2006

[doc_who]

There won't be any introspection from me, no looking back to 2005 and rehashing any particular moment or event or nuance. I'm all for looking forward, onward and upward. The year is already one week old, fifty one to go. Some say time flies when you're having fun, other say time flies as you get older. I like to think of it as time is flying faaaaaaaaaaster as I'm having fun getting older. I stopped saying I was 29 ages ago, it got a bit stale after the third year, I won't bother when 39 comes around, it will be straight onto 40, well as straight as a bent guy can.

I'm currently on leave, this year it hasn't been interrupted. I'm making a point of doing very little. Lots of sun, family and friends. Catching up on a ton of reading. My magazine pile is a metre high. I'm at home this afternoon baby-sitting my nephew. An amazing product of love and technology. Here he sits on the couch next to me watching my every move. He can tell I'm not his dad but he can't quite work out why we are so much alike yet not the same person. When he sits on my knee facing me he will reach out and touch my face looking for that non-existant goatee that his father sports, he'll then run a finger along my left eyebrow in search of the piercing scar that I also don't share. Life, I hold it in my hands and bounce it on my knee, precious, unique nothing else compares.

Time for a swimming lesson...won't be long before it's driving lessons.

Comments

[a-trick-mind.livejournal.com]

Wait until Dec is chasing girls or if he is lucky and inherited the gay gene, boys! His mum and dad will be nervous wrecks.

Happy New Year to you.

Tim

[doc-who.livejournal.com]

good morning and happy new year to you

brussels is exactly 12 hours behind NZ so its an easy figure

i won't be doing the birds 'n' bees talk - i am so waiting for that one

i trust you're keeping well and not tiring out rick

do you get frequent flyer miles? and do you get to keep them?

[a-trick-mind.livejournal.com]

Actually I am not sure about the frequent flyer miles. The staff takes care of all my travel arrangements. I just show up when and where I need to be. I'll have to inquire. With all the travel we will be doing, I rather expect we have to surrender the miles to fund future travel.

[ozgryph.livejournal.com]

Welcome back (to LJ land)! I hope Ani passed on my hugs to you and the rest of the Fam during the holidays.

Swimming lessons are a *neccesary* thing, as are driving lessons way down the road (no pun intended).

Personally, I'm looking forward to hearing the screams of his daddies, uncles, and other-uncles when Declan gets his first puppy and/or kitten.

:-D

[doc-who.livejournal.com]

I hope Ani passed on my hugs to you

funny that he said it was a fondle

we are a pet-free zone

I hope 2006 is your year and you and adam have a good one, meanwhile I need to find someone and squirrel grip him