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| Neko Sunday 30 March 08 posted by SarahNeko went back to the vet yesterday. All seems to be well under the circumstances. It looks like she won't need a chest x-ray after all. All she was given was a bit more pain relief, which should carry her through for a few days. We're still not sure what's going to happen with the murmur but that decision will be left until her staples are out. She's been totally self-confined to her bed until this morning when she decided it was time to at least LOOK at food and finally have a drink. So things are getting back to normal, even if she's back in bed now. Jerald's been naughty jumping on tables and what not, behaving more strangely than normal. I can't help but wonder if this is due to Neko, whom he's only seen twice since the accident as she's in our room while she recuperates. Or maybe it's just the weather. Dramas Saturday, 29 March 08 posted by SarahI can't sleep, so I'm going to write about our day yesterday. I've been sick for the past two weeks. It was only getting worse, with a sustained fever and all, so Fred made me go to the doctor for the sake of our unborn if nothing else. The doctor reckons it's a sinus infection. I've been given antibiotics. Meanwhile, I still feel pretty miserable. Neko, our cute, little grey cat, had been missing since Thursday night. She doesn't normally wander. We rang the SPCA, who didn't have her, and were pondering possible next moves. She came back last night a bit worse for wear presumably having been hit by a car. This prompted a late-evening scuttle to the after-hours vet. She has a gash in her leg and possible lung damage; the usually chipper and cuddly Neko is feeling VERY sorry for herself. Perhaps she'll stop playing on the road? We can hope. The vet says she also has a heart murmur. We'll find out more today about her health status. And Lily didn't get by without a couple of knocks. First, she got her foot squashed in the kitchen door when the wind blew it shut on her. It was slow enough to not cause serious damage but was still tragedy on the Lily scale. Then, at the vet, she slipped and knocked her lip on the cat cage. This has severed that little connecty bit between the gum and lip. There was blood and some tears. Fred says I looked like I'd been in an abattoir. At least we didn't have to rush to the A&E from the vet. Overall, I think we feel very lucky. It all could have been a lot worse. Most importantly, we'll be together as a family (cats included) for some time yet. And baby? Hopefully all is fine there. We still have movement. The scan on Monday revealed, quite definitively, a wee boy. No doubt there's much excitement in store for us. Video Saturday, 16 February 08 posted by FredWe put a couple of videos of Lily on Youtube, after Jason generously loaned us his camera. A time of new things Tuesday, 2 January 08 posted by SarahHello everyone and welcome to a new year. I have a bit of news: we're expecting a new baby, probably due in August (will have an ETA in a month or so). Hopefully another girl, because you can never have enough of those! And for those of you who may be curious, I still can't breathe. First Birthday Tuesday, 9 October 07 posted by FredLily turned one year old exactly a week ago. I don't really think this had any significance to her. But it meant something to us. We've lasted a year. Sarah's operation finally went ahead on the third appointment. It had already been canceled twice because the the specialist was unavailable. Hopefully her breathing improves once the inflammation goes down, but the doctor didn't sound confident. Fathers Day Sunday, 2 September 07 posted by SarahToday is Fred's first Fathers Day. It is also the day Lily turns 11 months old. This means Fred has survived being a father for an entire 11 months. Well done, Fred. We're lucky to have you. New computer Friday, 17 August 07 posted by FredProbably of no interest to anyone but me, but my new computer is fantastic. I've been busy setting it up with VMware Fusion, which so far seems to work well but sadly lacks some of more advanced features that would be nice. I doubt VMware will add them to their "Mac" product though. Sarah is staying with her family again, while recovering from a cold. She'll be back late next week, and then going back up to Hamilton for surgery at the beginning of September. She sure travels a lot. Angela was going to visit this weekend but bailed on me. I think she just doesn't want to see my new laptop. Irregular update Friday, 6 July 07 posted by FredGreetings all. We don't really do much with this (one page) site, do we? I might find some time to add real content one day. Anyway, thought I'd post something, seeing as it had been a while. I'm currently in the process of transition to a new role. That is to say, I'm doing new work, and still have my old work to do as well. I'm also still waiting for my new contract so I can confirm what my new title is. I don't hold out much hope for it being cool seeing as I work deep within the corporate machine where imagination goes to die. The good news is that I've finally been told that I can begin training my replacement on the 16th. But realistically she won't have time take the work on fully until some unspecified date in the mysterious future. In the meantime my team leader will be on leave for two months as of the 18th. I'm trying to learn enough to cover a portion of his work while he's away. My team only has 3 members at our site and the other one is about as new as me and has been training on different tasks. I'm sure we'll be fine but it's more to cope with now, trying to fit it all in. Sarah and Lily are in Auckland. Sarah's granddad is in hospital and her brother is visiting from Australia so she has dual reasons to be there. It's been a relief for me not having to worry about getting home on time with so much to do. Angela visited us recently. We should have taken a photo of her with Lily, but forgot to. We would've liked to go for a walk, but unfortunately the weather was, well, rain and more rain (it's been rain all week). So we mainly watched movies instead. The ladyfolk confirmed my suspicion that women think anything with man on man innuendo is good. I am currently looking at PowerShell. It didn't really interest me before (it wasn't useful to me), but my new role involves a lot more Windows administration scripting. So I got a book. So far I've got through reading about the design of the language. I am optimistic there will eventually be a section on actual usage. It might be worth re-reading about the design once I've more familiar with it anyway. I'd best go do some other stuff. Miss you, Sarah. Disputes Tribunal Friday, 13 April 07 posted by FredJessica took us to the Disputes Tribunal. We had our hearing with her on Tuesday. The judgment awards her, of the $141.00 she was claiming, a more reasonable $20.00. We're happy that it's over now, so we don't have to hear any more silliness. A while ago, in one of my more irritable moments, I sent Jessica the following, in response to one of her emails telling us she was taking us to court but she couldn't afford to quite yet. You may take us to the Disputes Tribunal but perhaps you should consider that if you have financial difficulties then keeping your $30.00 would be a better idea? There is no merit to your original claim that the room itself had a problem. You repeatedly refused to take responsibility for the damage you caused. Leaving the room uninhabitable indefinitely was not an option, especially considering that obviously leaves us responsible for your damage when we move out. If she'd taken that advice she would now be $10.00 better off, seeing as it cost her $30.00 to lodge the claim. Admittedly, she may have been more receptive if I hadn't immediately afterwards referred to her boyfriend and his father as being mentally retarded (nevermind that they are) and said she was immature and probably just needed to grow up. I doubt it would have made a difference. Perhaps the judgment will give her more realistic expectations Interestingly, during her threats about taking us to court, Jessica said she had spoken to a lawyer who had given her (nonsensical) advice. I wonder if she had spoken to one at all. The advice they had apparently given her didn't actually agree with the law. I found such an obvious bullying tactic to be rude. We did go to see a lawyer, but I don't think we mentioned that in our correspondence. They advised that we were pretty much assured of a favourable ruling if it went to the tribunal, and to just continue as we had. So we did. Six months Wednesday, 4 April 07 posted by FredJust a real quick update to say that Lily was six months old on Monday.  Slack Sunday, 11 February 07 posted by FredIt's been some weeks since I last got around to updating this. Since the photo of the flatmates I linked a while back, they've all completely changed. Juliet went home to Norway, and Jess and Dan moved out to a smaller place. Sarah and I enjoyed having the place to ourselves so we're now only getting in short term people, and having breaks just by ourselves between. Jess left her room in a bit of a state, with mould on the carpet, walls, curtains - and it really, really smelled. The only cleaning she did when moving out was vacuuming up the white mould mould from the carpet. She's one of the reasons we'd rather not have long term flatmates again. It was only because she was here for some months that she managed to cause any significant mess, by drying clothes in her room, and never airing it. It took about 3 weeks for the smell in the room to go away. I don't really have anything against her, but it's probably the last time we'll allow someone moving out of home to move in with us either. They just have too much to learn. On the Lily front, she is still growing. Here is another picture of her. She will be 19 weeks old tomorrow. I've been working entirely too much lately. I can't think of a day in the last few weeks where I haven't at least done some work. We're off to Hamilton at the end of the week and then up to Auckland for the weekend, so I'm going to take the opportunity to try not to even think about work. While saying that, I have to admit I've been working today, and I'm thinking about doing more this evening. How many weeks now? Thursday, 30 November 06 posted by FredStill not so much sleep lately, but more because I've been staying up too late working. Sarah is out of town visiting her parents with our lovely wee daughter. She drove up with her mother, and we haven't coordinated getting her and the car back here yet. I'm operating solo in the meantime. Sarah also has the camera. I'll try to get some up to date photos on the gallery when she gets back. It's actually been a weird, quiet week at home because the flatmates are out of town as well. It's sort of spooky with the only noises being the cats deciding to visit me from time to time. I've been taking the opportunity to get as much work as possible done while it's nice and quiet, and I can work uninterrupted. Except for Neko who thinks she needs to make her presence known from time to time. I miss my girls. One week Monday, 9 October 06 posted by FredNot so much sleep lately, but it's not so bad. My mother and grandmother visited for a couple of days which was nice, and gave us an excuse not to cook dinner for a couple of nights. Lily is doing well; she made it back to her birth weight after 5 days and was up to 3.280 kg (7 lb 4 oz) yesterday. Lily joins the world Monday, 2 October 06 posted by FredLily was born at 3:15am today, weighing in at 3.120 kg (6 lb 14 oz). She seems healthy and enjoys sticking things in her mouth. Mum is also doing well. No baby, as yet Sunday, 24 September 06 posted by FredIn theory the baby was due today. No sign of her as yet and it's almost 5pm, so it looks like she's not going to make it today. Maybe tomorrow? Photos Thursday, 14 September 06 posted by FredI've signed up for a flickr account, seeing as I guess we'll have hundreds of baby photos in the none too distant future (see counter entry below). Here is a random selection from my flickr account but it's a bit temperamental and doesn't always display. If it's blank you can always just click the link above. [removed broken photos selection, but just follow the link above - Fred 16/02/08] Count down Thursday, 14 September 06 posted by FredA helpful counter if, by some miracle, baby arrives on her estimated due date. It seems unlikely. Update: Removed the counter. She was only a week late in the end. Google Sunday, 3 September 06 posted by FredI have moved mail hosting to Google Apps for Your Domain. Seemed more convenient. Webmail is up. Baby Sunday, 3 September 06 posted by FredBaby is due in only a few weeks - the 24th of Setepmber is her estimated due date. Scary, huh?
Going by size, it looks like Sarah will be giving birth to a whale. Or possibly a dinosaur. |
