On Monday night, I had a vasectomy. The local anesthetic was great and whilst the surgeon did his work, I barely felt a thing. The nurse said that I wasn’t to drive for the next few days and that I’d feel a bit of discomfort.
I love that word.
discomfort.
Doesn’t sound too bad does it?
Tuesday felt like someone had kicked me rather hard and whilst it wasn’t painful, I was very aware that there was the potential for excruciating pain if I moved without care…
Today, it’s just uncomfortable :)
Georgina and I had a night out without the kids last night! It was the first time we’d be “out” as a couple in a while and as a result it was great to be able to concentrate on just her for a couple of hours. Of course, we’re both so tired at the moment with the kids waking during the night, that we were back home and tucked up in bed by 10:30!
We’re definitely going to do it more often though and the aim is to go out “as a couple” at least monthly. Fortunately we have found a (cheap) babysitter whom the kids love being with too.
We went to my sister’s yesterday and spent the day with them, my parents and Jacky & Sam. Tim cooked the Christmas dinner and I have to say that it was excellent. We had a really good day. The kids got presents and played games and then once they were in bed, we did some quizzes which proved exactly how short our short-term memory actually is!
I saw this question on another site:
I wonder what it would be like if Santa asked “What do you want to Give this Christmas?”
Interesting question. You can’t help but wonder what our world would be like if everyone was focussed towards giving to others. Possibly, we’d be able to reduce the big problems in the world. You know, the ones like the helping the millions of people in the world who don’t have clean drinking water…
Another year is coming to an end and so we have put up our Christmas tree. Jon and Ben have both enjoyed the experience. We also have pretty flashing lights all the way around the top of the walls which is fun!
Tomorrow we are going to the Santa Steam Special at the Severn Valley Railway where we get to go on a steam train and then see Santa. Jon’s really excited about seeing Santa, wheras Ben is far more excited about seeing the trains again!
Apparently Neil Armstrong actually said: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Source: chron.com
The last fortnight has seen me doing too much work. At work, we have ended up in a bit of a pickle with too much work needing to be done in too short a time. The solution for the last couple of weeks has seen me working every evening.
That stops now for a little bit though as it’s unsustainable.
One of the biggest problem is that I’m so tired as a result of working every evening and it’s been coupled with Ben and Jon waking up too often at night with nightmares. Clearly it’s not just sleep you need to be relaxed, you need to have “downtime”. Of course, me being me, downtime involves computing but it’s completely different when I’m doing stuff for me!
Update: G would like me to point out that I’ve worked weekends too…
For the first time since 1991, I went to the dentist for a check up :)
The dentist spent all of 5 minutes checking my teeth and commented that he could see why I hadn’t bothered for 15 years! Due to the way keeping registered with an NHS dentist works, I have to have another check up next year though.
the world changed.
My thoughts are with the families who have lost loved ones to terrorist attacks, in New York and elsewhere.
As the weather looked good today, we popped out to Hanbury Hall for a picnic. On this trip to the hall, Jon and Ben were fascinated by the ducks on the lake, so we spent more time by the railings than we have before. The ducks must have thought that we had food for them as they got out of the water and waddled up to us. Unfortunately, we couldn’t oblige so they returned to the lake empty-beaked.
