I was mean to Minni :( (by sarah)

We were on the landing and Minni was sitting next to the changing table which due to showers etc... was not on the bath. Jean used said changing table to stand up and walk over to our little black shadow. Things were going well with Jean making her sudo cat word noises - then Jean tried to stroke/poke/hit Minni, there was a hiss and a snapping of jaws and a crying baby and me acting on mothers instict chasing the cat away!

Poor Minni hadnt even biten Jean but the sudden agressiveness of the cat had been enough to frighten Jean whom the kittens willingly take cuddles from. But I didnt stop to think my instincts told me - something attacking baby - MUST PROTECT.

I feel bad as Minni is so highly strung as it is and nervous - we normal make sure Jean doesnt scare her but didnt realise the furry feline was sitting there.

Still I think I am forgiven for ousting the kittens who are Minnis arch emimies!

Geologist Running to erm…. Somewhere? (by sarah)

Ok - some peeps seem a bit confussed as to what is currently the status of me - which probablt means I forgot to blog it!

Ok - well I was told I had to wait this year to restart my MRes completely - so I waited - then about 6 weeks before term starts I get an email saying I need a drs note saying I'm fit enough to go back - this didnt happen - I was informed I was doing to much and against medical advise I asked to do the distance learning modules.

Colleges lake of response to any form of comunication after I said I couldnt get the drs note - means that its nopw too late to start even that 🙁 So where does this leave Sarah?

Cant go to college - already 'doing' to much - supposed to have afternoon naps and concentrate on getting better - this also equals no job - other than the few things I do for Warhead.

I have another problem - in that I go stir crazy when doing - NOTHING!

House work like hoovering still leaves me dizzy so Al has banned me from certain tasks.

I have taken up the Scout thing - but they all know of the medical situation so previsions for a Sarah BAD DAY can be found - this is especially important as without the pregnancy hormone in my system my back has been getting increasingly bad again - though the pelvis is getting better.

Tonight me and Al start an 8 week writting course with free critique of our work - this is important to me as with the enforced lake of activity in my life I now find I have time to writ and draw - something that I thought I would develope as a second career once retired. I have several projects on the go - it is not physically taxing unlike geology! And it keeps my brain working - scouts will keep my interest in the outdoors primed even if I cant do a lot of the things.

I am trying to viwe all this as an opportunity to develope a second career in conjunction or parralle with my first career - when I am ill - I can at least think on ideas and help develope them - the days my hands dont work - I can get Al to writ things down for me - this works we have done it many times before.

I still am a GEOLOGIST - do not fear - that side of me isnt dead but I have always also been the ARTIST and now after a long time of being on the back burner it is its turn.

I can see all the science peeps out there cringing! But never fear - I am trying to writ a series of childrens books that I think you'll all approve of!

So the long and the short of it is - I am not really doing anything 'useful' for the next two yrs but with big changes happening on several levels of our life - including mass change in our business lives I'm not sure we could have afforded for me to be doing the MRes anyway.

One the passing out stops I will see if I can resume my work experience but slowely slowely is the key.

So yeah - I'm currently a useless memeber of society - I am very lucky to have Al is all I'm going to say. If that makes me a scrounger in some peoples eyes then so be it - but please peeps bare in mind that I do work for our company too and am infact a Director - you cant get away with doing nothing for that title!

Sarah sneaks off to find some vaugly dry rock to crawl benieth.

Fungus (by sarah)

Look what we have groing on a tree along the drive way - I think it is actually a space ship of some strange alien race! Wonder if its edible? Actually maybe it is the the alien - look its a mouth - it even has a tongue! I hope its not damaging the poor tree especially as I think its one of the fruit trees! It now has sinister black fringing which I assume are the spores.

Maths Chocolate (by sarah)

Since having done the first module of A'level maths I have been somewhat infatuated with Maths I also love chocolate so can you imagine my delight when over my cup of tea in Moo Moos I look at the complimentary choc to discover it is covered in trig!

I was so excited I bought two for Al 🙂

They also sell tool chocolates which he might appreciate even if he doesnt like chocolate 🙂

eeek!!! (by sarah)

Ok I am about to deluge the blog with posts after what may have appeared a barren period - this is becuase I have not been blogging due to having to much stuff happen rather than having nothing to blog about!

Ok you have been warned!