So, the little man is three weeks old, and still hasn't got a name. And, no, despite the temptation, I am not about to offer the names we're choosing from so you can all vote on it... No matter how much you ask.
Life isn't too bad - he's already got the hang of the sleeping-when-it-gets-dark thing (for the moment, anyhow - I don't want to jinx anything!) and Nik's enjoying being with him all the time instead of going to work - who wouldn't - even if he does stop her getting simple things done (like getting a drink) because he doesn't like not being held when he's awake!
And me? I had a great weekend in Whitstable for GOGI last weekend - I really enjoyed being there, and doing what we all did over the three days, and I'm already looking forward to planning the next one - leading worship there was a pleasure (it's always lovely to have a seperate dedicated chapel to use rather than the usual setting up wherever we can - which I have absolutely no problem with, but its brilliant to have a quiet space like that where people are encouraged to be still and relax before anything is even said, and the chapel at St Vincent's, while certainly not being huge, does that as well as anywhere else I have been).
Using media in worship always presents problems, and I have, over the last two or three years while I developed the ideas of using media clips of all sorts and sources, mastered the art of reading something while setting up the next clip for those occasions when plans go a little awry and I am relying solely on my laptop... I did have to use the skill a few times, but generally the technology behaved, and people seemed to get something out of what I was doing. I was sad to leave, in a way. I always enjoy GOGI, and as my ideas go, I enjoy this one more than some of the others... But I also feel quite at home doing the events connected with it - even more so this time now I have been out of FURY for a large part of the year... It felt like a bit of a homecoming.
Having said that, I was very glad to get home and see my little family again - its very hard not to miss the little one (and Nik, of course!). Sunday evening was nice and quiet as we all settled back down to being together again - and mercifully, the little one decided he finally needed to sleep after being awake all day...
Yesterday was my first day in my new job - so it was quite scary (with tonnes of information being heaped my way and little brain capacity to keep it all in!), but it worked out ok, I think. Today is day two, and has been a little more active, with actual work being pushed my way, so I'm happy (despite the nightmare journey into work - three trains cancelled at Orpington, the one I finally got was delayed by 30mins, and then it abruptly terminated at London Bridge, so I had to change... missed the next one as it was full, and finally wandered into work about 15 mins late... And I was hoping to be early and everything! Oh well.)
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