The November update

It's been more than 2 months since I last did a post to the blog and I'm feeling massively guilty about it. I told myself at the start of the year that I should make regular posts, and that kind of didn't happen. Then when Meg was born I thought it might be good to put updates on how I am, how she is and how my general thoughts are. And once again this hasn't really happened either! There's no point crying over spilt milk or even saying I'll be doing this more regularly, but at least I can keep the blog alive.

It's been a full-on few weeks. I've had to focus on two things, probably to the detriment of other matters, just to keep my sanity. While this has not been great for friends, blogs and general hobbies, I think I have come through a manic few weeks with my sanity as intact as it ever was.

The first priority has been my young family. Theresa and I I are doing very well, and still very much in love. We spend as much time together as possible and I just find being with her incredibly relaxing. We have our moments like any couple do, but I feel that we're getting through them quicker and the pain lasts for less time afterwards. Each time we do have a disagreement it does hurt as well, and I find myself very upset afterwards. I just need to get better at spotting an argument developing and heading it off before it manifests itself. I think it's partly a pride thing with me and not being one to back down from a fight. Also I've never really been hugely bothered about having a disagreement with a partner before figuring I could live without the relationship if it really got bad. I guess it was partly not being bothered enough about working for the relationship. It's different this time round though, and has been different since day one. And I can't imagine life without my wife in it.

Megan is also doing great. She's over 5 months old now and growing fast. I really miss her during the day and treasure the moments I get with her before I go to work in the morning and before she goes to bed in the evening. She's such a happy child and seems to deal with any eventuality with stoicism and a smile on her face. We've taken her to many different places already, including overseas, left her with various friends and family and she's going to a wide range of classes with Theresa. And every time she looks around with her big blue eyes and smiles away. She now weighs over 13lbs (double her birth weight), wriggles like a trooper and has been trying to talk since about 3 months. She lies there gurgling, dribbling and making a whole range of noises for ages. We have a routine of sorts going as well, where she feeds about five times per day and then I put her to bed at around 7pm. She tends to be getting tired at that time so it fits, and it also means that theresa and I get some sort of normal evening for each other as well. We get to have a nice meal together over a game of Chess or Monopoly, or in front of current favourite Scrubs. As Meg is now getting older we are also trying to get out a bit more. She's sleeping well and rarely has issues, so we're more comfortable leaving her with babysitters. We've taken up Badminton at the local sports club, despite not really knowing the rules. I'm thinking it will appear on Eurosport soon and I can brush up on the rules then! Badminton gets us both running around and is quite a laugh, and gets us out of the house one evening a week too!

The other priority has been work. My department is now complete and the team all know what they're doing. Each of them is working semi-independently and managing various accounts well. The proof is in the reduction in number of problems we're having, and the strength of the relationships we have internally and externally. The Summer was pretty tough for me and I have to confess I wasn't enjoying it particularly. I could see that there would be an end to the madness and that kept me going, but it did make for long and tiring days. Thankfully things are working pretty well now, and long may that continue!