Well, Christmas went pretty well.  We drove across on Christmas Eve and the roads were pretty good, though there were some dicey moments in Worcestershire, as expected.  Got to Parentville at about five, and was in church at eight for "Midnight" Mass.  Because there hadn't been any rehearsals to speak of (and what there had been had been very ( Read more... )

to those of you who replied to my previous post.  I hadn't really expected anyone to be able to tell me what the "right" answer was; the questions were mostly meant to be rhetorical.  I know in my head that it won't be something we can timetable ourselves around, but my heart wants certainty.

I am as sure as I can be that his ending will be ( Read more... )

and it's a morbid question (literally), so it's ( going under a cut. )

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I'm going to put this post under a cut because it's about my dad and I know that other people on my flist are going through similar things and (although there's nothing graphic or triggering - I hope) ( I don't want to upset anyone )

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Just back from Parentville, where I: a) spent a lot of time singing in church; b) did practically no PhD work; and c) nearly almost bought a car (well, nearly nearly almost: I test drove it and spent about half an hour debating with myself and The Husband, but decided to go away and research before almost certainly coming back the next morning to ( Read more... )

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I am obsessed to the point of dreaming about it with my dissertation topic.  Once I get going I'll be fine, but first I have to narrow down my topic and come up with a research question/aim and a set of objectives.  And I'm terrible at decisions - especially decisions which are going to affect my degree result and, you know, the rest of my life…

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My brother in law is a turnip.

Background: He's about 38, and his girlfriend is 21*.  A couple of years ago he decided he wanted to start boxing again, and on his first go at kickboxing he broke his big toe so severely that it was literally hanging off and spent two days in hospital with surgeons debating whether or not to amputate it properly (they ( Read more... )