Link to My New Blogging Platform

OK, so I'm happy with my blog on the new platform. Please click the link below to continue following.

If you've signed up to follow this site you'll probably need to do the same for the new one. Don't worry, from now on I'll only be updating the new one so you shouldn't be overly inundated with my musings & what not :-) 

The Bipolar Place

Back to Being Me

I had a good day today & felt more like the usual me. Work was as busy as it has been, but I was able to deal with it & take it in my stride. It helped big time in the morning that it was sunny & clear. Although I don't suffer from Seasonal Disorder I think to some degree it affects everyone.

When I got off my train I used my free Pret  coffee voucher & as I was leaving the train station I noticed a stall that was handing out free yoghurt & milk bags. It was some gimmick, but I got a free breakfast out of it & it gave me a spring in my step on the way into work. Similar to the spring in my step I feel when I nick one of my brothers cream eggs :) Cheers Dave & I'm just really thinking of your waistline...

Last Week

Last week was very busy in work. I think I've mentioned it previously, but I work in a Finance department & it is nuts at the moment, as our financial year end is up at the end of this month.

My boss has been putting the pressure on, but she has taken me to one side & told me that if I'm struggling with the workload to shout up & she'll help out where she can. It was good of her as she didn't need to do this.

Both my managers are feeling the stress & its percolating to some degree throughout the team. I just need to keep reminding myself that 1 I'm not paid enough to stress about it & 2 in the scheme of things it aint that important. I suppose more important is that if I do stress out too much it might bring on a hyper or depression cycle.

Anyway I've had a good weekend & enjoyed the sunshine in Liverpool today. Much rested & ready to crack on next week, although I'm feeling the onset of a tickly throat. Damn colds!!!

Random Interesting Stuff

This is nothing to do with Bipolar, but I just saw it linked on FB.

I guarantee you'll learn your something new every day if you click on this. Well unless you're a genius!!

Learn Here

Changes To My Blog

I've decided to move my blog to a different platform. Blogger, my current platform, has been OK, but I've had feedback & it seems its not straight forward to leave comments or follow etc...

I'll be moving to WordPress & hopefully mentioning it on this post won't encourage Blogger to delete or sensor it in strange & wonderful ways.

I'll leave a link on this blog to the new platform, once I'm happy with the new look, so you can access it easily. Wish me luck...

Scouse Language Rules For Beginners

I looked at my blog stats earlier & I've had page views from: United Kingdom, Russia, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Canada & Sweden. Still no followers yet people :-( but I'm hoping that will change. Holds breath! 

I'm a bit of a word geek & love the different words people use & how locally they can mean so many different things. I'm from Liverpool, Britain & we Scousers have some strange sayings & words. I thought I'd write down some of the ones that stand out for me. Feel free to share yours too.

Weird Words

Lah: A term of endearment. Example: "Alright lah hows it going". "Not bad lah, just off to the pics".

Gegging In: Old reference I remember being used in school to describe a tool that is pushing into a queue in front of you. Example: "Eh lah stop gegging in & get to the back". Or can be used to describe someone butting into a conversation that has nowt to do with them.

Come Ed: Simply means come over here or come on. I thought everyone said this until I went to Uni, when friends thought I was insulting them by calling them a "Cum Ed" :-)

Scouse Dialect

No word beginning with TH is pronounced as such. It becomes a D.  Example: They = De, Though = Doh.

No word beginning with a H is pronounced. So "Look at her hair over there", becomes "Look at er air over der"

Harry Enfield made "De do doh dont de doh" famous in Britain through his comedy sketches. This translates into "They do though, don't they though".

Check out the link below for "Come Head" at 1mins 42secs. "De do doh dont de doh" at 2mins 43secs. 

Harry Enfield's Scousers

Well my more than random post is over. I know, I know, 'thank god' is what you're thinking...

Too much coffee + Busy Work = Agitation!

   I've been finding work really busy at the moment & found myself writing the passage below on the train to work this morning...

   "Feeling agitated right now! I'm on the train to Manchester to get to work, trying, but failing to read my book. My thoughts keep drifting back to work & how busy it currently is. So seeing as I've read the same passage in my book five times now I thought I'd write instead to get all this shit out of my head. GGgggrrr! I haven't actually growled, as I said I'm on the train & don't want to scare the kids sat nearby.
   Just writing this is actually helping in a cathartic way.... I've had two coffees this morning, so maybe that isn't a good idea, as my agitation is no doubt part fuelled by Caffeine.
   I've a few plans to deal with my workload today so hopefully they'll help. Well the train is pulling into my stop so I better end now before I lose myself in this & end up in Norwich!!"


   So much for my plans! Only one came off, but the day was much better than yesterdays. For a start there where no 'talking to myself in the mirror' moments. It was one of those where I got lots done, but my to do list kept growing. Roll on tomorrow...