We saw R.E.M. at Portman Road, Ipswich Town's football ground last week.we bought the tickets ages ago, and I didn't think much of their last album, so I was less excited than I should have been, considering the price of the tickets (no, I'm not telling you, more than I would consider reasonable, but it was R.E.M. playing in Ipswich, Hev's home town, just before her birthday, we had to go...)
My lovely wife is 26 today, happy birthday Hev (with a special mention for Julius Caeser, who was also born on this day, not sure how old he's going to be...)
My wife's brother's dog, and my wife's brother's wife's parents' dog came third in an 'oddest pair of dogs' competition at the weekend.
Well done to Morris and Jessie, you truly are two very dissimilar dogs..
You can see a picture of Morris looking all proud with his bronze rosette on Rich's blog.
Congratulations Rich and Clare, you must be very proud parents...
Here I am again with the next few weeks of my life.
Settling in the 6F well although my second week was spent on annual leave taking Joe to Prague for his 30th which was very nice.
27/6 E 28/6 E 29/6 DO 30/6 DO 1/7 L 2/7 E 3/7 L
4/7 E 5/7 L 6/7 E 7/7 E 8/7 AL 9/7 DO 10/7 DO
11/7 DO 12/7 DO 13/7 AL 14/7 L 15/7 L 16/7 E 17/7 L
Thats all I have for now, more to follow shortly
It was my friend Mari's memorial service yesterday. it was very emotional day, but a good day. After the service we had an opportunity to hang ot with all our other friends who knew Mari, and swap Mari stories. There were many friends and many stories.
Mari's mother and sister was also there. It must have been a very difficult day for them, but I hope it helped to see how well loved Mari was by her friends here in England.
Mari had many friends and will be sorely missed by all of them.
It's perhaps her enthusiasm I'll miss the most.
Her enthusiasm for so many things was infectious. I can hear her voice in my
head, her distinctive Romanian accent enthusing about so many things.
Mari had a vulnerability that sometimes made you feel protective of her, but
at the same time, she had such strength, energy and wisdom. She inspired me
and taught me a lot, both professionally and about life in general.
I owe Mari a great deal.
Thirty!
I'm thirty...
Blimey...
Greetings from There...
Hev has been planning to take me away for my thirtieth for months. I've known about this, but, never knew where, it's just been referred to as: there...
Well, we're There now, and There turns out to be...
(wait for it, wait for it...)
Prague!
and it's great (though a little wet.)
We were trying to see how far we could get without me knowing where we were going. The aim was to see if we could get me on the plane and hear it from the pilot.
We had an under thirties vs. over thirties football match on saturday, as party of my thirtieth birthday party. I played for the over-thirties, (although I'm not actually thirty until Thursday - hopefully this will be the last time I have to lie about my age...)
The turnout was pretty good, though we didn't quite have enough for eleven-a-side, so we had nine v. nine on a full size pitch, in the midday sun. It was tough going...
As of next Monday I start a new job, it is a temporary secondment to ward 6F which is a upper GI surgical ward (The stomach and above). I will be working as an F grade which is a team leader role. This is a great opportunity for me to get some management experience.
Unfortunately I am not able to do long days so back to a million short shifts a week!!
