Category: Personal
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Quick update
Just a quick personal update, seeing as I haven’t posted up in a couple of weeks (shock, horror, etc etc). Over Easter time Phil and I went to Colchester for a couple of days – it was good to pop in to our old church for the Good Friday service, and then on Saturday we…
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Have Wheels, Will Travel
About six months ago – just before the beginning of the current academic year – we decided to sell our old car. It was costing too much to keep, we didn’t need it, etc etc. So, it may come as a bit of a surprise to discover that we’ve bought a new car! As it…
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Family Illness: Update
I mentioned about this time last year that my Mum was not well. Well, she’s been on chemo pretty much since then and, despite the side effects of the treatment, she’s been doing pretty well. However, in around November she started getting a bit unsteady on her feet. We initially thought it was another side-effect…
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Happy New Year
Clouds over the Colne at Wivenhoe, a photo by phillsacre on Flickr. A very happy new year to all my blog readers! Term started at Oak Hill today, my classes start tomorrow, so expect normal service to resume (i..e, long gaps punctuated by sporadic theological reflections and the occasional ‘still alive’ update). The photo was…
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Christmas shenanigans
I like the word “shenanigans”… I should try and use it more often. Oh, sorry, I was writing a blog post, wasn’t I? Aaaaanyway. Last weekend we packed up our bags and went to Colchester (and then, a few days later, we packed up our bags and came back). We hadn’t been up to see…
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Keane and the end of term
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for us: last week (24th November) we went to see Mark Watson at the St Albans Arena. This weekend (30th Nov), we went to see Keane at the O2. Mark Watson was very funny – it was our third time seeing him live (well, fourth if you count…
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Still alive, still busy
Apologies for my lack of updating over the past week or two – it’s been busy! We’re now into our second week back after half term, and work is progressing steadily. I’ve managed to draft most of my assignments, I only have one left to do which I’m fairly happy about. The last one left…
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What Larks
Well, it’s been an interesting past few days! We went to a wedding down in Cornwall. Neither of us had been to Cornwall before, so it was a new experience! Because we sold our car recently, Phil’s parents very kindly let us borrow their car (it was a lot cheaper to borrow their car than…
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Biking, Book Launches and Biopsies
I mentioned last time that we were selling our car. Well, the car sold on Monday: someone came to collect it, and I watched them drive it away. It was indeed a strange feeling! But it was somewhat mollified by going to buy a bike on Tuesday. I popped over to Halfords in Enfield, and…
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Skin Cancer
So… yesterday I went into hospital for my follow-up appointment. They had the results of my biopsy, after my procedure a few weeks ago. It turns out that the mole I had removed was actually… a malignant melonoma. It’s a relatively rare form of skin cancer which, if left untreated, can cause problems (i.e. do…