So, I woke up today and I magically find myself another year older and another year wiser. I don't really get birthday's. They are no different from any other day of the year, every day, in fact every second, we get a little older. It is a seemless process, not divided in quanta. Bar humbug eh?
I could write a complete blog under the Grumpy Old Man theme today if I wanted to. It would not be so hard gven the place I'm in right now. It's has been a pretty poor year, but I guess that is based on a relatively straight-forward life. Separation from someone you've been with for 19 years, no matter how clear it is that it has to happen, is a difficult thing. Every time you think you are getting a handle on it, getting to grips with life and coming through the other side, something happens to throw you right back into the quagmire.
Just when you don't need it too you find out that your job is under threat as well. The industry is really struggling at the moment and like other companies the loss of exclusivity of patents for bigggest-selling compounds is hurting. We will react by streamlining and everybody in my department is under threat. Newly divorced and redundant is really not a place I want to be. If that happens then I'll really find out what I'm made of.
Happy birthday Dave. Now, where did I put that bike.....
