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The week after Milford
Milford was exactly what I hoped it would be - and more ( Read more... ) -
The taste of petrol ...
I'd forgotten how much I don't miss it ( Read more... ) -
WorldCon
I had a great time. Easy ride in to the Excel after deciding against Google's suggestion of riding through central London and instead using the M25 the way it was intended to be used - A303, M3, M25, A2, Blackwall Tunnel, Excel. About 3 hours door to door and a nice secure car park at the hotel so I could leave the panniers on the bike ( Read more... ) -
Quick update
In the form of bullet points, I think. One of my problems and a reason I post fairly rarely is that I tend to spend a long time composing posts. So then ( Read more... ) -
WorldCon
I will be there Thursday to Monday and am now booked into the Ibis london Docklands Excel and happy (despite the cost) to be in walking distance. This means I can duck in and out of events/parties as need be and not worry about transportation issues. Looking forward to catching up with everyone who will be there ( Read more... ) -
Clearing the roof
What's been flooring me is the amount of stuff that's still in my parents' roof from the 70s and earlier. My mother seems to have kept a lot of our childhood toys for a start. I suppose that she may have felt that it was our decision to get rid of them or not but, seriously - I'm talking wooden kiddicraft toys, plastic rattles and the like. It's ( Read more... ) -
Visiting
Friday evening I got a call from the home. Just checking in really and explaining that father seems to be having rather more 'accidents' than he has clothes to cope with, so could I either get more trousers for him, or consider 'pull-ups'. Cue a trip to visit this morning after a quick shopping trip yesterday. (I went to a friend's birthday ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes the gods smile
I've just been up in my roof. Not a simple process as a while ago (before relocating to Wells) I hung a large punchbag from the access hatch. Getting into the roof involves extending a stepladder while the bag does it's best to push me over, hoisting the bag onto the 3rd rung to take the weight while I stretch up from the 1nd rung to unhook it. ( Read more... ) -
Feeling better
Mostly thanks to the wonderful people at the Legion home, especially the woman in charge of demntia services who e-mailed me to let me know on thursday morning that father had was joining in with a flexercise class and was laughing and smiling. Knowing how short his memory is, this was a huge relief as it shows he's able to live in the moment and ( Read more... ) -
I feel like a right bastard
... but I was kind of expecting it ( Read more... )