Celebrations September & October 2018

We have been in a position to celebrate over the past few weeks.

Our starting point has been Jerry coming to the end of his 6 weeks of radiotherapy treatment in August. Fortunately my contract in Surrey ended sooner than expected being perfect to keep my family afloat as Jerry faced the daily ordeal of travel/parking & treatment at Norwich Hospital. The impact and after effects of radiotherapy treatment has been quite exhausting for the shear trauma the body goes through with the build-up of treatment effect. The impact of the hormone therapy he is on and continues to be on, with the radiotherapy had its challenging moments to have to deal with, so this really became a 10 week period of feeling washed out and weary, when Jerry was ready to flop with easy access to bathroom facilities and a comfy bed to flop into.

Before this period of treatment had started Milo had suggested we should do a holiday together at the end of treatment – Brilliant! So before Dylan went back to school we took ourselves off to Elveden Centre Parcs, for a relaxing time, with a long weekend family fun together.

What did we learn from our time together?

Dylan really enjoyed paddling in a canoe and learnt quickly what to do, he also got the only ‘hole in one’ in Crazy Golf. Milo was the first to feed the squirrels by hand. This trip was the first time we saw deer on our patio on a number of occasions and they were frisky!

It was a special weekend, hope you enjoy my video sharing our time.

September rolled on with returning to school, college and I got stuck into my next contract in Kettering. Kettering is travelling west on the A14, which is not a great road compounded at this time by the road improvement works BUT compared to the M25 less intense and aggressive. Still a ‘plod’ of a journey. My stay in Kettering is an easy place to be as my accommodation is in the hospital grounds and I get myself out and about quite easily. The recent school holidays Jerry and Dylan came to stay to a local B&B pub. Gave Dylan the opportunity to checked out my accommodation, he loved it and cherished the thinking in knowing where I am – Jerry was quite happy having our lovely comfy bed to himself all week not so impressed in my single sized hard mattress affair!

We were thrilled to be able to catch up with Aaron, my cousin’s son, as part of his travels from Australia across the Asian continent through Europe ending his travels in Dublin via Norfolk! An awe-inspiring young man with many stories of adventure as he traveled on his motor-bike. Interested in watching any of his hair-raising video clips link is here: 

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Aaron with Sandra & Kevin, & me in Hingham White Hart.

I took myself off for a treat with a girlfriend to see Kylie Minogue on her ‘Golden’ tour, we watched Kylie at the 02 staying in the hotel next door! An utterly tremendous show with considerable energy and vibrancy, a sublime experience, ticked off my ‘bucket list’. Hope you enjoy my taster video clip.

October is a month of birthdays including my own. Spent the day with my boys showered with lovely gifts washed down with ‘bubbles’ and then off to lunch at ‘The Gull’ (Framlingham Piggot), returned home to share my birthday cake and candles with young and older in the family – beautiful day. One of the other birthdays we shared in celebrating was my friend Libby who hit her 50^th in the only style she knows how - discoing to ‘Boney M’. I have not seen anyone command the dance floor as Libby did, in true ‘Saturday Night Fever’ style but to Boney M. I will never be able to hear ‘Daddy Cool’ without seeing Libby magnificently swank the floor with her dancing moves. Enjoy the video of the last dance.

 We indulge in Halloween but internally. This year we took a trip to Pumpkin Patch and enjoyed the array of pumpkins for as far as the eye could see, quite a glorious sight and picked our own pumpkin for carving. Spooked the house up with decorations followed by a ghoulish meal (sausages and mash) and a treats hunt thrown in. Dylan hunted Sunday morning filling with his riches for breakfast. The most amusing part of our Halloween occasion is when Milo is contrived to have his own treats hunt laid out by his younger brother. Watching Milo respond to the power of his younger brothers control of ‘hot & cold’ was hilarious, as Dylan hadn’t quite grasped the concept leaving Milo floundering. Dylan continued to find Milo’s treats up to a week later and consuming what he found.

 Pumpkin Patch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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