After an easy-going week, today became a little stressful and I was very glad indeed to escape and go to the gym with Sophie. We were a bit later than usual and after our workout all I wanted to do was go home and have a long hot bath. We couldn't have gone for a swim, anyway, as both the adult pool and the children's pool were closed, due, I believe, to a little angel messing in both of them. The guilty parents should have been fined, in my opinion! How long does it take to put a swim nappy on a child?
I fell asleep on the bed after my bath and felt very much like I was coming down with a cold. Oh no!
Friday, 26 October 2012
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Fascinating stuff!
Over the last couple of nights I've been watching Prehistoric Autopsy on BBC2 with the excellent Alice Roberts, which I've found fascinating. Over the three nights they've been reconstructing three early humans - a Neanderthal man, a Homos Erectus boy and "Lucy" who was walking the earth about 3 million years ago. I just can't grasp that length of time and what the planet must have been like then. It does make me wonder whether humans will still be around in 3 million years time and if we are continuing to evolve.
I joked with Keith that if Earth is still here and we haven't destroyed it completely, humans will probably have huge brains and huge thumbs with no legs and will be known as "Techno Man"! We will have lost the ability to talk to one another with all communication taking place through computers that will have ultimate power over our lives...
I do hope I'm wrong!
I joked with Keith that if Earth is still here and we haven't destroyed it completely, humans will probably have huge brains and huge thumbs with no legs and will be known as "Techno Man"! We will have lost the ability to talk to one another with all communication taking place through computers that will have ultimate power over our lives...
I do hope I'm wrong!
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Girls' Night out v Boys' Night in!
After work Sophie and I went off to the gym and had a really good workout, followed by a swim and a spell in the jacuzzi and sauna. It was liquid bliss! We'd booked to go to the cinema to see Taken 2 so before we went I treated Sophie to a meal at Pizza Hut as she was so good for Mum and Dad while we were away in Berlin.
We had a good, if somewhat rushed, meal and then set off in the misty gloom for Sixfields to see the film. I was a bit surprised to see so many seats taken but luckily I had no-one next to me! I always joke that nobody ever sits next to me so I was pretty pleased! It happens in the pool now as well - I can empty a lane within minutes of getting into the water!
The film was enjoyable, but definitely not as good as the first Taken and was a bit far-fetched in places. However, Liam Neeson more than made up for the slight disappointment so I wasn't worried. We arrived home late to find Keith and Mikey satisfied with their evening as well - curry and football...what more could you want?!
We had a good, if somewhat rushed, meal and then set off in the misty gloom for Sixfields to see the film. I was a bit surprised to see so many seats taken but luckily I had no-one next to me! I always joke that nobody ever sits next to me so I was pretty pleased! It happens in the pool now as well - I can empty a lane within minutes of getting into the water!
The film was enjoyable, but definitely not as good as the first Taken and was a bit far-fetched in places. However, Liam Neeson more than made up for the slight disappointment so I wasn't worried. We arrived home late to find Keith and Mikey satisfied with their evening as well - curry and football...what more could you want?!
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Season of mists...
For the past two days it's been very foggy and damp and we haven't seen any sun at all. It's real Autumnal weather and when we got home from work Keith and I walked up to Mum and Dad's house and marvelled at all the leaves that have fallen over the last few days. It does make me wonder how many leaves fall each year and where they all end up!
Time for candles in the house tonight, I think...to chase away the gloom!
Time for candles in the house tonight, I think...to chase away the gloom!
Monday, 22 October 2012
A very disturbed night!
We had a lovely Sunday evening, inviting my parents around for a meal to thank them for looking after the children while we were away and drinking some very delicious red wines - a gorgeous Rioja and a South African Merlot called Thelema from Majestic Wines. The Thelema was 15% alcohol!
I was a bit weary when Keith and I went to bed at around 11pm and was in a lovely sleep when Sophie came into our room to say she'd been sick. I went into her bed with her which was the right decision as she was sick on the hour, every hour until 5.30am. When Keith woke me up at 6.30am I felt like I'd been hit over the head with a hard object!
The plan was for me to go into work at 7.30am as we had a team of men coming to repair one section of our car park that was full of potholes. However, as I fell asleep on the sofa again, Keith very kindly offered to go in for me so I could get ready more slowly!
I went in at around 10am and took Sophie's borrowed camera back to her school. At work I was completely alone which was a novel experience but it was great as I was able to get on with things and by 3pm I was back home with the invalid who, although she hadn't been sick, wasn't feeling brilliant. No school for her again tomorrow, then!
Keith and I went back into work at 4pm and admired the new car park which is lovely and smooth. I just hope that it stays that way over the winter!
I was a bit weary when Keith and I went to bed at around 11pm and was in a lovely sleep when Sophie came into our room to say she'd been sick. I went into her bed with her which was the right decision as she was sick on the hour, every hour until 5.30am. When Keith woke me up at 6.30am I felt like I'd been hit over the head with a hard object!
The plan was for me to go into work at 7.30am as we had a team of men coming to repair one section of our car park that was full of potholes. However, as I fell asleep on the sofa again, Keith very kindly offered to go in for me so I could get ready more slowly!
I went in at around 10am and took Sophie's borrowed camera back to her school. At work I was completely alone which was a novel experience but it was great as I was able to get on with things and by 3pm I was back home with the invalid who, although she hadn't been sick, wasn't feeling brilliant. No school for her again tomorrow, then!
Keith and I went back into work at 4pm and admired the new car park which is lovely and smooth. I just hope that it stays that way over the winter!
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Wrong timing!
This weekend has been a mite frustrating, I have to say! Yesterday I dropped Sophie off at work and then rather than go to one of the local Wholesaler's we use to buy some stuff we needed straight away, I went home to have a shower and decided to pop in on my way to pick her up at 4pm.
When I got to the wholesaler's at just after 3pm I noticed that their opening hours were 9am until 3pm. Drat! I now had an hour to fill before I could go and pick Sophie up so I decided to drive down to Homesense on the other side of Northampton and buy some candles there. However, the traffic was an absolute nightmare and when I eventually got to the retail park, there was not a parking space to be had anywhere!
Gritting my teeth and trying not to swear I drove back across town to try and get my dirty little car washed before picking Sophie up, which is what I did, although I did resent the hour spent just driving around!
This morning we went to the gym again and decided just to go for a swim, but we were much earlier than usual and the pool was like a human soup as the swimming lessons were still going on...arrrggggh!! We sat in the jacuzzi for twenty minutes but realised that the pool wouldn't be completely free for another half hour at least, so deciding to give up on the swimming we went and changed and had a coffee in the restaurant. What a waste of time! We should have stuck to our normal routine and had a workout first!
We then went to the Wholesaler's and I noticed as we were paying that yesterday they were open until 4pm anyway!! Hmmm!! Maybe I should have just spent the weekend in bed!
When I got to the wholesaler's at just after 3pm I noticed that their opening hours were 9am until 3pm. Drat! I now had an hour to fill before I could go and pick Sophie up so I decided to drive down to Homesense on the other side of Northampton and buy some candles there. However, the traffic was an absolute nightmare and when I eventually got to the retail park, there was not a parking space to be had anywhere!
Gritting my teeth and trying not to swear I drove back across town to try and get my dirty little car washed before picking Sophie up, which is what I did, although I did resent the hour spent just driving around!
This morning we went to the gym again and decided just to go for a swim, but we were much earlier than usual and the pool was like a human soup as the swimming lessons were still going on...arrrggggh!! We sat in the jacuzzi for twenty minutes but realised that the pool wouldn't be completely free for another half hour at least, so deciding to give up on the swimming we went and changed and had a coffee in the restaurant. What a waste of time! We should have stuck to our normal routine and had a workout first!
We then went to the Wholesaler's and I noticed as we were paying that yesterday they were open until 4pm anyway!! Hmmm!! Maybe I should have just spent the weekend in bed!
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Simple pleasures!
The best part of today was when Sophie and I went off to photograph the fantastic sunset this evening. The sky was a rich pink with the clouds adding texture and tone (according to Sophie). We managed to catch the sun as it had just gone down and spent a good half hour taking photos of the trees outlined against the sky.
To top it all off, on the way home we listened to two arias from Puccini which were part of the musical score of A Room With A View. The first, "Chi il bel sogno di doretta" from "La Rondine" makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, it's so beautiful and is when the two characters in the film, played by Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands, first kiss. Sublime!
To top it all off, on the way home we listened to two arias from Puccini which were part of the musical score of A Room With A View. The first, "Chi il bel sogno di doretta" from "La Rondine" makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, it's so beautiful and is when the two characters in the film, played by Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands, first kiss. Sublime!
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