Mike's musings

Godfather visitation

Got up, had some breakfast, went back to sleep. Didn't get huge amounts of it, as Jo spent the night with us. More nice time with Jen, Jake and the crowd, and then a fried lunch. Collected all the clothes, baby gyms, etc. for Jim and Nina's expected (July 1st, last we heard), and headed back home. Moo and Jo slept for quite a part of the way, but the A12 exit was closed from the M25, so we had to make a diversion via the M11 and A120. We also detoured into Braintree to see if we could find a Citroen garage (I'm thinking about a new car), and stopped at a Tesco's for some food for the week, so by the time we got home, we'd been on the road for 3 hours.

Rain, thunder, and power cuts. Didn't get the machines powered down in time, but no harm done, it seems. Need to get apcupsd (?) configured correctly.

Before the power went, I'd got an email from Simon, Jo's godfather in the UK (as opposed to the one in China), asking for some computing help, so he came round for supper (home-made beefburgers, backed beans and bread), and we had a good chat. He's got a new job next term, and is still over-working. Not sure how we can stop him doing that. Anyway, hi, Simon!

Started work on an exegesis of Matthew 3:1-12 this evening, then blog. Speaking of which, Sally's is particularly worth looking at today (which it always is, of course!). I stand in awe of her energy and what she manages to do! I hope to learn lots from her over the course, and wish I had something obvious to offer in return.

No sign of Tosha's little daughter yet. Stick with it, girl.