I am feeling a little sad tonight.
My very dear friend died suddenly last week and tomorrow is the funeral. It was a complete shock. He wasn't ill or anything. He just sat down to watch the telly and died in the chair. He was 51. I think it was a heart problem that showed up at the post mortum. So, so sad and what a waste. He was in his prime. Very high profile job, always here there and everywhere. I got so used to turning on the TV or radio and there he was....OK so he wasn't a soap star or whatever but he worked in an environment that sometimes put him in the limelight. I would text him and say "I've just seen you/heard you again...." and he would text back some very funny reply. I shall miss that. I have known him for about 30 years...he was part of the family too. Always there having a cuppa and a chat.
Kinda of brings it home that I now seem to be entering that age where my friends are starting to get ill. I know myself that age is starting to catch up with me in a physical way but mentally I am still 21 deep down inside. I have no worries about getting old....age is just a number. I do have a huge problem with getting ill as I get older. We have all heard the stories of older people and how they get treated in hospitals etc. That scares me. My old nan was 103 when she died. She had bad fall and had to have a hip replaced at the grand old age of 99. We didn't have the foggiest she was that age. We all thought she was about 90. She got her telegram from the Queen though 
Very proud of that she was. It went in a box along with all the replies from the letters she had written to 10 Downing Street!!
Oooh, I've had a right old ramble tonight haven't I?!?! 
27/02/08 @ 23:30