Archive for the ‘Jenna’ Category
It’s been a while since my last update and to be honest I’ve been concentrating on my other web properties.
Please do have a look:
- my photo a day blog.
- or Panoptic.
Though truth be told the writing aspect has very much taken a back seat, so here’s a quick roundup.
Owen is safely ensconced in Geneva in Switzerland and now has the room to accommodate folks that don’t mind sharing with him. He is very much “living his dream” at CERN despite Madame Fruitbat** attempting to sabotage it all.
Jenna started “big school” and is loving the newness of it and has now started to learn the flute on top of piano & violin.
Coel meanwhile is enjoying the new found freedom of not having his sister to watch over and report his every action. Also, despite winning the world title in sparring for his age and grade in Tang Soo Do he has hung up the gloves and like his sister no longer participates.
All three remain in good health – though we have to take Owen’s word about that sometimes!
As for Kathryn, she is still soldiering on with her ‘illness’ and on top of that found out she had a cancerous mole on her big toe that turned out to be a melanoma – one very hasty op later and she now needs a bit of minor plastic surgery which is booked for early days of October. But due to speed of discovery and removal prognosis is excellent.
As for myself – well I just keep on keeping on as my old pastor used to say and today I head into new territory. Today I hope to leave my younger children behind when I grade to 4th gup. My ambition being very much to secure that black belt.
More anon or look me up on facebook for more frequent and up to the minute news.
** our name for his lunatic and now ex-landlady.
And should anybody be looking to stay in Geneva then please contact us first so that we can advise whom to avoid.
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The October half term is upon us again and as usual the family are away with the grandparents and I’m home alone.
But don’t be sad for me. I get invited along and every year I decline so that I can have some much needed me space. I was once advised (a long time ago) by some0ne that had been married for longer than Kathryn & I have now (24½yrs) that every couple should have time apart every year. I agree.
Anyway, this year it happens to coincide with me also having my shift rota fit nicely so that I get 4 days at home.
Weather depending I have a lot of things to do.
I also want to contemplate stuff.
One of the things I want to contemplate is how to continue to encourage my children to continue on with their Tang Soo Do. I don’t know how to communicate to them (anymore) that re-doing stuff is par for the course and even if they become black belts one day then they will still need to re-do what they know.
So any suggestions gratefully accepted.
For now I just want to get them to their green belts which is at the end of November…. and I’m not even close to being ready!
Just a quick one – will try to remember to post a picture later …
Anyway, last Saturday the children and I attained our 7th Gup in Tang Soo Do. In terms of belt colours we are still Orange belt but now it has a green stripe on it.The big boss (Master Trudgill) tried to put a downer on everyone though by telling us all that only 1, maybe 2 in every 100 that starts Tang Soo Do will give it up before they attain their black belt. Not the best way to promote the art I guess – but it isn’t stopping us
Unfortunately towards the end of the grading my right knee tried to stop me by, so I’m now told, over-extending and causing me great pain. The physio tells me today that it isn’t that severe but a few weeks rest won’t go amiss.
Tang Soo.
[Later]
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