It's been a while...

It's been a while since my last post... - sounds like the first sentence said to the priest in the confessional box, lol. My sins since my last visit were...

I did a full week of nightshift and survived. In the middle of it all I shockingly got an 11 hour sleep in! I honestly don't know where that came from but it was very welcome.

My brother was visiting and taught the kids Go, now the project will be to get the kids a boardgame so they can play themselves whenever. I saw a beautiful set on the web but may need to dream actually getting it. It was a solid block of wood with the grid on the top. As for the pieces - that's where it starts to get technical! Clamshell and ebony discs of different sizes. Sounds like it was a labour of love for the original makers. I love the whole idea of how tactile they might be though.

So, six days off have flown by with very little to show for it. Daily naps, dvds watched, time spent with family and back into it again tomorrow afternoon. Do I feel guilty that not much has been achieved, not much. I did go to the doctor on Monday to be told I was viral and not able to get antibiotics for a set of swollen glands and bunged sinus'. At least that seems to have settled now though and I haven't felt the need for a new head today :o)

I checked the news this evening and saw there's been another earthquake, this one in China and over 300 people currently believed to be dead. That's just huge - devastating, numbing, and heartbreaking. I don't know if we hear so much because the media is so international or if it's happening more and more. I know it's to be expected if you believe in the Bible. In a way if you get movement on one side of the globe we should expect an equivalent movement on the oppposite side of the globe - what with the whole tectonic plates moving - and taking a quick glance at the global plates it makes sense for it to be this side of the plate now affected.

One thing I did feel on my time off was that I could be using my time more wisely to engage my brain, but when I try I seem to be too tired to concentrate for long. Balance is what I'm after, not regret though. Hopefully I have it and just don't realise it.

To quote a much loved friend - TTFN

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