Friday, September 22, 2006

31st injection & another week done

My best friend Lee, Holbury Hill last Sunday

That is my friend Lee. I have know him for over 25 years! We first met by chance. I was with a friend and we were down by St Marys church right on the river Thames in Twickenham. It was the summer holidays in between junior school and senior school. Lee was with his older brother Mark. My friend & i being the little shits we were at the time started throwing stones at them both. Somehow we began talking more like normal people and Lee and i found out we were due to start at not only the same school, but in the same class too! The rest as they say is history. He is great to have around! Especially outdoors. He seems to have a natural compass built in and we never get lost whilst out hiking or mountain biking. We have done everything together; BMXing, hiking, computer games & PS2, making our own fireworks, camping, climbing trees, graffiti, mountain biking, Kayaking, fitting my bathroom & kitchen. He is tall too. 6ft 4ins. He is great at putting up shelves;) Actually, he can do almost anything he puts his hands to! I am very lucky indeed that he didn't run away that day i pelted him with stones:) I do still throw the odd stone at him even today. My speciality is the magnifying glass on the back of the neck;)
Seriously though, he has always been there for me. He has seen plenty of my blood too. He has even injected me for my Haemophilia. He was a pro.
Lee is the one i go mountain biking with if i am not on my own. How is it that if we go out in the mud, he always comes back clean and i look like the Swamp Thing! I have mentioned him before on here & i expect you will hear more of Lee in future posts. I just thought it high time i put his photo in my blog;)
He is also married to my twin sister Nicola.

Anyhow. Treatment is going well. I still have the numb little finger. Apart from that it is just another week.
No rest for the wicked though! Lee and i are going out for a night ride in the Surrey Hills tomorrow night. He has some new lights. The same as mine. He will be able to see where he is going now! Tell you all about it in my next post.

P.s. Does anyone have a good recipe for home made humus? It is my favorite food!

Jason

2 comments:

Chris Vacano said...

Hey Jason,

Loved your post about 'being replaced.' Great attitude! If you're gonna go, do it impressively, not at the mercy of some stupid little parasitic virus. :-)

I'll fish around for a good hummus recipe... I think my wife may have one.

I noticed on your profile that you liked Pulp Fiction... got a movie recommendation for you: Boondock Saints. It was made a couple years back and is now developing quite the cult following. Tarantino only wishes he could have made this film.

Laters!
Chris (your Seattle doppleganger)

Not Blank said...

Hi Jason - I had trouble with the original link you posted too, got in through the link CS posted. I'd make your blog a link on mine, if I only knew how!
I'll be back - Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies, too!
Take care of yourself,
uncertain