Psychoblog

all of our weekends until august are booked up now. normally this would annoy me, but these weekends are all full of happy and fun things.

the summer of fun kicked off on saturday with joe and hannah’s wedding. it was a great day, everything went perfectly and much merriment was had by all. joe and hannah looked really happy together and joe’s mushy bit in his speech was so lovely it nearly made me cry. carl looked great in his kilt and i was proud of him doing his best man duties so well. some photos of the day are here. didn’t take as many as i wanted to since i was loaded down with carl’s stuff and official wedding stuff after the ceremony (kilts need pockets) and then later on i put some batteries in the wrong way and so camera stopped working. i got some amusing ones and some lovely romantic ones, so i’m happy.

other fun things coming up are trips to snowdon, the lake district, safari park, family visits, another wedding, a christening, an airshow and a party on a boat.

literally.

before experiencing pregnancy i thought it was just a bit of sickness, tiredness and a growing tummy. but the biggest symptom i have had is a real enhancement of my sense of smell. carl’s bloke’s guide to pregnancy book i bought for him says that this is so i can detect evil substances more easily and so avoid ingesting them. great, but it also makes the kitchen a really unpleasant place to be and i have to hold my breath when opening the fridge. and i’m not feeding carl baked beans and sausages again until things have gone back to normal. it’s weird to feel yourself changing all the time in what seems like really random ways (transformers, susie in disguise).

oo, and i think i have started baby-related tummy expansion now. this occurred to me the other day when i went to undo the top button of my jeans to relieve some pressure, but it was already undone. it’s quite liberating really. don’t need to try and suck it in anymore. people can look and think i look pregnant and that’s fine, cos i am.

i just read this about why america are opposed to some proposed plans to write off africa’s debts. apparently it’s because it would involve selling some gold to pay for it, and they (and a couple of other countries) don’t like that.

i don’t really know anything about all this, or would understand it if i did know, but that seems to me to be a really crap excuse. what practical use is gold to anyone? it just sits there being all expensive and waiting to be stolen by evil gangs of villains. why should anyone worry if there is a little less of it in their secret vaults if it helps some poor countries to divert more resources to where they really need it?

i’m sure there is a complex and reasoned explanation somewhere. i’m just not sure it should matter to anyone.