.... you take another phone call delaying something that you asked for several days ago. You sigh after the call has finished, and your beloved doesn't ask "when's the ceremony?" - he asks "when do you get rid of this one?"
On another note, I thought this time of year was meant to be quiet? It's been mental around here!
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Yup, it's a wonderful job, but "when do you get rid of this one" is pertinent. Sometimes, breathe it not etc, the job is a bit of a grind, no?
And unpredictable. Frantic February, somnolent March, middling April, middling may until bang! three in ten days, and before I can back politely out and pass the third one on, the FD, a lovely bloke, says quickly "Do hope you can do it; he was an old friend of mine." So I did, and he was.
(I know some people manage three a week and still play golf, crochet tea-cosies and write poetry, as it were, but I can't!)
Hi Gloria,
Apart from the odd week with none, I feel as though I haven't stopped since the beginning of the year! Glad to have the work, natch, but I worry what it does for my patience levels.
Have moved a few ceremonies on, but still feeling busy; hence my non-attendance on any blogs.
Take care and thanks.
Don't know about you XP, but I tend to comment on blogs when I'm stuck in the middle of a script, so it's a kind of avoidance technique for a few minutes! Or conversely, when nothing is happening and I want to feel in touch with funeral world.
But ceremonies and people are a lot more important than blogs, after all, and I admire the volume of work you've kept up - so many people will be grateful for what you've already done this year! Maybe the patience level thing is quite a useful indicator, so you make sure you don't burn out.
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