Well it's another day and I'm writing again! What a shock to everyone but especially me!
Today work has been much the same - I am persona non grata for daring to put something forward to my department which they did not approve of - even though it was approved by the managing director! Anyway they have to get used to it and that's it.
Otherwise nothing much is happening - still looking for a car, still waiting for Alfred's angiogram appointment and still waiting to move Departments - story of my life - waiting for things to happen.
Anyway yesterday was Mother's Day in the UK but I still can't get my head round the fact that it is in March and not in May so still prefer to celebrate it along with South Africa, America and Canada! Much easier to remember.
Well lunch time's almost over and I'd better get back to work!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Time marches on . . .
It's over a year since I wrote on here and can't believe that so much time has passed.
Things have changed a lot for us in that year in that Nick and Natalie have now moved to Chicago so we are now Childless in England! It's a very weird feeling - especially at the moment as Alfred has to go into Addenbrookes for an angiogram and I suddenly realise how alone I am over here. We have lots of friends etc. but somehow it's just not the same. Anway we will get used to it.
Alfred has been experiencing angina again and has seen a consultant at Addenbrookes - this time round Bupa are saying they are not going to pay for us to go private until they've seen the results of the angiogram as angina was a pre-existing condition. So now we have to wait a couple of weeks for the angiogram and if anything needs to be done will be hoping he can go private again as this waiting game is not good. Also Addenbrookes is in Cambridge which is a bit of a nightmare for me to get to and park - I am sure it will all work out. Providing it works out timewise we are going to go down by train and ask a friend to pick us up afterwards. Too many things to think about all at once.
Everything seems to have been going wrong lately - my stress levels are through the roof - this all really started with all the drama with Alfred's mom and it just seems to have gone on from there - one thing after another - Nick and Natalie moving, my brand new washing machine breaking, had to have a mole removed and had allergic reaction to the plaster, loads of problems at work and Alfred's health - how much more? Oh yes, and I had to lodge a formal complaint against someone who I was actually quite fond of but it was a long time coming and I had always swept the problems under the carpet but this was too much. Anyway it's getting sorted slowly. One thing at a time but now I have new challenges as my job role is changing from this week - I am moving from my Department which I have built up from scratch - leaving my Deputy Manager in charge and taking all the accounts and banking stuff with me into a new role. I am going to be closely involved in the Spanish project and will probably be spending some time over there once Alfred is ok, training the staff there to use the program we use in the UK - this is going to be big challenge for me but I am sure it will be ok. It's all just a bit hectic at the moment.
I have had so much high drama at work that it will be nice just to get into something new. I am feeling rather betrayed and let down by my department with some of the things that have happened lately but at the end of the day I have done what I think is right and the end result is what I had hoped for. Just one more phase and it will be fine.
The other thing and next to Alfred's health is the most upsetting and that is that we had to postpone going over to see Marianne, Bob and Bayden - it's coming up for 2 years since we were all together and we miss them dreadfully and were really looking forward to seeing them again and having a cuddle with our beautiful grandson - but we just have to get Alfred right for travelling and this is just not the time - hopefully it will be later in the year.
I am also on the hunt for a new car and am having great difficulty in finding exactly what I want - so will now spend another day looking for that.
Anyway that's it for now - hopefully I will not take another 15 months to write on here.
Things have changed a lot for us in that year in that Nick and Natalie have now moved to Chicago so we are now Childless in England! It's a very weird feeling - especially at the moment as Alfred has to go into Addenbrookes for an angiogram and I suddenly realise how alone I am over here. We have lots of friends etc. but somehow it's just not the same. Anway we will get used to it.
Alfred has been experiencing angina again and has seen a consultant at Addenbrookes - this time round Bupa are saying they are not going to pay for us to go private until they've seen the results of the angiogram as angina was a pre-existing condition. So now we have to wait a couple of weeks for the angiogram and if anything needs to be done will be hoping he can go private again as this waiting game is not good. Also Addenbrookes is in Cambridge which is a bit of a nightmare for me to get to and park - I am sure it will all work out. Providing it works out timewise we are going to go down by train and ask a friend to pick us up afterwards. Too many things to think about all at once.
Everything seems to have been going wrong lately - my stress levels are through the roof - this all really started with all the drama with Alfred's mom and it just seems to have gone on from there - one thing after another - Nick and Natalie moving, my brand new washing machine breaking, had to have a mole removed and had allergic reaction to the plaster, loads of problems at work and Alfred's health - how much more? Oh yes, and I had to lodge a formal complaint against someone who I was actually quite fond of but it was a long time coming and I had always swept the problems under the carpet but this was too much. Anyway it's getting sorted slowly. One thing at a time but now I have new challenges as my job role is changing from this week - I am moving from my Department which I have built up from scratch - leaving my Deputy Manager in charge and taking all the accounts and banking stuff with me into a new role. I am going to be closely involved in the Spanish project and will probably be spending some time over there once Alfred is ok, training the staff there to use the program we use in the UK - this is going to be big challenge for me but I am sure it will be ok. It's all just a bit hectic at the moment.
I have had so much high drama at work that it will be nice just to get into something new. I am feeling rather betrayed and let down by my department with some of the things that have happened lately but at the end of the day I have done what I think is right and the end result is what I had hoped for. Just one more phase and it will be fine.
The other thing and next to Alfred's health is the most upsetting and that is that we had to postpone going over to see Marianne, Bob and Bayden - it's coming up for 2 years since we were all together and we miss them dreadfully and were really looking forward to seeing them again and having a cuddle with our beautiful grandson - but we just have to get Alfred right for travelling and this is just not the time - hopefully it will be later in the year.
I am also on the hunt for a new car and am having great difficulty in finding exactly what I want - so will now spend another day looking for that.
Anyway that's it for now - hopefully I will not take another 15 months to write on here.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Cape Town - Almost Forgotten - now published!
As you can see from the above our book is now published now we have to market it and will be sending it to loads of bookstores in the next few weeks.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Cape Town - Almost Forgotten
The cover of our book - slightly different in that our names have been moved to the bottom - but this is basically what it will look like!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
And time marches on . . .
I just don't know where the time goes - can't believe that Bayden is 5 months old already which means it's 5 months since we saw him last - we miss Marianne, Bob and Bayden so much and only hope that some time in the future we will all be together again on a more permanent basis.
Anyway so much has happened since I last "wrote" on here.
At the end of August we went to Inverness by train - we had a wonderful 4 days away - the train trip was long to say the least - as long as flying to Calgary! - but it was great. We stayed in a hotel not too far from the city centre so we could walk in and out as we wanted. We did the boat trip on Loch Ness and the only monster I saw was Alfred carrying some coffee out of the cabin on the boat! The scenery is spectacular and that whole trip is to be recommended to everyone. It was such a good rest as well - no work, no car - just great to be away from it all.
Nick and Natalie have just come back from visiting Marianne, Bob and Bayden and their photos look great. We will be seeing them on Saturday as they are coming up for my birthday. We are going out to dinner at this restaurant called Imperial Bento - it is a Chinese/Japanese/Malaysian restaurant - expensive but great! Last time we went there we had such a great time - started off the evening at 7 and finally got home at 12.30 - I had too much wine and couldn't remember even getting home! It was good fun and the food is amazing.
Our book on Cape Town - called Cape Town Almost Forgotten is awaiting printing - it's all been proofed, the cover done, isbn no. put on etc. etc. and is looking good - we should have it back this week and then will have to do some marketing. Fortunately working for a publishing company I have had some good tips and they will be doing some of it for me. I spoke to the Managing Director the other day and he has given me this amazingly thick book to read all about marketing your book! Anyway - it is looking good and we are happy with it. We were trying to get a photo of the Doll's House restaurant to include but this arrived after it went to press so now will have to go in the revised edition some time in the future - if we get permission to use the pic, that is!
Anway that's it from me for now - oh and the other bit of brilliant news is that after 2 years Alfred's mom has finally moved out - the parting was not too sweet but essential from our point of view and life is now normal again.
(I will add more photos next time - hopefully it won't take me another 4 months!)
Anyway so much has happened since I last "wrote" on here.
At the end of August we went to Inverness by train - we had a wonderful 4 days away - the train trip was long to say the least - as long as flying to Calgary! - but it was great. We stayed in a hotel not too far from the city centre so we could walk in and out as we wanted. We did the boat trip on Loch Ness and the only monster I saw was Alfred carrying some coffee out of the cabin on the boat! The scenery is spectacular and that whole trip is to be recommended to everyone. It was such a good rest as well - no work, no car - just great to be away from it all.
Nick and Natalie have just come back from visiting Marianne, Bob and Bayden and their photos look great. We will be seeing them on Saturday as they are coming up for my birthday. We are going out to dinner at this restaurant called Imperial Bento - it is a Chinese/Japanese/Malaysian restaurant - expensive but great! Last time we went there we had such a great time - started off the evening at 7 and finally got home at 12.30 - I had too much wine and couldn't remember even getting home! It was good fun and the food is amazing.
Our book on Cape Town - called Cape Town Almost Forgotten is awaiting printing - it's all been proofed, the cover done, isbn no. put on etc. etc. and is looking good - we should have it back this week and then will have to do some marketing. Fortunately working for a publishing company I have had some good tips and they will be doing some of it for me. I spoke to the Managing Director the other day and he has given me this amazingly thick book to read all about marketing your book! Anyway - it is looking good and we are happy with it. We were trying to get a photo of the Doll's House restaurant to include but this arrived after it went to press so now will have to go in the revised edition some time in the future - if we get permission to use the pic, that is!
Anway that's it from me for now - oh and the other bit of brilliant news is that after 2 years Alfred's mom has finally moved out - the parting was not too sweet but essential from our point of view and life is now normal again.
(I will add more photos next time - hopefully it won't take me another 4 months!)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Finally . . .
Well here I am a few weeks after Marianne set this up for me and I'm finally putting some words into cyberspace.
Needless to say we are very proud grandparents of Bayden who is absolutely gorgeous - not that I'm biased or anything! We miss Marianne, Bob and Bayden heaps but hopefully one day we'll be together again - somewhere in the world!
Looks like Nick and Natalie will be moving to the States sometime in the next few years so once they're gone won't be much left for us here in England, but I'm not ready to give my job up just yet so we shall have to see how things go. No doubt the call of the family will be strong and we will head off to Canada, but it will mean starting over again - but then again we are well experienced and sending ourselves and our belongings off to distant shores having done it so many times before - I have packing down to a fine art and sorting things out is a breeze!
Well my lunch break has come to an end so will have to add to this later.
Needless to say we are very proud grandparents of Bayden who is absolutely gorgeous - not that I'm biased or anything! We miss Marianne, Bob and Bayden heaps but hopefully one day we'll be together again - somewhere in the world!
Looks like Nick and Natalie will be moving to the States sometime in the next few years so once they're gone won't be much left for us here in England, but I'm not ready to give my job up just yet so we shall have to see how things go. No doubt the call of the family will be strong and we will head off to Canada, but it will mean starting over again - but then again we are well experienced and sending ourselves and our belongings off to distant shores having done it so many times before - I have packing down to a fine art and sorting things out is a breeze!
Well my lunch break has come to an end so will have to add to this later.
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