She seemed pleased...

For about five years I have been looking for a family recipe for stuffing. After hunting high and low on many occasions I finally gave up and then on Friday I found a letter from my mum in which she had written the recipe! It was quite odd reading a letter from my mum that I hadn't read since before she died but quite comforting at the same time. I found the letter inside an old diary from when I was a teenager and after reading the letter had a quick flick through the much scrawled pages of the diary. It is full of gems...

Monday 20th January 92
It's 11.39pm, mum and dad are in bed already and Robert's snoring - wish he'd shut it. Hadn't done my maths homework for school and I still haven't. I've just been gluing monsters, men and dogs on the ceiling...
Mr Turvey asked Matt Haynes if his thirteen colour biro was a vibrator or a pen - ded funny.

Thursday 13th February 92
Last weekend I went to Jonny's - his mum wasn't there. Me and him and Darren got rat arsed. Darren porked Simone.

Tuesday 19th January 93
Nearly got in trouble because of my foul mouth again in Biology 'cause that cunt Haynes put prit stick in my hair and forehead - little bastard.

Wednesday 5th May 93
I'll start with what's going on with me & Shan. Last Friday I saw her after school and we were in the church yard on the steps, I ended up fingering her - she seemed pleased.


There are some notes in there from when I did a week's work experience at Oldham hospital:

Fri 9.20am Woman fallen suspected fracture of sternum
10.15 am Outside N wards meeting Harish in approx 15 mins, he'll probably be late.
This nurse is doling out coffee from this big jug with a ladle. Half of them are having it in beakers with mouth spouts like babies, it's really sad to see these women deteriorate like this.
Harish is talking to some doc at the bottom. This big fork lift has been shifting a big concrete planter about. I'm in N now There's this old lady whose wig has fallen off - total baldness.
Harish just asked me if I'd had a late night because my eyes were all frogged up.

Other notes from my work experience include:
Old biddy had arm put back in shoulder socket.
Contact lens stuck in eye
Bead in ear
One bad fracture, bone sticking out of leg.
Stroke - didn't see it
Heart attack - just missed it.
Thursday - sod all so far.