Another blistering hot sunny day in S………………..audi Arabia. It must be cus it’s ‘cats & dogs’ here! poodles all over the place. I’m not saying it’s raining hard but I can just about see across the road. And Pauline’s gone to work again and left me to fend for myself…… ooouuuuuu thunder!
Well (hand touching wood) it seems that our Internet problem has been solved ………… it’s still on 48 hours after the engineer called and no disconnections whoooohoooo!
The Virgin engineer has just left after calling about our internet problem. He thinks he’s sorted the problem but he couldn’t see anything that was really wrong in the first place. He’s renewed the connections outside and you can see the difference in the tele picture.
On the weight front things are going well, I’ve lost about ten pounds in about twelve days. All I’m really doing is eating more and drinking over two litres of water a day, maybe I should clarify the eating more. That is I’m eating smaller portions more often.
The last couple of nights at work have been really strange, not the usual manic Sunday and Monday. Everybody has been smiling and CALM which is most unusual, still it makes life a lot easier and no reports to write out :-)
Well my eldest grandson was two on the 9th July, unfortunately I didn’t get to see him and wish him happy birthday. I could’ve used the land line I suppose but I was hoping to make a skype call but we are experiencing some problems with our new Internet connection. We were having problems with our Internet back in June, Virgin said it was because the set top box couldn’t handle the new 10meg speed and we would need a separate modem. We get one fitted and had a connection for two hours, since then, it’s on, it’s off, it’s back on again, NO! it’s off again. We’ve phoned and complained and now have an engineer calling on Monday or Tuesday between 4 and 7 pm.
On a LIGHTER note, I have lost six pounds in weight since 4th July and all I’ve really done is eat more often but smaller portions and drank at least 2 litres of water a day. So a good start to my 2 year plan so far, as I’m only aiming for a pound a week. It’s going to be a complete change of life style for me, I haven’t had any chocolate for a couple of weeks and surprise, I’m not missing it either. Some other pleasant news hit my ears the other day, my ‘adopted son’ (LOL) Nick and his wife Nic are expecting their first nic-nic! I wish them both the best! or should that be the three of them? Finally…… I got my full CPC certificate through the post this morning, so I’m now officially CERTIFIED!
What a change in the weather, I’ve never seen anything like it. Lightning streaks so low you can see it AND hear it sizzle across the sky and then BOOOOOMMMMM the thunder! All the cameras and equipment luckily keep working, none of it is affected by the EMP. A chap from Air Traffic Control was struck by lightning but luckily is not seriously hurt, something to do with the special design of the Control Tower.
We had a very stressful time just before the weather changed. A problem occurred with one of the payment machines, It suddenly started adding random amounts to some charges when people used credit cards to pay. The ACS engineer came and sorted out the problem or so he thought, every ticket was being rejected at all the machines. We had to shut down all the payment machines and download the tariffs from scratch and do it one at a time, for over 2 hours we had to take cash from people and then manually raise the barriers to let people out. I think it cost the airport a lot of money.
I’ve decided the time has come to finally do something about my general health and well being. Starting tomorrow out go the biccies, chocs, cakes etcetera and in comes healthy eating and exercise. We have a fully equipped gym over at the fire station at work, I will be able to use it as when I like once going through an induction course on the equipment. Most probably it will be an hour before my first and last nightshifts and an hour after my first and last dayshifts. I think that is plenty to go on with given my unfit state and I can build up more time/intensity as I get fitter. They have a PI on every shift so I can ask about a controlled fitness programme. I’m going to give myself about 2 years to get where I want to be, given my overall health and state of fitness I think that is about right. I am going to try my hardest and have set myself some goals which I feel I should reasonably reach in the time span. I am aiming to lose a pound a week any more than this is a welcome bonus, I just hope I can stay motivated that long.
Typical! have a lovely sunny time in Bristol ….come home to one sunny day ….one rainy day……one foggy day….probably tomorrow will be bright sunshine because I’m at work for one night
Well I had a great stay in Bristol…….the weather was wonderful……the hotel great…… and very nice to see my kids again….. went to a few spots I hadn’t been to for years namely Portishead, Clevedon and Blaise Castle…… saw both of my 2 new grandchildren (Isabel and Noah)and took Thomas (the eldest, nearly two) to Kingswood Park for an hour or three to give his mum a break…… he was really very well behaved and I think he enjoyed himself….. he does a MEAN gimme five! Had to make sure Pauline or Gemma didn’t hide Isabel in their bags to take her home… she’s such a cutie!
Noah was his usual ‘big’ self…… he’s not very well after having his first lot of immunisations…. he’s going to be a real bonny lad….I think Catherine would like a couple of hours to herself as well….. The worst thing was the journey home…..bits of the motorway were closed without any warning(M32 Westbound slip onto M4) and diversions taking you miles out of the way then when you were on the motorway 50 mph restrictions …..it took over 6 hours to do what is normally a 4 1/2 hour journey.
AND FINALLY ……The Bowl Inn at Lower Almondsbury was fantastic……. had a pint called ‘OLD ROSIE’ in honour of my mum…….lovely stuff ABV of 7.5
