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I slept badly last night… my cold has virtually completely gone, but has left a nasty hacking cough which is what kept me awake. In fact at one point (about 2:45am) I got up for an hour.

A full day at work for me and there’s  a ridiculously long queue for the bacon cobs, which I’m desperate to partake in.

Unlike past Christmas I’ve managed to get my organising all on it’s head – where I normally fall down (cards, getting and wrapping presents, etc) were all sorted early but where I don’t normally have a problem (getting the house ready, presents under the tree, generally making everything feel Christmassy) I’ve cocked up.

I don’t even have a Christmas CD to play 🙁

And I’m out tonight.

Christmas may be a little more rushed than usual!

Went to Hull at the weekend to have a Christmas meal with some friends. However, I’ve had a cold since Thursday night and, for whatever reason, really decided to hit me hard Saturday night. So I was dazed and confused and therefore not as much company as usual. I also slept really badly on the Saturday night (stayed at a friends house).

This cold has been really weird – things haven’t gone in the right order (you know how it usually is… sore throat to begin, etc, etc) and have hit me quite hard each time.

Anyway, weisited my father-in-laws new house on Sunday and then headed back home for a rest. What could go wrong?

The M1 was shut. Except for those poor suckers already on it, stuck in 7 miles of standing traffic. Yes, that included me. Instead of getting home at some reasonable later afternoon time, we got home about 8pm. My temperature had been erratic and, probably due to sitting in the cramped car, I wondered whether my cold was actually flu. Thankfully a good nights sleep has confirmed it to be simply a cold. I’m now dosed up on Cold & Flu relief and feeling a lot, lot better than I was yesterday.

Meantime… this site has been down since Friday. Apologies. My host neither has a helpdesk not, it seems, any kind of technical support over the weekend so even though I reported it to them within business hours on Friday they didn’t get around to looking at the problem until this morning. And they haven’t stated what the problem was (although I’m going to try and find out).

Ok, ok, it’s a bit early. Plus I don’t really make them. In fact, this is more a resolution for sometime in 2009, rather than early on.

Anyway, I want to write a book. I’ve always liked writing and, when I was younger, I used to write childrens books. So that’s what I’ll do. Next year, with my daughter as key illustrator, I’m going to write a childrens book. There are plenty of online sites where you can get one-offs published and that’s my plan. And just in time for Snappy to be able to appreciate it.

Now.. just make sure I do it!

I’m going to be a dad again!

My wife had her 1st scan on Monday and all likes fine. It was estimated to be 13 weeks and 2 days, so will have a due date sometime in June (we haven’t been given a definite date yet).

No naming yet, and nothing remotely baby-related yet bought, but I’m sure over the next 6 months it all will be! Now, if you catch us calling it “Snappy” then there’s a reason behind this. It’s a sketch by Jo Brand, in which she recounts a story of when she was pregnant. A small child came up to her and asked if her it was a crocodile could she call it Snappy. In fact, according to her book biography her second daughter, Eliza, is known as Snappy.

On the geek side this means scaling down my mighty computer room, as it will be converted into a nursery. My computer will be relegated to the dining room on a smaller scale. To be honest most of the stuff I use and have connected is simply because I have it, rather than need it, so this will be a great opportunity to re-evaluate it all.

It’s all really exciting 😀