Its beginning to look a lot like christmas...

Good evening peoples, yes I know i haven't posted for a while but what are ya gonna do about it!

Since my last entry I have returned to work after having nearly 3 weeks off with my bad throat & work is still the same old crap with the same old crappy managers who have no idea how to actually do our job so they bumble along in their cosy little offices making changes to our jobs that have only 1 outcome....they have now pi**ed off most of the staff so we are now looking for other jobs. I would say if we all go they will realise the error of their ways but I really don't think they will, they appear far too stupid.

Jack has got a lousy cold at the moment with a bad chesty cough so we have 2 lots of medicine to try & get him to take several times a day. I'm asthmatic & sorry to say it seems that Jack has inherited a weak respiratory system (sorry son!). Poor little jack spends most of the day screaming & crying because he has no way to express how he's feeling. Those of you with kids will know it also means most of our clothes are covered in baby snot, oh the joys of parenting!!

Over the last few weeks Jack has taken the odd step here & there but yesterday he walked across our living room unaided. We have bought him a walker for christmas but it converts to a bike so it won't be completely useless come christmas day. He still stumbles & falls on his butt a lot but he can walk quite well, I am so proud of him, a few weeks ago my mum told me if he was walking within 6 weeks he would have beaten me so already my son is better than his old man.

We went to see my mum a couple of weeks ago, while we were there woolworths had a photographer in doing childrens photo's so we arranged for my sister to leave her 2 boys with their grandparents so we could get Jack together with his cousins for a nice photo. We're going to get the picture framed for my mum, I have tried scanning it so we can have a copy & also email it to my sister but the picture is too big for my scanner so I need to scan it in 2 halfs when I get chance & photoshop it. My sister has bought my mum a session with a photographer and she has decided she wants to have her picture taken with her 3 grandsons so after christmas they are all coming over to coventry for the photo session, can't wait. Its so nice to have all of us together but we rarely get the chance these days.

Not a lot else has happened ( my son walks & i make it sound like nothing much is happening here...what an idiot), Nic got to meet Gordon Ramsay at waterstones this week, I have bought her his latest book for christmas but i couldn't get time off work so she took it to get signed. Nic drools every time she see's him on tv but i can cope with that, if Nigella Lawson came to do a book signing in coventry i would DEFINITELY be phoning in sick so I could go. Apparently there was a massive queue so they ended up giving out tickets so not everyone got in to see him, we were hoping to be able to get a picture of Jack & Gordon but as it was so bloody cold Nic's dad took Jack home, still at least he has met Bart Simpson!!!

I hav added mostly new photo's of Jack but have also included a picture from back in june, in the june picture he is sat on the same tigger he is sitting on by the christmas tree. Thought you might like to see just how much he has changed in 6 months.

If I don't manage to update my journal before christmas I hope you all have a fantastic time... VampJack x

This is so funny..

I have to say Thank You to Lynbo ( http://journals.aol.co.uk/lynnandkeith55/iquit/ ) for this...enjoy!!

 

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Its not even december yet & already i'm getting sick of the xmas adverts. Don't get me wrong, I love xmas but i hate when the adverts start 2 months before the big day, it takes away some of the magic.

This week at work they finally let us know wether we will get the holidays we requested during xmas, we can request holiday during the xmas period but they won't confirm until about this time who has got what they wanted. Most of us have got between xmas & new year off but not xmas eve, according to the bosses most of our work will be xmas eve morning so we can ask for half day holiday & we may get it. But there are 3 people in my team who have been given xmas eve off, all of which requested the holiday a lot later than myself & at least 3 other people so we're not too happy. 1 person is due back from maternity leave so they have let her have the day off as otherwise she would have to come in for 1 day, another booked a holiday to lapland a few months ago so has asked for the day off & got it, the 3rd person we don't know what reason they have given for allowing her the time off. We can all understand the reasons for letting these people have the day off but why grant holiday to some people then tell those that requested it much earlier that they can't have the same, it is not fair. Those of us that didn't get the day could easily have made holiday plans but didn't because we were waiting to find out if we had got the time off so why can someone else just book a holiday & be given what they want?? Its just another in the long line of complaints at work at the moment, my manager plays favourites far too much but as the md seems to think she can do no wrong we get nowhere by complaining.

Last week I was told i would be doing a certain job that would have meant much more phone work, because I have had a bad throat for a few weeks i asked if i could split the phone work with my usual job but was told no, so i called in sick on friday because my throat is so sore i physically cannot be on the phone all day. No doubt when i get back i will have a 'letter of concern' or even a stage 1 disciplinary for attendance as this is my 3rd period of sick leave within 12 months, there are other people at work who take far more time off than i do but they seem to get away with it, its not like i hadn't given my boss a chance to assign me work that would have meant i could continue to work while my throat gets better.

Anyway enough bitching about work. Jack has been a little off colour the last coupe of days, he doesn't seem to have his usual energy during the day & at night he is getting up about 3 or 4 times ( so we are both like zombies during the day too ). I hope whatever is bothering him is gone in a few days, next weekend we're supposed to be going to my mum's & having his picture taken with my 2 nephews, they adore him but we don't get to see them very much as they live a bit too far to go for a day trip. My mum doesn't celebrate xmas due to her religious beliefs but the photo of her 3 grandsons will make a great present for her.

I struggle to find the time to update my journal these days & when i do i don't get much time so my entries are shorter than i intend them to be, kids...who'd have them!!

Lots of fireworks going off here last night, I think this year has been the loudest yet. I must admit though they did stop fairly early which was a blessing, we had put Jack to bed about 7.30 but he woke up & wouldn't go back to sleep because of the loud bangs.

 

This was Jack being very happy on a trip to Coombe Abbey yesterday, he did cheer up though but screamed all the way there & most of the way back.

 

Jack now has 5 teeth come through completely & 1 we can see will be through in the next couple of days, his favourite pastime seems to be using his teeth....normally on mummy & daddy!!

 

On friday when he was having a bath he stuck his tongue out & has been doing so ever since, he is the funniest little man I've ever met. Also the cutest, we have just been playing in the lounge, he kept laying on me & crawling over me when all of a sudden he just lay next to me & went to sleep. I wouldn't trade being a dad for anything in the world, its the best.

 

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone.

Today we got to go to work in fancy dress, I am just a big kid at heart so I loved it. Of course people expected me to go as a Vampire but I don't like to be too predictable. A lot of people thought it incredible that I drove to work like this but hey, thats all part of the fun.

No trick or treaters this year which is pants but it means we can scoff all the sweets. Hope you are all having fun today.

 

We Are The Champions

So those of you that are regular visitors to my little blog will know today was a very important day. The last day of the 2007 Formula 1 season & what a day.

I am a passionate Ferrari fan so I desperately wanted Kimi to win the title, however I am not an idiot & so believed we could win the race but suspected that Alonso & Hamilton would be in the top 5 giving one of them the title, most probably Hamilton. How bloody wrong I was, it was a fantastic race & Kimi Raikkonen is now the Formula 1 World Champion of 2007!!

For the last few laps I was on the edge of my seat praying that Heidfeld & Kubica would not take each other off (which was looking very likely) as this would elevate Hamilton to a position where he would gain enough ponits to take the title. Thankfully they stayed on the track, Kimi won the race, Massa was 2nd in the other Ferrari & so Kimi won the title. My nerves were in tatters by the end of the race.

So it's now over for another 5 months, roll on 2008 & lets hope Kimi can do it all over again next year.

For the Lewis Hamilton fans out there, your day will come but until it does...WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!

Its been nearly a month since my last update, there just never seems to be enough hours in the day at the moment.

Today we went to visit my mum, it was great seeing Jack with his other nanny as we don't get to see her that often. My mum absolutely adores all 3 of her grandsons & to see her happy getting to play with Jack is brilliant. Mind you, we went round the town to do a bit of shopping & loughborough is absolute pants now. Its all bloody mobile phone stores, charity shops & chain stores. It used to be a great little town with loads of independant stores that all sold different stuff & now there are so many shops standing empty & what is there isn't worth bothering with. I'm glad I moved away ( I know coventry isn't amazing but its a hell of a lot better than loughborough now ).

Not a lot else has happened over the last few weeks, I have been off work ill for the past week, I have been feeling lousy with headaches, sore throat, chesty cough, & other aches & pains. Turns out I have a chest infection, a few people at work have had the same & its not nice. Jack has also got a chest infection so while i've been off I have been looking after him rather than him going to nanny & grandads, although I'd rather neither of us were ill I have enjoyed spending time with my son. I hate having to go back to work now because I have enjoyed it so much, so if anyone out there knows of anyone that wants to employ me to work at home feel free to tell me!!! Alternatively if any of you feel like paying my bills so I can stay at home with Jack I would have no hesitation accepting your charity!!

Right gotta go, I need to watch the qualifying for tomorrow's brazzilian grand prix. In case any of you have been living in a cave for the last few weeks tomorrow is the final race in this years formula one season & we have no less than 3 drivers who could win the title, Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Fernando Alonso (McLaren but not for long I don't think) & Lewis Hamilton (McLaren). Lewis is in his rookie season & could be the first rookie to win the title since the start of the championship back in the 50's, Alonso is only 4 points behind so could quite easily spoil the party to join the elite group of drivers who have won 3 consecutive championships. I personally would like Kimi to win it for Ferrari but then I am biased & I don't care....GO KIMI!

I hope you are all having a good weekend, take care... VampJack x