Archive for November, 2005

à la flahute

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

Like wild geese.

The old-school guys were tough as hell. There were Flandrian diesels that rode 200km a day, every day on the cobbles, in the wind, to the sea and back, etc. Training was riding… a lot, or à la flahute. Like wild geese. This was the early 1920s, so the roads weren’t stellar anyway […]

Back to the grind

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

First day back at work today. It was potentially a 13 hour day, with an open evening tonight, but I got permission to ’skive’ off early, so it was a 6 hour day.

A conversation:

J: How are you feeling with the lack of sleep? Spaced out?
Me: Not too bad
Two minutes further into the conversation
Me: […]

Libby

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

Born at 3:58am, Wednesday 9th November, 2005. 7lb 14oz.

Mother and daughter (and dad) both doing well after a very quick (compared to last time) labour. First impressions: Libby looks more like her mam than Ellie did, but seems to get her temprement from me (which explains why she was 7 days overdue). […]

Baby, baby

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

It’s on its way…

:D

Quick baby update

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Still nothing. Now six days overdue…

Quickie

Friday, November 4th, 2005

A quick update.

Still no baby (2 days overdue now…)
Got soaked riding to work today; mainly because I aim for muddles though. Bikes are still ace. If I walked to work and deliberatly jumped in puddles, people would think I was mental, but on a bike they just think I’m mad (and most people […]