Tuesday 5 December 2017

Well, that went quick!

I think I blinked and missed a year!
To be fair to me, it ws taken up with exploring our new surroundings in Cornwall. But I have to report it hasn't lasted as long as we thought it would.  The pull of the heartstrings for the Grandchildren was too great and we have had to move back to the flatlands of South Lincolnshire to be near them again. I do miss the scenery in the beautiful countryside of Cornwall, but it was no good with only one of us happy down there. My good lady missed our eldest daughter and the grandkids so much she wasn't settling well and ended up visiting them nearly every 6 weeks and that wasn't what we wanted for US!
So we moved back at the end of October and it feels like we never left.  Everywhere is so familiar and it does feel right to be back here again. And of course the grandchildren are over the moon that we're back!
So with Christmas fast approaching we are expecting a wonderful time, and it is really grand to see my wife actually looking forward to it again, because this time of year she becomes such a big kid herself!
For myself, it is a bitter sweet time as we have just found out that the project I work on will close next year.This means I must hope for a new project to be taken on by the company I work for so that I can be re-deployed. It will bring to the end my involvement for the last 5 years working with, probably, the best team I've known since my RAF days. We all get on so well, its a delight to actually be at work with them.
But every cloud so they say, and this could be the proverbial boot up the backside I need to get my writing back on track. I managed one article while I was down south because I was always "too busy" seeing the sights or basically just procrastinating! Now I am back 'oop North where things are so familiar I can spend the time writing, researching, making contacts again and generally making sure I have an alternative career if the nursing one goes pear shaped.
So watch this space, people.  There may be more to come in the near future!