Weird how things linger

Yesterday after work I turned the TV on because it's a cue for Gary to chill out and know that nothing is going to happen for a while.

I think the last time I used my own Netflix profile was that day I was in the hospital waiting for the operation on my ankle. I downloaded Netflix on my phone and watched a little of a documentary about the Broadhaven UFO to distract myself. It didn't work that well. Seeing that show in my "resume watching" list conjured up a miserable day of waiting in a yellowy hospital room on my own, not able to eat or drink, not at all sure what was going to happen to me.

I'm trying not to let stuff retain bad associations with that time. The rainbow overalls I was wearing, which had to be cut off my leg, have been mended recently. MB had to pick plaster off them too. I'm so happy to see them again but... I've been a little wary of wearing them.

I watched more of the UFO show yesterday. I'll wear the dungarees soon. I do not need more weird little triggers.

Synchronicity

I've recently started working with a colleague I didn't know before. We haven't had a ton of work to do together yet but we seemed to click really quickly.

This morning she was emailing me about finding a time for us to meet, and she mentioned spotting that we're both off next Wednesday and Thursday. "You're not going to see Bruce Springsteen too are you?" she ended her email.

I was so surprised. She lives in the same area of the country as I do but it's not like we're even seeing him in Manchester, we're going to Sunderland. How random! What a thing to guess! And then to be right...

I said I was and explained it's my boyfriend's Christmas present for me and got back the email that's in one of the bigger fonts I've ever gotten an email in (which is saying something when that includes a lot of partially sighted people!) with a lot of exclamation marks, laugh emojis, and a gif of "Dancing in the Dark" Springsteen.

So we've swapped numbers and have vague plans to meet up for a drink. One more for the long list of magical things that Springsteen has made happen!