I am not a cat person, by a long margin. We did not have any when I was a kid and what I did see of them in other people’s homes did nothing for me. I have long regarded them as parasites. I like dogs. We had dogs when I was a kid. For many …
Category Archives: Family Life
Daughter turns 18
It is a strange feeling. Really, nothing has changed since the day before, but everything has changed. One of my two children (daughters both) has turned 18. As she is not the good-time, drinking, partying kind, there is no big bash to mark the occasion and she seems to think that 18 is not as …
A weekend in Swansea
Last time I rented a flat, I was unmarried and living in Ripley in Derbyshire. The flat was something of a come-down from living in my own home, but I’d had to sell up because of some bad business deals (actually, trusting someone too much – we live and learn). I was at the time …
Am I undereducated?
I find myself in an odd position. My wife has just started an Access course at a local college with the objective of starting at University on an undergraduate physiotherapy course the following year, at the same time as our older daughter is scheduled to go to University (unless she gets cold feet, or decided …
Why are 17 year olds always tired and bored
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Burst pipe
The fire alarms went off in the house around 3am this morning and in my rush out of our bedroom door I forgot about the thin covering we had over pipes to our en-suite, fell through and damaged one of the pipes. The damage was done just after a control tap but this meant the …
My car’s broken
My company car suffered an impact from some road debris. It has been taken away for repair and I have a hire-car from Hertz, a Golf, to live with until mine returns.
Life after school
My eldest daughter is coming to the end of her first year of study for her A levels and is looking around at universities. Until very recently, my wife and I were unsure that she was actually interested in a university education. She had this idea that even if she did pursue a degree, she …
Endless bleeding
I called my wife as usual from my hotel in the evening after work to hear that my eldest daughter was having a strange experience. She had a very small cut on here arm – no idea what had caused it – that they could not get to stop bleeding. Given that they are both …