Regaining my good humour

After the madness of the past few weeks (months? years?) i have a few days off, well kind of, i'm just going to a meeting now and one this evening which i set before trying to take the remainder of my annual leave this week. Anyway, a lazy monday, with wife and children away at the seaside followed by yesterday and today looking after the little ones with Jo at work has seen a sudden return of my 'not feeling quite so frazzled' vibe. I have loved just playing with the kids, laughing a lot and relaxing in the evenings. It's also given me a chance to read some enjoyable books (still getting through Alistair Cooke's Letter from America collection and have started Terry Pratchett's excellent Thud) and watch some TV (NCIS is a favourite at the moment, like CSI without all that faffing about in the labs and more chases!) I've also tried to rationalise my MP3 collection - having burnt gazillions of my cds onto disk for easy accesss i never really catalogued any or put them in any order.

Alongside this, time to think rather than spend most of my days 'doing' - wonderful.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Only onto Thud! I have just finished Wintersmith - the nac mac feegle make a welcome return! Now on to Stephen Lawheads Hood. In amongst all the theology books that go with being a Reader-in-Training!
4:38 pm
Marion said…
How wonderful when we get time to think!

It puts things back into balance.
7:13 pm
melodrameric said…
NCIS over CSI, your kidding! If you want the real blend of both action and intellectual crime solving/bad guy thwarting, you gotta go with '24'. Although, it should be taken in moderation as it can be terminally addictive.
5:21 am
Alastair said…
In order:

Scog - great to hear from you again! I am only onto Thud because i wait until things are out in paperback before i read them, would be nice to say it was a matter of principal, but its just what i do.

Marion - thanks, lots to think about on your blog.

alex - :-) right back at ya

melodrameric - i didn't say NCIS was better than CSI - just faster, at least didn't mean to say that anyway. Certainly less content in ncis! 24 makes my brain melt, absolutely brilliant, addictive and certain to lose you sleep!
11:04 pm
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