Having taken holiday from work there is so much work to be done. We are moving house from number 7 X street to number 3 X street. You may think this makes things easier but it does not, marching boxes from one house to another expends a lot of energy so we are getting help in the shape of two men and a van, I dare not say a removal firm. After a few deliveries of white goods tomorrow and putting up a few curtain poles and blinds it all begins Saturday morning…Ugh! What I love is the family have rallied around and we have half a dozen hands on deck, then there is also the spectacle that will be created by numerous volunteers marching back and forth between addresses, something I was not bothered by particularly until the wife pointed it out. Am I Bothered? Hmmm no, we need to get this stuff out. We live in a close, there are seven houses, we know all of them except number five who must be devil worshipers or terrorists or something so a giant cross maybe erected in line of sight of their house during the move. They all know the situation so off we go without shame.
March 31st, 2017
Following along from the general theme of this blog that is, it is usually about my life so I have been told discreetly. I know not enough of little else to make a blog interesting, not that my life makes it so, quite the opposite I would presume. The problem is I don’t know who reads this anymore so I’m not sure what to say, once an inner circle of friends regularly kept up and that drove me to enlighten them on what I thought may interest them (Not egotistic whatsoever, you know who you are <3 ) and I was doing more interesting stuff it has to be said, hey I am 47 this year and I have a boring job and a disabled wife, I am not going to be able to entertain anybody with anecdotes of frivolous episodes down town on the weekend or stories of magnificence because I have climbed Kilimanjaro on my hands while playing Rule Britannia on a penny whistle.
My life is dull, it always has been, it was only ever me who was excited about stuff as a kid, everybody else just thought I was weird. It took me until my 40’s to figure out I was this oddball, looking back at broken relationships and failed friendships I see it quite clearly now & why people didn’t want to spend time in my company. It has driven me to view the world from an obtuse angle that doesn’t follow the norm, what ever that is. I love the people around me so much, I consider I have a family to protect and I say that the way it sounds, as odd as I may seem to others, I trust that my reason for being is about to be revealed… and in an apocalyptic future I will find that purpose that has evaded me all my life.
January 30th, 2017
Getting things on track again and feeling a lot more positive, it is almost certain that my motivation and general mood take a nose dive when I do not follow my PKU diet that I am crap at, so I have to resort to other means to elevate my well-being and I feel this will have its permanence for some time to come. World affairs aside, in my bubble things are looking quite good, Ava has practically passed her dairy trial and this will open up a much expanded diet for her, I couldn’t express what this means to me. She has been elevated from ‘Bronze’ to ‘Gold’ in her grouping by her violin teacher who believes so much in her and she is really enjoying her dance classes. Sophie is loving her Ballet too and myself, the wife and the grandparents are all going to see them perform today at the Ratton Academy of Performing Arts. Joe has joined the Eastbourne Otters swimming club, it’s really good to see him enjoying something he is quite passionate about and he is doing really well, already a better swimmer than me!
On the work front we are in summer hours and I have negotiated a more flexible approach for my working hours which is a great benefit to the family, I am trying to make a difference on the commercial side of things to see if one day I can shed the domestic ball and chain. Have a date to pick up a brand new van too 😉 I am registered to start a degree course towards a BSc or Beng (decision to be made after 1st year), this is more for a path towards a personal goal rather than a career decision and also a chance for me to develop my focus and attention, something I have struggled with my entire life. Along side this I have also signed up for an online MIT course in electronics as if you know me well, this is of particular interest to me and could be channeled along the career route depending on what lies ahead.
Bike wise I have faltered, I had ambition to get out and train for certain off road events this year, but my motivation seems to have steered me down a more cerebral trail. There is still time to get registered, get out and get fit for the London to Eastbourne event in September which is something I really enjoyed last year, time will tell.
All in all a high point 🙂 Peace All.
June 18th, 2016
Autism. Think about this, more and more children are diagnosed each year having autistic traits, society generally calls them weird. What if it’s a natural progression of evolution toward the idea that parents aspire to improve their child’s personal development? Thus resulting in the natural state of newborns able to follow an introvert path of self-improvement devoid of interaction with other children. Year by year the number of Autistic children increases, remember these children mostly grow up into very intelligent and useful members of society though the early years are more challenging for the parents, weeding out parents who are not worthy (natural selection). We may be on the cusp of transcendence to a higher intellect, these ‘autistic’ children could be our gateway to the future, non functioning in a society that cannot yet meet their needs but with the vision and intelligence to travel beyond the realms of common thinking and create a better society.
May 2nd, 2016
The 15.36TB “PM1633a” drive is designed for use in enterprise storage systems.
Source: Samsung Now Shipping ‘World’s Largest’ Hard Drive
March 8th, 2016
Almost a week has past and Lisa is up and about again, it appears there is a cloud hovering though, I cannot pinpoint it, is it me or is it my wife? Either way I am sure we will overcome the darkness and celebrate in the light as we normally do. Winter this year although quiet at work, has been particularly dull and miserable and I think it has had a negative effect on us both, we need some sunshine and happiness. It may be my mood again swamping our lifestyle or it could be just circumstantial, January February are usually tough psychologically and things tend to pick up as the year progresses.
I think it is the natural order of things, in ancient times hope was portrayed in the rebirth of the sun and celebrated at the winter solstice (Christmas) and also when the daylight hours began to become longer than the night, the spring equinox (Easter). Celebrations at these times occurred because our primitive ancestry were shitting themselves the sun would disappear forever so sat in anticipation for its return, once the setting sun’s traverse along the horizon began to reverse, the promise of the light of spring illuminated those souls during the depressive winter drudgery. I guess things do not change much, no matter how modern times try to gloss it over.
February 28th, 2016
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