Craft fair, fairly crafty

Had a mixed bag of a day yesterday.

My girlfriend and I went to a craft fair in town and met up with one of her friends. I was a little out of my depth amongst the stalls so I went for a quick bite to eat as I’d not done so all day. Once my girlfriend and her friend had finished at the fair we went for a walk and had some good chats. Her friend seems nice and we all managed to get a lot off our chests… which we hadn’t planned to do but we all seemed to open up and talk about personal stuff.

We might all meet up for a pub quiz next week. A bit of “coupling” no less. Has it come to this? Oh I’ll just let the wave of maturity carry me.

Later on yesterday we found a message on the house phone from my girlfriend’s housemate saying she had overdosed on anti-depressants and wanted a chat. We got the message five hours late and weren’t quite sure what to do as we didn’t have a contact number for her. A few minutes later the hospital called to say that she’d been taken in for a check up, but that she was fine.

We’re not quite sure how to handle it really as it seems like a bit of attention seeking from somebody who makes a living from seeking attention. I know that sounds harsh, but there’s no other way to describe it. She seems good at soaking up other people’s addictions and ailments (monkey see, monkey do etc) so we’ve just recommended she goes to the doctor and tells them what’s been going on. It’s hard to address somebody’s problems when they don’t appear to have any.

We’ve tried everything else and just get abused in return. This time we’ll keep our distance.

Today we’re going to have a rest and do some washing. We had a Chinese takeaway last night and there’s still a whole mushroom chow mein in the fridge which we’ll share later.