Andy's Blog

I am in a fairly chipper mood today, the weekend was a good one for more reasons than can be written here, and I was called the ‘poodles undercarriage’ at work this morning – which I am taking as a good thing! Please don’t pop my self delusional bubble if this is not entirely correct :-/

I also have the nicest of quandries to deal with at the moment too. It certainly came right out of the blue and has boosted my… confidence? ego? mojo? To be honest I am not sure what it has boosted, but it *has* boosted whatever it is and given me a certain spring to the step.

…and the quandry? Well it does mean that I have to take a very definitive step over a line that I have resisted stepping over before, and is something not done lightly or without proper consideration.

In other news: The weight is now done to 82kg, or 12stone 9lbs for the more empirical amongst you, and I am now looking like a “long streak of piss” according to a friend (again, the optimist in me is taking the self delusional route and seeing that as a good thing).

Karate is also going particularly well, although the last lesson I went to made more muscles than I knew I had scream in collective pain, at least I didn’t make the usual fool of myself whilst sparring!

Consequently, the current mood music is “Same Direction” by Hoobastank which needs to be played VERY loudly and preferably whilst driving/riding at speed to get its full effect… my taste in music is definitely on the heavier side of the tracks at the moment

I feel I should be writing some update on my blog, the unfortunate thing being; I am not sure what I want to type, what subject I should be typing on or even what title I should be giving this post! 

I have an uncomfortable feeling that my last few posts were somewhat touchy-feely in their subject matter (or ‘airy-fairy’ as a friend put it… yes YOU mate!), so feel the need to ground it in on the hum-drum of life-in-the-shoes-of-Andy’dom…. Or at least I would if I could (a) get motivated and (b) think of what to write!

One of the causes, I think, of this general malaise is that the ribs are STILL causing me grief!  It has already meant a lost weekend of being out in the sun on the bike going around our local Country Park – which really put me in a funk.  Also, the lack of sleep doth bother me somewhat – I ain’t the most pleasant buggar to look at, so need ALL the beauty sleep I can get!

However, on the plus side, my youngest son is now definitely most mobile!  He has finally mastered the joys of two wheeled freedom, which is another one of those ‘defining’ moments in a boys (and father’s) life.  Still a wee bit wobbly, and definitely a menace in the presence of pedestrians and parked cars alike, but I am looking forward to more bonding time as me and the boys all wobble around the Reservoir; collectively menacing the afore-mentioned pedestrians and adding wild fowl to the mix!

Any other interesting news?  Weight seems to have settled around the 88kg, which is a wee bit above the 13 stone mark, and is not shifting from there.. buggar!  Looks like I am either going to have to find some other form of exercise or eat even less (Soooo hungry!!).  I have thought about re-taking up canoeing at our local Reservoir to help make me somewhat more svelt in appearance, but need to find the time and more importantly the energy.

…and that’s it!  So in the end something was typed up, not earth shattering or even particularly interesting; but it is life at the moment.  I feel another post is bubbling up at the moment as the subject of ‘life’ is a recurrent theme with a couple of friends, so be warned; another ‘airy-fairy’ bit of navel gazing may be on the horizon.

I am wondering if opening up my blog to allow some friends to post their own thoughts may make the whole subject more relative, as well as some cross-linking to the blogs of friends that are also discussing the same sort of issues; Mark Fitchett’s Slices of a digital life, Damian’s Life, laughs and loves of the Clayton-Bull clan and Casper’s musings (if you ever update it mate ) to name but a few.

Collective, multi-site, navel gazing… What a thought!