Both my ears have been blocked for the last week. It’s annoying as fuck, but at least the stabbing ear pain has gone away and the tinnitus has calmed down to some extent. Still, I want to be able to hear what people are saying to me!
Tag: The Peanut
Strange, strange little boy
How many 3 year olds tell their parents off for not making a fresh pot of oolong tea in the morning?
Trains and tunnels
Bean’s getting a lot better when playing with his toys. He can sit down and play quietly for 30 minutes or so before shit starts flying across the room.
Current Mood:
Amused
Everything takes longer with a Bean in tow
The image says it all…
Current Mood:
Aggravated
That’s my bean!
At the start of the year, dropping Bean off at nursery invariably involved getting people to pry him off of me with a crowbar as he was screaming his head off. This morning? He gave me a big wave and blew me a kiss as he was sat down at the snack table putting butter on soreen loaf.
Current Mood: Amused
New pictures of the moment
I’ve been updating the Xmas 2011 album this weekend, and there are some really good pictures of the Bean.
My two current favourites are:
All pictures are here: http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/xmas_2011/
Current Mood: Amused
Baker’s helper
I’m making a Christmas cake and Bean’s my official taster/helper. Personally, I can’t stand xmas cake but I like making it so it works out ok.
Plus, it’s always fun to ask a 3-year old questions like “does this need more booze” and getting an emphatic “yeah!” as an answer :)
All planned out, over and done with!
In the past few weeks, I have been working on the planning of:
– the PST group xmas party
– the main EBI xmas party
– mince pies & mulled wine for 100 people at work
– booking 50 tickets for Stomp
– booking 150 tickets for a cinema screening
– getting 500 mugs printed for work
and a boatload of smaller tasks, none of which are actually my actual day job.
It’s been stressful, to say the least but the good news is that everything is now done and over. The office paella potluck went down a treat. It was held at the Great Chesterford community center and the comments about the food and the venue were uniformly positive (many thanks to the paella chefs!). The day had a rocky start with a trip to Addenbrookes A&E after Bean dropped a chair on his big toe but bounced back once the food started being served. We already had all of the food prepped and packed in the car, but there was a ton of last-minute stuff we needed to deal with. Still, with a few phone calls, everything got sorted out and in the end, we were in and out of Addenbrooked in about an hour and a half. I have to give mad props to the guys who helped clean the place up afterwards, it was a big help!
The EBI xmas party was last night, at La Raza in Cambridge. The comments I got on the night were also very positive, with people saying that it was a better party than in the past couple of years. I can personally vouch that the food was not only feckin’ plentiful, but very very good as well. Given all of my allergies, the fact that I was stuffed at the end of the night was a very positive fact IMO. The jalapeno poppers were great, but those beef and horseradish yorkie puds were pure crack! Plus, you know, 5 drinks for a fiver is a deal you can’t beat :) The only critiques I would give for the night was that the music the DJ put on wasn’t what I would have preferred for a xmas party. Other than that, and the totally unfounded rumours of a rigging of the raffle draw (hehe!), the night was a success in my books.
Becky had a bit of karmic retribution when Bean woke up at 11 and, realizing that we weren’t there, cried for an hour before getting himself back to bed. Becky was a bit frazzled when she called, I think…
So now, I only have one more week of work before I get some leave time to chill out and cook stuff for the holidays. I’ve already started tonight, with a braised beef topside and some chicken stock that I’m going to use to make a hamhock terrine in the near future. Katy and I are trying to finalize the list of all the recipes we want to try out for new years :)
The prezzies are mostly all bought and just need wrapping, so that’s a load off as well.
Go us, for being productive!
Current Mood:
Happy
It’s the little things
Bean’s cough tends to be worse at night, when he kicks off all his blankets and gets cold. I went in to cover him up and put a bigger blanket on him to keep him warm and, as I was leaving his room, I heard a small sleepy voice saying “daddy, want big kiss”.
As much as I want to throttle him, those little moments make up for it.
Another rough night…
Bean’s been feeling under the weather for the past few days, running a fever and generally being uber feeble. He seemed to perk up yesterday after we thought his fever broke in the previous night but there’s still something there. We haven’t had an unbroken night’s sleep in 3 days – last night being the worst. Between the 3am total meltdown and the 4am cat freakout(*), followed by waking up every other hour, it’s been a looooong night. I now have a tired, grumpy child and an exhausted, grumpy wife. Might be a long day as well…
(*) The neighbour’s cat has started coming in the house again. Bastard.
Current Mood:
Tired