Christmas No. 2

21

21st December 2007

4 Days to go till Christmas

tlm fact: I was sicked on by a toddler today. It wasn't pretty and was over the only pair of jeans I've got at the moment.

I'm shattered. Today has been a noisy affair to say the least. We visited missbliss's 4 nieces and nephew. The accompanying troop of adults (made up of missbliss, her parents, brother + girlfriend and of course, me) took the tally to 10.

Many presents were opened on what is christmas number 2 for the kids and for us, much screaming took place, and there were plenty of barbies among other things. The youngest, 2, summed it up quite well, jumping on the spot at the sight of presents screaming "Cris...miss" staccato-esque over and over whilst waving his arms around frantically.

We gorged on mountains of food which included 3 joints, 45 Yorkshire Puddings (YEAH BABY!) and lorry loads of roast potatoes. More playing ensued, racing tractors up and down the corridor using our hands as gates. Missbliss was off bathing the youngest, who following that, promptly threw his stomach full of chocolate, matey bubble bath and goodness knows what else over me. missbliss just sat there laughing, and being happy that his jammies remained clean, pfft - just you wait.

We rounded off the day by tucking them into bed with made-up stories, mine being superior as it involved fairies and more audience interaction. Missbliss maintains her brief was more difficult (christmas, mermaids, and sleeping beauty) By this point, I was tired and could have done with being tucked in myself.

Bring on Christmas number 3.

"Think About Those We Have Lost"

19

19th December 2007
6 Days to go till Christmas

tlm fact: I'm not allergic to but I absolutely hate nuts. I do love marzipan though which missbliss thinks is very odd.

Missbliss and I went to a primary school carol service yesterday evening at a local church. It was very short and sweet which is probably for the best. Now i'm not in the least bit religious but something the vicar said really hit me. At the end of the service he was leading a prayer and listed a huge number of people we should pray for including those that we've lost.

The point is it made me think about my nan who died of lung cancer 10 years ago. I've never known either of my granddads as both died before I was born and only one of my grandparents survives today. I shed a couple of tears there in the church thinking about her, although nobody noticed. When I was young I spent quite a lot of time with both my grandmas, mainly during the school holidays when my parents were out at work. It was great fun we used to go on adventures, build trains out of the the furniture, and all sorts of other wonderful activities.

She was in hospital for quite a while before she died and I remember it vividly. I can even remember exactly which beds she was in. I remember going to see her the day before she died and I can remember the morning she died like it was yesterday.

I don't think about her very often but I know I'll never forget her. It makes me sad that she won't ever know about my future but I know that she'd have been very proud of me becoming a doctor. I hope so anyway.

I guess it is important to remember those who we've lost.