.........................And she can conquer the world!!!!
Well - it's true girls isn't it?!?!?!
I'd better explain myself.
I've been back in the world of the grown ups again with Enable, doing another conference.
It was in Aberdeen this time.
Peter and I travelled up with Donna on Tuesday late afternoon.
Yes - Donna, whose shoes are often mentioned in my blog, so i suppose the title of the blog is really a nod to her and her shoes!!!
Told ya the shoes would get a mention Donna - and nice ones they were, but we did get a few crazy looks when we were having this conversation!!!
Anyway - we had a good journey up and had decided we'd have dinner with the others who had arrived there earlier.
Mind you - we nearly brought some road kill for dinner!!!
Man - pheasants and pigeons - must be the ditsies of the bird world!!!
A pheasant decided to fly low over the road as Donna was driving and we nearly killed it!
Then a pigeon flew outta nowhere!!
I could just picture the scene at reception.....................
Two rooms and could the chef please prepare these birds for our dinner?!?!?!?
Dinner was good. We sat and decided what we were going to have. Some interesting choices.
I opted for Smoked Wild Boar for my starter.
Well - i've never tried it, so here was my chance!!!!
Later on i texted my friend Sue (who was meeting up with us in the morning) to tell of my choice of starter.
Her reply wondered if i'd had half a woolly mammoth with a side order of sloth for my mains!!!!
You can tell we have watched too much Ice Age, can't you!!!!
Back in the room, Peter enjoyed watching UP on the dvd player we'd brought and eventually we decided we needed sleep.
Wednesday morning after breakfast we went to the main building. Peter and I decided to give the first part of the day a miss so we could catch up with Sue. We haven't seen her for ages and it was nice to sit and catch up. E mails and letters are nice, but there is nothing to beat sitting with a cuppa and having a chat.
Sue came to our 1st workshop. It was nice (but a bit nerve wracking) having someone who knows me well sitting there listening to us. But she said it was good and she enjoyed watching the DVD and putting faces to some of the names we have mentioned.
Alas, Sue couldn't stay for lunch - she had to get home, but it was so nice to have the chance to catch up.
2nd workshop went well, but Jenn and i were a bit stunned. We'd either managed to answer all their questions in the presentation, or it had all gone over their heads - nobody asked anything at the end!!!!
Even now, we're still not sure!!!
3rd workshop good and then time for tea.
Now - what i didn't tell you was that more people came along than expected. That was great, but the team didn't have enough of the packs. Donna took mine off to photocopy - i actually told her to keep it as long as i could at some point get the info for Sue to pass on to people.
During the day, a couple of people came to me asking about packs and if they could get one. Eeeekkkkk - maybe they thought i was gainfully employed by Enable!! (sorry if i lowered the tone girls!!). But i managed to direct them to someone who might be able to do it.
A guy came over to me at the tea break and asked if i had a spare pack. When i said no, he asked if i could get the stuff to pass on, so i got his address. He chatted away, but really, it seemed more of a rant about lack of services and money for services. But since i've been in that position, i just lent him an ear, because people have done it for me.
So we went off for our Q+A session.
This guy gets up again and has a bit of a go. (well - a LOT of a go)
He, to be honest, was howling a bit at the wrong people. We were on his side!
He complained again about lack of money for services for people with Learning disabilities. There was one guy there representing the council, but he wasn't a politician - he was a council employee. He did try to explain a few things,but it didn't seem to wash well with the ranter.
Couple of questions later, he was up again. He said it was alright for us, coming up from Glasgow, where there was obviously loads of money for SDS, but didn't we know that Aberdeen spent all the money tackling drink and drug problems?!?!?!?
By this time i was MAD. I had been patient with the guy. I had told him earlier that this was not a political event and council employees are often as fed up as those who care for people with disabilities . I said we really should keep on track
Mind you - for one who could rant for britain and get gold, silver and bronze solo, hands down, this cause a few chuckles from the Enable team!!!
But by this point, i just about pulled poor Donna's arm out of its socket trying to get the Mic!!!
Did this gut REALLY think Glasgow had more money??
Did he think we had no problems with drugs and drink???
As we say in my part of the world AYE RIGHT!!!!!!
If we really had the money in Glasgow, why then did it take me soooo long to get services for Peter??
The grass isn't always greener!!
I wondered if he thought that the streets of Glasgow were paved with gold.
No, Mate - just streets littered with roadworks for the 2014 Commonwealth games.
That's where all our money is going!!!
Meanwhile, up at the back, Laura and Jenn were wonder just where all this had come from!!! They're used to me being,well ,not really prone to outbursts like that with people i don't know!!!!
So the day ended and Jenn got Me and Peter home safe.
Knackered mind you but safe!!!
No almost road-kill, but we did see a guy paragliding close to the roads (don't know that paragliders are really all that tasty! Think i'd prefer woolly mammoth!!!)
And a great conversation about what we thought a cloud looked like!!!
(An anvil with a large snail stuck to the side!!)
Now do you understand why my blog is called My Crazy life?!?!?!?
Grab my hand and enjoy the ride with us!!!!
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