Sunday, 15 February 2009
Thomas Update
Thomas updated his blog over at TFTD yesterday with lots of photos. Please go and see and leave him a few comments.
Thursday, 12 February 2009
The Telephone Trumps Everything!
What is it about the telephone here? No matter what someone is doing, if their phone, or increasingly, I've noticed, Blackberry (tm) (no, I'm not envious, I'd rather have an iPhone*) rings, they stop whatever they are doing, even if they are in the middle of a sentence, and answer the phone. Then they talk away, no matter who is waiting here next to them in the actual room.
I had two medical appointments this week. During both, I had to wait while the doctor took a call. The first, at least I was just sat in a chair, but today, I was mid-examination, so lying there, half naked. You know, I really didn't appreciate the interruption. The doctor said "yes, I'm with a patient", but then he carried on talking, as if that was of no consequence. Gah.
In other news, I can understand a lot of what the chemo suite nurses are saying now. Shame I let on about that!
*oops, how did that slip out?
I had two medical appointments this week. During both, I had to wait while the doctor took a call. The first, at least I was just sat in a chair, but today, I was mid-examination, so lying there, half naked. You know, I really didn't appreciate the interruption. The doctor said "yes, I'm with a patient", but then he carried on talking, as if that was of no consequence. Gah.
In other news, I can understand a lot of what the chemo suite nurses are saying now. Shame I let on about that!
*oops, how did that slip out?
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Birthday Parties
I really must get Thomas to post about his birthday party, at which we drank punch out of a washing up bowl, and ate popcorn out of a rubbish bin.
It was a postponed party, because many of his friends were away in January around his birthday, but I think everyone had fun, and hey, it meant that Thomas's birthday lasted 3 weeks. can't beat that.
afterwards, we went to A's house for *his* birthday party. It was a long, tiring, but fun day. I took about one photo, using TT's camera, so tomorrow my mission is to get him to post it on his own blog.
Bill gets home (still seems strange, sometimes, referring to here as home!) tomorrow night, after the boys go to bed probably. We've missed him.
It was a postponed party, because many of his friends were away in January around his birthday, but I think everyone had fun, and hey, it meant that Thomas's birthday lasted 3 weeks. can't beat that.
afterwards, we went to A's house for *his* birthday party. It was a long, tiring, but fun day. I took about one photo, using TT's camera, so tomorrow my mission is to get him to post it on his own blog.
Bill gets home (still seems strange, sometimes, referring to here as home!) tomorrow night, after the boys go to bed probably. We've missed him.
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Just our luck!
Not that I'm complaining about the wall to wall sunshine or anything, but trust us to miss out on the first real winter for years.
Every winter I'd be heard to bemoan the fact that there was only a piddling amount of snow. In fact last winter there wasn't any, and the year before, it snowed, a little bit, one Friday lunchtime as school was getting out. It had more or less stopped when we got home.
Bill and the boys made a very small snowman two winters ago. That's all we had snow for. If I recall, they had to use snow from the front garden as well as the back.
And now, we're thinking about all our friends having snowball fights, and building snowmen, and we're not there.
I can't even complain that it's too hot here, becasue while it's hot, it doesn't get above 33, so it's not unbearable, just perfect for getting in the pool. But it's February! And I'm not used to this yet - I still feel like winter.
We need to book our travel for July. And find somewhere to stay in Edinburgh & Bath. No home of our own to rely on for a few years.
In other news, the gatitos have settled in well. Quirk is giving us serious cold shoulder treatment, because we brought these two noisy playful things into her calm, sofa-bound existence.
Oma and Grandad were here for 3 weeks. We didn't actually do much, just hung out and enjoyed the sun. We did a little touristing, spent a day at the beach. Next year we might get a little more adventurous.
The boys go back to school a week on Monday. Thomas's belated birthday party is this Saturday - his friends are coming over for a swim, a scavenger hunt, then pizza and cake. Bill is away up at the site, so he's missing a birthay party for the first time. We need to take photos.
In fact, this blog is serioulsy lacking in photos, isn't it? I'd better do something about that. Thomas got a camera for his birthday, and he'll be updating his own blog at TFTD2001 when I remind him!
Tomorrow feels like the first day in weeks that we haven't had something to get up for in the morning, we need to buy school shoes, and a few supplies for Saturday's party, and that's it, until some friends come over in the afternoon. No alarms to set. But we do need to get into practice for school going back. Eek!
Every winter I'd be heard to bemoan the fact that there was only a piddling amount of snow. In fact last winter there wasn't any, and the year before, it snowed, a little bit, one Friday lunchtime as school was getting out. It had more or less stopped when we got home.
Bill and the boys made a very small snowman two winters ago. That's all we had snow for. If I recall, they had to use snow from the front garden as well as the back.
And now, we're thinking about all our friends having snowball fights, and building snowmen, and we're not there.
I can't even complain that it's too hot here, becasue while it's hot, it doesn't get above 33, so it's not unbearable, just perfect for getting in the pool. But it's February! And I'm not used to this yet - I still feel like winter.
We need to book our travel for July. And find somewhere to stay in Edinburgh & Bath. No home of our own to rely on for a few years.
In other news, the gatitos have settled in well. Quirk is giving us serious cold shoulder treatment, because we brought these two noisy playful things into her calm, sofa-bound existence.
Oma and Grandad were here for 3 weeks. We didn't actually do much, just hung out and enjoyed the sun. We did a little touristing, spent a day at the beach. Next year we might get a little more adventurous.
The boys go back to school a week on Monday. Thomas's belated birthday party is this Saturday - his friends are coming over for a swim, a scavenger hunt, then pizza and cake. Bill is away up at the site, so he's missing a birthay party for the first time. We need to take photos.
In fact, this blog is serioulsy lacking in photos, isn't it? I'd better do something about that. Thomas got a camera for his birthday, and he'll be updating his own blog at TFTD2001 when I remind him!
Tomorrow feels like the first day in weeks that we haven't had something to get up for in the morning, we need to buy school shoes, and a few supplies for Saturday's party, and that's it, until some friends come over in the afternoon. No alarms to set. But we do need to get into practice for school going back. Eek!
Sunday, 11 January 2009
You know what's different about driving here?
They don't hold a grudge.
The thing about the driving here - it's not that bad. Or maybe it is, but I more or less learned to drive in Washington DC, which supposedly had the third worst traffic in the US, so maybe 20 year old experiences are coming to the fore. They even use their indicators (just not in the direction they are intending to go).
So. They like their horns here. If it takes you a split second to move off from a red light, they honk. But you know how when you *know* you've done something stupid (like when I wrong laned myself at two consecutive intersections on the way home the other day), and you get honked at? At home, you get honked at, your adrenalin goes through the roof, the other driver's does too, so when you catch up with them at the next light, they are practically climbing out their window and at the very least gesturing in extremely angry tones.
Here? No matter how many times they have leaned on their horn or for how long, by the time you catch them up, they are just going about their merry way. But I'm not. They have totally forgotten it happened. But I haven't. My blood pressure is still through the roof, and I'm expecting some serious road rage on their part. And it's not there.
It's really rather deflating, if the truth be told.
The thing about the driving here - it's not that bad. Or maybe it is, but I more or less learned to drive in Washington DC, which supposedly had the third worst traffic in the US, so maybe 20 year old experiences are coming to the fore. They even use their indicators (just not in the direction they are intending to go).
So. They like their horns here. If it takes you a split second to move off from a red light, they honk. But you know how when you *know* you've done something stupid (like when I wrong laned myself at two consecutive intersections on the way home the other day), and you get honked at? At home, you get honked at, your adrenalin goes through the roof, the other driver's does too, so when you catch up with them at the next light, they are practically climbing out their window and at the very least gesturing in extremely angry tones.
Here? No matter how many times they have leaned on their horn or for how long, by the time you catch them up, they are just going about their merry way. But I'm not. They have totally forgotten it happened. But I haven't. My blood pressure is still through the roof, and I'm expecting some serious road rage on their part. And it's not there.
It's really rather deflating, if the truth be told.
What makes my gringa-ness so obvious?
I think I've figured it out. Well, besides my floundering spanish and trying to communicate by hand-gestures, that is?
I take off my sunglasses when I go indoors.
I take off my sunglasses when I go indoors.
Saturday, 10 January 2009
Gatitos!
We went to an animal shelter today, and have agreed to adopt two kittens! Yay! Kittenz!!
We are going to bring them home on Wednesday. Which just happens to be Thomas's birthday.
The kittens are probably litter mates, but they are rescue cats, so we can't be sure. They are about 8 weeks old, one male tabby, one female black.
Yay! Kittens!
We are going to bring them home on Wednesday. Which just happens to be Thomas's birthday.
The kittens are probably litter mates, but they are rescue cats, so we can't be sure. They are about 8 weeks old, one male tabby, one female black.
Yay! Kittens!
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Merry Christmas , we got the car and happy new year!! By thomas.
hi guys,
well i sure hope you had fun tracking st. Nick!The only areas i did not see were from North America to Hawaii.
and we also got the new car on the 24th of December, like an early Christmas present.
Happy New Year! We didn't hear the fireworks, becasue we didn't get to stay up until midnight. But we stayed up until your midnight, which wasn't very fair becasue it was only 9 o'clock over here.
The car's really really cool because I can have the fan in my seat, and my brother's or my mum's and my dad's, and we can plug in the ipod as well.
It's only 14 days until my birthday! My Oma and Grandad are coming over the day before my birthday.
Please leave me some comments!
well i sure hope you had fun tracking st. Nick!The only areas i did not see were from North America to Hawaii.
and we also got the new car on the 24th of December, like an early Christmas present.
Happy New Year! We didn't hear the fireworks, becasue we didn't get to stay up until midnight. But we stayed up until your midnight, which wasn't very fair becasue it was only 9 o'clock over here.
The car's really really cool because I can have the fan in my seat, and my brother's or my mum's and my dad's, and we can plug in the ipod as well.
It's only 14 days until my birthday! My Oma and Grandad are coming over the day before my birthday.
Please leave me some comments!
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Merry Christmas, by Thomas
Hi everybody, sorry I couldn't post on Christmas Day because we were too busy opening presents.
We got our new car on the 24th, and I stayed up until I saw Santa going past you on NORAD Tracks Santa.
We got the best thing we could get! A taca taca table. Which is called table football over there.
I got an inflatable whale and we both got an inflatable boat and Nico got an inflatable dolphin.
How are you doing? I hope you are fine. Bye Bye,
Thomas
We got our new car on the 24th, and I stayed up until I saw Santa going past you on NORAD Tracks Santa.
We got the best thing we could get! A taca taca table. Which is called table football over there.
I got an inflatable whale and we both got an inflatable boat and Nico got an inflatable dolphin.
How are you doing? I hope you are fine. Bye Bye,
Thomas
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
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