Categories: overheard, news-from-depressionland
Tags: retreat, finances, anxiety., Overheard
Date: 20 September 2010 16:02:32
On the train on my way back from retreat yesterday (the retreat was, by the way, fabulous - spent a whole day just sitting out in the garden reading), I overheard the following snatches:
'An aging housewife, that's what he thinks I am', followed shortly by 'There's no way you could ever get him to say...' and then I couldn't get the next bit. Intriguing, I thought, this sounds like a very intimate conversation to be having loudly on a train. But I caught no more. Getting off the train, I spied the speaker, an elegant looking woman of a certain age, accompanied by an equally elegant white haired man. No further clues. If you were the speaker or listener, or can suggest what/who they were talking about, please get in touch!
PS I am still pretty daunted by the huge pile of things to be done, not to mention the book, but a weekend of sheer indulgence in a beautiful place has made me feel generally a bit more able to tackle life. Managed to get various bits of admin done today, including the one which was causing me most anxiety (to do with National Insurance and Carers' Allowance - I hate sorting financial matters). And it was solved with one simple phone call... I should know better by now, that things are never as big as they seem when they're looming.