’ bloke fashion day four,victim seeks treatment!!!
I am pleased to report after some anti-inflams and
antibiotics the prognisis is good and I should pull through…just !
Fletcher
says; It is cool learning to tell the time and daylight saving is
radical man!! So you try explaining to a two year old why he has to go to bed
at the same time but earlier?????
In a fascinating sequel to the ‘tired seal on the rock’ story
a couple of editions ago our Park Ranger traced the ID tag to a mother seal
tagged in the Haast area off the West Coast of the South Island (roughly
opposite Christchurch). Wow talk about a long way to swim for a coffee, no
wonder she was tired and needed a rest. In a happy end to the story our Ranger
refloated her and she was last seen playing with the locals off Oaia Island
Muriwai now a happy mainland girl.
I hope your weekend had positive outcomes too for you, family
and friends.…………Cheers Jonesey!
Harry and the Hendersons reckon daylight saving = no excuse not to
walk after work pal!!
“The less routine
the more life.” Amos
Bronson Allcott
There is nothing like a new routine to make you grumpy and
‘out of sorts’ either that or it was the bad karma jelly fish toxin invading my
system that was to blame? Whatever it was I sure was grumpy last week….ask anyone who
had the unfortunate experience to have to interact with me.
I am told us Virgo’s like things settled and routine and any
change to the program throws us a little!
Well it happened big time last week as I battled coming to
grips with our new schedule since Christine has started work again!
Time management, planning, and organisation are the
traits a
person must continually improve if they are to be successful however they are skills I have firmly in the
‘must be better’ category.
Hence the wheels coming off last week as I faced the
consequence of having to organiise myself better in order to do my bit for the
team….and all this after being attacked by a jellyfish!!
What it did highlight to me is the importance of prioritising
the tasks in order of ‘best use of time’ rather than bouncing menacingly from
one to the other.
Have you ever noticed when things are not organised and
planned then other things tend to impact you negatively and add to your
woes……like the major traffic snarl ups I got caught in last week !
For me this snowballed for me in particular and negatively
affected my attitude to others. So I was the ultimate moody petulant child last
week. I spent a good part of my day apologising for my behaviour in the other
parts of it !! Crikey what a spoiled little mid fifty something year old brat!
Not an ‘Upbeat’ example to set but we do all have rough times
and it will only get ‘better’ from here!
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” Mike Murdoch
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