I've been suffering strange headaches for a couple of weeks now - a throb in the temples followed by a flush of pins and needles down the right side of my scalp and face - so last week `i took them to my GP. I was advised to get my eyes tested, have a set of blood tests, and have an ECG as I mentioned on questioning about chest pain that I ( Read more... )

Good grief, I didn't mean to go offline for that long!

Had a good half-term here, with a trip to Alderley Edge, pizza in Manchester, a quiet day in, bowling and McDs, grocery shopping, a trip to Blackshaw Edge to watch for Team Sky (got cold after 90 mins, drove home and saw them leaving Hebden Bridge heading for Cragg Vale) and a day at home having ( Read more... )

Half-term was a good break. Once I went back to work it was noticeably lighter when I left the house in the morning, and when I got home in the evening. This week it has actually been daylight at both ends. On the walk to the station in the morning I pass a green area which is carpeted in crocuses, purple lilac and white, the occasional yellow, a ( Read more... )

"I didn't actually notice you'd done your hair straight away. Then when I did it was a bit late to say anything. It is a nice colour, though."

We took YB to a school-friend's 10th birthday party today. It was a pool party and a bunch of the parents hung around while the kids swam, nattering about how our babies are growing up. A mixture of breast buds, leg hair, puppy feet, desire for increased independence coupled with a complete inability to make a sandwich or get dressed without ( Read more... )

My hair goes on a three-month cycle:
Month one - cut hair
Month two - colour hair
Month three - enjoy colour.

I got a bit out of sequence but finally got around to colouring.


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Yesterday I finished a shawl: first finished project of the year.


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Me: You are soft. The cat's sleeping in your corner of the settee so you're sitting next to him. I'd've moved him.
OB: I thought about moving him but then I thought nah.
OB: then I thought about moving this stuff and sitting closer to you.
Me: but then you thought nah.
OB: Yeah.
OB: NO!

Mum had a GP appointment today. Yes, on a Saturday. With our lovely Muslim GP. A few weeks ago he went to her house for a consultation, which was lovely and unexpected. Today he was very careful to confirm with Mum that she was okay with us staying I the room, and equally carefully wrote our names down for his records. He went through her drugs, ( Read more... )

I got baby cuddles today! Adam's wife had a tiny 2kg baby in December and he was in charge of her today. He knows who rules at work so brought baby R to my office so I could have a go. Sensible chap.

This evening was a Warhammer night, so I had a good long bath with Sara Cox's 80s show from Saturday! having a nostalgia I kick.

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