She is 14!!! I am thinking she is probably just excited about seeing Steve. There is only so much someone can take though!! Argh!!

Do you remember when my aforementioned sibling broke the ornament? You suggested that I encouraged him to go outside or see his friends...why don't you do the same, or send her to the local shop for something? At least it would get her out of your hair for a while. If not, the old locking-yourself-in-the-bathroom trick would be my last resort.

Yeah my sister is 12, and when she gets over excited she goes SO hyper and just horrible to deal with.. she had a sleepover the other day... *shudder*

It doesn't help that no one is allowed to say a word to darling Cathy without being called a bully by my parents. Yesterday she sang "The song that doesn't end" loudly (and out of tune!) repeatedly throughout my favourite TV programme... I said "Please be quiet" in an irritated tone and my parents started shouting at me!

*Edit* I just noticed your sister is Kate... maybe it's Katherines and Cathleens and all variations thereof that are most annoying!

I made her go watch tv. Got her off my back for a while.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kate is loverly and very funny...well, her voice is

Hmm If you say so. She has stopped talking like that now thankfully.


AAAAAAAArrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhh - excited scream - AAArrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhh

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Nicki? Are you ok?

Not bad, just a combination of results' day, trying to sort stuff out and my parents frustrating me. Sorry

Don't be sorry, I just hoped that you hadn't resorted to hiding under your bed or something!

My bed has a mattress underneath it hehehe

ARRRRGH

My day so far:

Woke up early to the sound of my alarm and got ready for a fun day out with my "best friend" whom I haven't seen for ages as every time I organise something she makes up an excuse.

8 o clock my phone rang, she cancelled, no reason given. "Sorry can't go shopping bye" which is just fantastic. I basically have written her off as she's shown absolutely no interest in being friends with me.

10 o clock I got an email from another friend:
"Hi! I know I told you to invite as many people as you could to my party tomorrow, but my mum says I can't have anymore than I've invited, so can you not please? Thanks!"
I had to try and tactfully uninvite about eight people.

12 o clock I had to go shopping with my mum to a rough part of E Yorks. I got spat at (for no reason!) whistled at, and shoved and pushed, and sworn at when a woman tried to push in front of me, and the checkout girl refused to let her.

5 o clock I came online to find a message from another friend saying "really sorry bout next week, but [boyfriend's name] is coming too, and I don't want you to feel third-wheelish, and he wants it to be just me and him."

7:30 I headed to musical theatre society, only to find that having been on holiday last week I missed the notice that it was cancelled this week, and so I had to wait in the rain and ring my dad to come back for me. He was annoyed at me for making him come back when there's a TV programme on telly he wants to watch.

This has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day!

. I'm annoyed for you now Lucy .

*Mumble...friends...rain...notices...rudeness...inconsiderate..Grrrr...*

Hope you have a (much!) better day tomorrow x

so sorry - days can be like that can't they?
my day hasn't been that bad, but very disturbing, disorienting and disappointing but I don't want to talk about it.

sorry for your day again

Thanks Miss Ross and Saxfan, it makes me feel better to know that I'm not insane - I mean that is quite rude right, all the cancelling, and spitting at me and pushing etc? I'm not just being over-sensitive?

sorry about your disturbing and disorientating day too saxfan.

No, you're not being over-sensitive. Why should someone be allowed to spit at you and swear at you and be downright rude? . It was probably someone 'our age' who spat at you too - no wonder there are people out there who intensely dislike our generation. .

I didn't mean to rant there...it's been a long day!

SaxFan, I hope you're not feeling too bad .

Sometimes, you ACTUALLY wish the ground would open up and swallow you, then when you realise it can't, you get annoyed at that too, which adds extra stress and CBA-ness to your life and it all seems so much, and you realise it's all because you had ONE extra can of cider which caused you to ruin a really good friendship for no reason and with little chance of making up, and hating yourself and then realising that won't do any good so you hate the other person instead, and then there's too much hate so you tell yourself not to hate anyone but it's all rubbish so you have to hate someone, usually yourself, and alcohol should be banned forever.

LOL at me.



That's quite enough from me.

Oh no! That doesn't sound good - though I have to tell you sound like a very good friend of mine a while back - she had a bit too much to drink and ended up letting slip to her best friend that she had feelings for him. She thought that would never be fixed but it was...

Another friend had too much to drink and he started telling secrets all over the place. He told his girlfriend that her best friend was prettier than her, and that he'd fancied her best friend for ages longer than her.
He also told a lot of other people's secrets... and he was forgiven.

Cider is horrible, I know, I've done stupid stuff with it too, but maybe it's not ruined everything forever.

Anyway if it has (or even if it hasn't) I'm sorry, and hope things get better soon.

Choddy, (hello! I don't recall ever really 'speaking' to you before...)

Wouldn't it be lovely if occassionally the ground would just open up? It would save so much general humiliation and anger. *Hugs* But surely things aren't as irretrievable as you think?

Alcohol is evil

Oh Miss Ross, just noticed your last post on my day, and you're right - it was someone our age - or a couple of years younger but our generation. About fourteen, and very rude - she was swearing too at her friends and my little sister was there.. she's 12, but looks about 8, so it was pretty harsh.

You're right, those people give all us young folk a bad name - it's awful! I would never do that, but I know some people look at me suspiciously because I'm young.

Hands up whose actually had a good day? Some people have no manners.

And I'm glad I don't drink, though what'll happen if my friends take a liking to alcohol/nightclubbing I don't know.

*sympathetic*

It's all a bit complicated.

Alas, such is life.



(Hi Miss Ross! )

thank you Miss Ross.
How bad is too bad?

The fact that you're not sure concerns me somewhat, but all I can do is offer my sympathy, and hope that things go a bit better for you tomorrow .

I hope things look a bit better for you tomorrow Saxfan

Think I'll have a permanent "season ticket" to this thread

and then, when I was my turn to "make an entry", had to thank "mr X" for and wonderful opening to the concert

At least, I've been asked to play again next year.........ON MY OWN!!!

.............................then, as if t'were not enough, J and I went to a concert (as audience members) where the organist proceeded to commit multiple musical murder with incorrect melody lines, incorrect (boy, HOW incorrect harmonies) and no idea how to end a piece and, and, and.......................
Why is it that some organists - classical, theatre, electronic - seem to rival Harold Shipman when it comes to music and yet get away with it. Do the audience not realize, oris it a case of the "King's New Clothes"

I played for a wedding last month. The grand-daughter of one of my pupils wanted to walk down the aisle to the Wedding Processional from the Sound of Music, and out of church to the "Trumpet Voluntary" and I was aksed to play those items. My pupil (gran) was going to play the rest of the musical content on her own electronic organ taken into the church for the occasion. I was to use the ppe organ.

There was another wedding following, and the regular organist, whom I had never met before was going to play so I hung around to "check him out" - AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Poor Happy Couple - watch out for a "Youve Been Framed" video - their ceremony ruined beyond belief by incompetence personifed at the console - and he's been organist for 17 years!!!

Is there a Doctor in the house? Telll me it's not terminal

SCREAM, SCREAM AND DOUBLE SCREAM

Diapson would you like to join me for a cuppa?

Dstring

P.s I've had a good week so far

Delighted - make mine strong and black (the quote ends here

I hope my week improves. I'm performing meself on Monday, so I'd better make sure I practise what I preach!!

See you there then!

It's in Rossendale - bit out in the wilds
I believe they have electricity though!

Off shopping - bye all

(sound of screaming fades into the distance in the direction of Sainsburys)

I am in my sick bed......or in my sick chair I should say...

Whats up?

I have an ear infection in my stupid right ear....

DC xx


Incase anyone's wondering why I'm shouting it's because there are 2 electric guitars and a drum kit being played in the same room as where I'm trying to write an newletter article. (Whilst being distracted here of course ).

ARGH!

EDIT: That's better, a certain person came in and told them to shoo! And brought me a cup of tea .

I hope everyone who isn't feeling great has better day tomorrow x

Sounds like three people are in need of a slap!

Hope things get better soon for everyone

Blasphemy!!!

Okay well had the WORST week (make that worst few weeks) ever.
Its summer holidays, I'm bored out of my skull. At least 8 of my best friends are on holiday at the moment, leaving me stranded with nothing to do.
I should have done so much work but couldn't be bothered..only me to blame. My room is meant to have been completely emptied ready for redecorating but its not because I havn't had the time or patience. Ive emptied my wardrobe and from that I've had 7 binbags, 4 boxes, 2 bin bags full of clothes and a huge heap of stuff on my floor still needing to be sorted. So it's nowhere near empty.
I'm not going on holiday when I was supposed to be, so I'm going to stay in lovely england where its rained constantly for the last three days =/.
I feel ill and tired havn't slept a wink all week.
My violin playing is going down the pan, practicing is annoying me cos I can't get anything right so I get my violin out, play it for fifteen minutes and then get so frustrated I give up.
My brother is winding my parents up by going out like every night and drinking etc, (although he's getting a bit better) but whenever he isn't at home i get a million questions thrown at me about where he is and what he is doing etc and I havn't a clue!!
I need to do some work, I have so much coursework due in the first week back of school that I havn't started, not to mention the maths coursework that I havn't started yet even though I have had a 6 month extension!!!!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
x

Take a break from everything, and maybe talk to someone, tell them how you are feeling and ask for help.

Hope you feel better soon.

There's no-one to talk to hence all the friends on holiday haha.
I've just given up .
Heyy who needs GCSE's?
A bit of good news though, I might be going on holiday after alll

Oh, how that sounds so familiar!

Tell you parents straight that you have no idea where you brother goes, when he goes or anything, and frankly you just don't care! They will soon realise you don't know!

Get yourself a Pen and paper and write down everything that you need to do. And then slowly work your way through it. Tidy your bedroom, it seriously will make you feel better! That is one thing you can't get wrong, and when it is tidy you will look at it and see that you have done something right!

If you are stressed out before you attempt to practice, then don't get out your violin! Your practice will be alot more constructive if you are focussed and relaxed

I am sure you have more friends, so why not ask one of them if they would like to do something for a few hours, that will take a lot of stress off you.

As for coursework, you have no option other than to do it...unless of course you want to fail! but that is the reality! You NEED to do it. We've all been there before and you are certainly not alone in leaving it until the last minute.

All the best!

Please dont give up, I honestly know what it feels like. I nearly gave up, but with help from a few people I managed. Just take things a little slower. And coursework is important.

Soph

You've got friends here!

AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

Soph? Are you ok?

Awww thanks for all the help.
Sarah I'm going through everything you said right now and trying to do it all Very good advice!
Thank you everyone.

Soph you okay?
x

no.

Whats wrong?

xx

I feel as though I am failing as a sister, amongst other things.