Halloween!

I really don't like this celebration, it has been hyped out of all proportion to the extent that the retailers must have to work really hard to get the displays ready for this one day and then take them down and fill the space with Christmas stuff. Anyway for those going out in the rain tonight trick or treating think to yourselves how dumb you are for not being able to make up your own festival and have to use an import from America :(

The only good thing about this festival is that I can remember where I was born and the trips we would make on this night up to the top of Pendle Hill (to see if we could see the "witches"). So all you out tonight beware!!

Hello Southampton

Well we finally found where Louise is and had a look around Southampton We will take you to the University, now go on up the stairs, off you go we will see you in 3 years.

We found a great place for NooNoo to visit :)

Maria found it very hard driving down to Southampton she liked it better flying back.
So we all feel shattered now and Bodil is lookng forward to going back to work after the drive back to Newcastle. We look forward to the next trip but this time I think we will fly?

Southampton

Well we are all getting ready for the long drive to the south coast to see Louise. Forgot the clocks went back so a great surprise to find we have an extra hour. We will still set off later than not planned and we will get there eventually sometime today having left something very important behind I am sure. Weather is glorious though the sun is shinning and the world is OK! Maria enjoyed her trip to the Battlefields, I think the enormity of the death of people hit home when she saw the row on row of graves to soldiers on both sides. She loved the chocolate as well and had a good time visiting another country.
I suppose travelling so far south is like travelling to another country, so it's like an adventure. OK bring it on.

Friday Blues

Strange day to day felt really down, fed up about the amount of work to d (at Work) and me here doing nothing. Satisfied myself I couldn't do anything and then went for a walk the wind was strong so I pretended I was windsurfing, feeling the wind on my face etc. That was quite good and it cheered me up. I suppose you get these low points. Louise having a good time, not heard from MAria she's in Belgium looking at the battle fields and no roaming on her phone she is back tomorrow and then we are off to Southampton or as they say in the States the Hamptons :) for the weekend. There feel better already!

Now is this the way to Southampton UK !

Update on proceedings

Sorry I have neglected my whitterings but I have been trying to get my neck sorted out. I have been booked in for an operation to the slipped disc, they take the disc out and replace it with a bit of bone from my hip.90% success rate, so I go for the operation on the 18th December 2008. A bit scary but I should be OK afterwards so I can get back to work and then get ready for windsurfing next year Yuuu! Huuu! Here is a picture of what my disc looks like (not really my disc )



Looks pretty yuk eh! Well I hope the operation does go well I have been reading a forum where there are all sorts of problems so I have now stopped reading that site. :)
This is more the type fo Operation I am going to have - Spinal fusion

7th week in a collar

Well things are not going to plan, I have been off work for two weeks almost and last week I was in agony and in emotional turmoil regarding the medication I was on. Yes it was working but it made me terribly dehydrated and resulted in a painful stomach so the dilema should I take the pills and have no neck pain but suffer in the tummy or not take the pills and suffer with the neck pain. I took the politicians way out and tried to please everyone all the time I cut down on the pills and then tried to get my tummy sorted, sooner said than done if you ask me. All week I have been in agony and not able really to stray from the house. I am not drinking any alcohol so I suppose that is a good thing.  I just hope everything will be OK. I go to the hospital on Wednesday so I will know more about what they are going to do. At present I feel like just saying everything is fine and getting back to work. This year is so busy and there are a load of things to do but as they say it never rains it pours and I really should look after my health because no one else will but?