So, five hours until I need to get up and help prepare and Anna for the beginning of our journey back to Kazakhstan, and I still have a few things to complete. I have tried to leave Mum and John’s PCs in a fit state, with essential updates installed, and useless applications removed (useless in that they won’t be used by anyone else whilst we’re back in Kazakhstan). Having run out of space on my newer portable hard drive, I am left hoping that the older one has enough space left to copy files over to. The oldest drive (itself donated by ChrisD) has been passed onto Con, who had a greater need than I. (Hope your time in Thailand goes well, and that you fall off no more motorbikes). I hope that within a couple of months of returning to life in Kazakhstan I will have time to complete a few side projects, like checking out the Merriman ancestral history – I would be interested to see if all the people with a surname of Merriman are actually related (found a few more via Twitter recently), and whether there was any sort of pattern in our interests/jobs etc. Am I alone in my speciality of Tech Support, or are there other Merrimans who enjoy creating analogies to assist confused people when it comes to techy jargon?
Apr 12 2009
First Night Away
I returned from Cirencester today, having been at a party. My first evening and night without Anna’s noises in the background, nappies to change, and hugs to bed had was quite a strange experience. I couldn’t wait for her to wake up from her snooze when I got through the door.
ChrisD’s visit at the beginning of the week was all too brief, however it had been a long time since we had seen each other, so it was good to catch up, and synchronise video downloads etc. He finally has a driving license, and borrowed his Dad’s mini to drive down. I’m hoping we took a few shots, as it certainly stands out well!
Con is leaving for Thailand and Australia in nine days, so the party was partially to give a good send off; most of the night was a good experience, and it wasn’t until some guests refused to leave that things got aggravating. The cellar was used for the DJs & MCs to perform, whilst the kitchen, as ever it seems, had a solid core of people in it mostly. Once I’d grabbed some sleep, I set off for Clydach whilst there was still some light left in the day, and was pleasently surprised to find really light traffic on the roads. Which meant driving, at no more than 70mph obviously, was a breeze.
Anyway, enough of this catch up post for now, I’m off to find some more pictures to post of Anna…
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Apr 03 2009
Pip & Con Come To Visit
Moving on to the 3rd April (only two more posts to go before I’ve exhausted the supply of photos on my hard drive (I still need to check Irina’s camera’s memory card for more recent shots)), and Pip & Con came over to visit. With Con soon heading off to Thailand (by the time this post actually appears on the blog, he should have finally made his flight onwards to Australia, fingers crossed), Pip kindly volunteered to drive him over to Wales to see Anna before he went. She hadn’t seen Anna either, so it wasn’t an entirely selfless act. From what I remember, and the Facebook photos suggest, we got through a fair amount of vodka, once Anna was safely asleep, and they managed to set off the next day for England with only a few hours missing from their work shift 🙂
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- Pip Anna Clydach
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- Con Anna Clydach
Nov 28 2008
Thai Airport (Lack Of) Security
The People’s Alliance for Democracy (now there is an inappropriate name, given that the group does not want democratic elections to occur!), are still occupying a couple of airports (Suvarnabhumi (an International Airport) and Don Muang (mostly domestic flights airport,) in Thailand. The political situation in the country is fuelled by a minority of well to do citizens who seem to be afraid of majority rule. Check out Reuter’s article for more info.
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