:-)

Tonight I realised - and very slowly i might say - how lucky I am.

I am surrounded by supportive, strong men.

I just chatted with one man, my older brother. For nearly two hours tonight we talked about everything that's happening in his life (and mine of course). Interestingly, this is the same brother who used drive me insane when we were kids, and pretty much, up until I moved out in my mid-20s.

He used to do what all brothers... be pain in the arse.

He would burp in my face, fart at the dinner table while I ate, sit downstairs in our basement while playing the computer to 3am (my room was just above the computers). I wanted to break those computers so badly.

He would try to demand payment for fixing the computers after I would break it or download a virus because I was trying to find free stuff. I never did. I just kept downloading viruses. Sorry about that.

He was awful to grow up with.

And now at 34 and 31, respectively, my brother and I are more closer than we have ever been, and its lovely. I feel a sense of warmth as a result.

He called me tonight to chat.

He also pointed out that it cost him $8 to talk to me on the mobile but that is my brother. And he is a giant tight-arse. Its in his DNA... but some reason it skipped a generation. ;-)

I also decided enough is enough. I am very lucky girl. I have many, many things to be happy about.  So the moody bitch is dead. I am even bored listening to her. :-)

So what's next? I have the day off from work this week (courtesy of my boss who said I needed a day off to relax... LOVE THAT) and I am going to enjoy the shit out of it.

Ta ta
xx

Seriously I could talk about all the other crap my brother did to me when we were kids but Ill be kind. Also you need to factor in the the fact I had two brothers, older and younger, torturing me day and night for two good solid decades.... i gave it back much better.