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Tuesday, August 31, 2004 I'm wanting to blog more regularly and thought that it'd be more likely to happen if I did it at work. So that means that potentially you'll hear from me thrice a week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Except I'm on annual leave for the next 2 weeks so having turned over a new leaf to become a regular blogger, I won't be blogging for a bit. Thank you to Si and Stephen for commenting on my last post - it was just encouraging to know it was read etc. Ben'll be back at nursery tomorrow so prepare for an update! Went to Greenbelt for the weekend and had a really great time. We'd been intending to come back on the Sunday to have recuperation time but were having such good fun that we stayed. We all enjoyed camping, especially Ben who did fantastically in a sleeping compartment on his own, and are considering going again for the sake of it! The high points were : spending time with community and chatting to people that I get to see infrequently, meeting new people (Ben made friends with a little boy called Daniel, and I got chatting to his mum who had 4 boys in all and who was very calm and encouraging. And we met a girl called Hannah in a great pizza place and had a good chat with her), the Christian Aid tent which raised my awareness of poverty and how materially wealthy we are - it was thought-provoking and well done, ummm, a talk by a guy called Shane who went out into Philadelphia and loved the homeless guys there and ended up changing the law, Godly Play which we did with Ben and which was fantastically led and good fun, spending time with Ant's mum and dad which God blessed amazingly, I'm sure there was other stuff but my mind isn't really in gear - already Greenbelt feels like ages ago. I felt quite sad when I cut off my wristband. The low point was : the rain on Sunday morning which meant I felt that general damp, yucky feeling, especially cos my walking boots let in the rain. But not a major low point by any means. So now I'm back at work. This is OK but I'm glad it's only for 2 days and then I'm off for 2 weeks. I feel ready for a break and to get re-invigorated. Catch you later dudes. posted by Caroline | 11:45 AM | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 I'm on my lunchbreak at work and have 5 minutes to speedily write a blog. I'm writing cos I'm so pleased about how Ben was at nursery this morning. I don't know how many people were aware, but for the last few weeks Ben has been extremely distressed about being left at nursery in the mornings; he would be all subdued on the way, and then not want to go in and then start crying as soon as we got in the room, and then when I said I was going to work would totally break down and throw himself on the floor and not be appeased and then when I went out the door would stand up and start trying the door handle, and I'd walk up the coridoor hearing him and then I'd start crying. Horrible, horrible, horrible. And I started feeling guilty about being a working mum and it really affected my day at work and I started dreading Mondays and Wednesdays when I knew I had to take him. So anyway, this morning I took him and he was absolutely fine. We got into his room and he left me immediately and happily went off with the nursery nurse to mix paint. And I said goodbye to him and he said back to me, "have nice day mum", so I was ecstatic. It's made such a difference to my day. I said something to him at breakfast this morning and I wonder if it had an effect. Yesterday I'd been talking about it at work, and one of my colleagues said she'd had a friend whose little girl used to cry when she was left and they finally worked out that she did it for her mum's benefit i.e. to let her mum know how much she loved her. So, this morning I just said to Ben, "Ben, this morning I'm going to take you to nursery and then I'm going to work, and you don't need to cry". And I was really unsure about saying it cos I'm very pro children showing their feelings, but I just wonder if it freed him up from feeling that he somehow had to cry. I'm only guessing really. Who knows what goes on in the amazing heads of children! Right, better go. Time is definitely up! posted by Caroline | 11:48 AM | Monday, August 23, 2004  OH MY WORD! last week, i was taking pictures by the sea side and my sony digital camera got splashed with sea water. it seemed fine at the time but when i'd let it dry off, it didn't work. it didn't take long to realise that the insides had been corroded. i was GUTTED... at least until i remembered i had got specific business insurance for my camera. anyhew, i rang 'em up and they told me i needed to get it mended if possible so i took it to the sony dealers in sheffield and they found it was permanently damaged. the insurance guys then told me to get a couple of quote and buy the cheapest and so because my camera is out of production, i got to buy the DSC-F828 as the replacement model - PRAISE GOD AS IT'S AMAZING! i won't fully celebrate until i have the insurance cheque in my hands.
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Monday, August 02, 2004 i'm dead chuffed that my favourite comic strip has my name on it! they guy who creates it was asking for suggestions for one-off scenarios so i suggested the good gals vs. the bad guys at paintball so he made this - class! also, if you check this link (today and tuesday only as it gets updated), you'll find that he's not sure whether i'm a bloke or a girl! i guess 'Ant' isn't a common nick name over that side of the atlantic ;) posted by Ant | 7:13 AM | |
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