Mike's musings

Magnificat

"He hath showed strength with his arm..." - thank you, Herbert Howells (St Paul's service). Just doing my 10 minutes in front of the (muted) TV. Mary really had some things to say - not that Simeon didn't, of course.

I was back at work today, and got lots done, although my voice still isn't entirely sorted. I was supposed to have a supervision with Keith today, but he's not well either, so we've postponed for a while.

Forgot to post yesterday that we had a midwife visit yesterday. Yet another midwife - we've had very little continuity this time, but it doesn't bother us particularly. On her advice, we're off for a check-up at Colchester Hospital on Wednesday. They're not particularly worried, but the deal is that if you're measuring more than 3 weeks off what your expected size is, you're supposed to go and have a check-up. Jo was big, too, but not as big as this one. Moo's 32 weeks now, and measuring 39. No wonder people are asking her how long she'll be at work for - and that she's beginning to get more uncomfortable.

A good friend of mine from school emailed me today to catch up. We've talked a few times over the past couple of years. She suffers from mental illness (there are more people around who do than you might expect), and not all of her family know. She has a supportive husband, though. I'm really pleased that she keeps in touch - she was such a good friend at school, and one of those people it would be a shame to lose touch with.

Labels: friends, Mary, Moo, music, pregnancy

To Canada

Hard to leave, as always. Not helped by the fact that Moo was due to trade her car in today, but when she started it up in the morning to go to Peterborough, it wouldn't work properly. I ended up doing damage limitation (partly putting things in perspective, given that Moo was a little distraught, due to lack of sleep and pregnancy hormones), and the RAC were able to fix it nice and cheaply. But her new car wasn't ready for collection, so she wasn't very happy in the end.

Flight OK, and had a good meal out with a bunch of the guys from work. I've even got a hire car, which is a first for me in Canada, though I've done so a few times in the US, a few years back. All OK so far...

Labels: Canada, pregnancy, work