18th August 2007
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Finally Evan enjoys the bouncy castle. (Collage of pics from my phone camera)
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A success at last! I took Evan to the indoor play area
Snakes and Ladder today. It's been a long time since we last
went and I was interested to see how well he settled this
time round. In the past it usually takes him a while to
start playing as he'll be quite clingy to me to start with.
He was much better this time round, he spent the
whole time playing with everything, with one exception
at first - the bouncy castle of course.
I was determined to try and coax Evan into the bouncy
castle because I was sure he'd enjoy it once he got over
the issues he had with the noise. I waited until the
bouncy castle was empty and armed with a few plastic
balls from the ball pit as a distraction, I persuaded
Evan to go inside with me. It worked a treat, at first
he just wanted cuddles but as soon as I started tossing
the balls at the side of the wall he was convinced that
it was fun. He loved it and hopefully the fear of bouncy
castle is now cured and he'll be able to enjoy them at
the next birthday party he goes to!
2nd August 2007
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Any image like this saddens me, but it's worse when you know the person.
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It's 10 years today! Caroline and I celebrated our 10th
anniversary. We'd hoped to do something really special
this year, originally planning to get married now that
it has finally become legal to do so in the UK. We
weren't able to do this due to a number of reasons, lack
of time and changes financially. It is something we are
still committed to do but probably when we're not
spending £900 a month of nursery fees for Evan. Getting
married will give us equal rights and it will mean that
Evan really does have two co-parents in the eyes of the
law.
This week was a strange one for me, a very sad one
indeed. A friend I used to work with died in a car crash
on my birthday. She was a really lovely friendly girl
always smiling. We used to bump into each other
regularly at the gym during our lunch hour and would
often join us down the pub for a few drinks. We both
left the Company within a month of each other, she was
leaving to take up playing Polo professionally. She
spoke of her plans to play in South America and
Australia and I was looking forward to reading about her
successes in Polo. Becky followed her dreams and she
finally made it, although only for a short time. I guess
the message we can take from this is to never put off
following your dreams. Life is so short and you should
live each day to the fullest - follow your dreams just
like my friend did and hopefully we'll all succeed just
as she did.
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Becky and Trevor having a laugh at the pub.
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Her accident happened local to me on a stretch of
road in Winkfield that I use whenever the motorway is
jammed. I've had to use it quite a lot over the past few
weeks, this week however I chose to take a detour one
morning to lay some flowers in her memory. She had so
many friends and will be greatly missed and I don't
think I'll ever be able to drive down that road without
thinking about her.
I wasn't able to make it to her funeral because I had
been off work that week with some awful stomach virus
that both Evan and I picked up. My friend Trevor said
she had a huge turn out on the day with so many people
going to pay their respects that they couldn't all fit
in the crematorium.
I'm not sure my birthday will ever be the same, my
thoughts will always be with her family and close
friends.
