I’m a drug addict

It's true, I can't get enough of the stuff. And it gives me such highs. Every day, many times a day I need a dose. This addiction even manages to keep me going all through the night. There is no way I can give this drug up, it's hold on me is too strong. There is no rehab centre that can cure … [Read more...]

Just another manic Monday

Today was a little hectic. We had to get up early and head off to a hospital on one side of town so our son could have some blood samples taken. The doctors want to know why his level of anti-corpuscles is falling slightly and this means they want to carry out series of tests at one hospital … [Read more...]

I called the fire brigade today

It's true.  Don't worry though, it was an accident.I'll explain.  I was listening to some messages on my mobile, as you do, and at one point I tried to delete a message but, seeing as this was the first time I had used the service on my new phone, I pressed five.  Before pressing 5, I had … [Read more...]

Happiness – How happy are you?

On BBC World a few months back there was an interesting series about happiness and how it can be assessed. Unfortunately I did not manage to see the whole series, but I did like the idea of using happiness as a way of measuring of how well things are going in the world. It may seem simplistic, but … [Read more...]

Dieting, again.

One of the negative aspects of our Tuscan experience was the extra kilos all the food and wine added to my already somewhat corpulent form. So, diet time. It's working, around 5 kilos have melted away so far, but I'm still no lightweight.Typical diet day:Breakfast: Bowl of cereal with milk and … [Read more...]