First post of 2007

How ridiculous. I haven't posted in almost 3 months.

I'm starting to notice a theme here. Every post I make starts with a comment about how long it's been since the last one.

Anyway, I was inspired by my friend, Dr Ben Cosh, who has just started his own blog at http://www.normaltrouble.blogspot.com/. If he can do it, so can I. I'll be interested to see how long he keeps his up to date for.

So what should I talk about? Work is tough, life is tough, I could do with a break! We're going through a very difficult patch at the moment, as we've been idiotically short-sighted in regard to the boys' schooling. We hadn't really planned at all, and we're now faced with a choice between local schools which we're not 100% happy with, or having to move house to get within the catchment of a better school. The heart-breaking thing is we went to look at a school which we absolutely loved yesterday, but we're about a quarter of a mile outside the catchment area, so we can't get in. To quote my American friends, it really sucks.

I don't know which way we're going to go at the moment, but if I remember, I'll keep this blog updated with the latest developments over the coming months.

On the positive side, Max finally learned to walk last week. He's extremely cute - he still walks with one hand in the air, holding hands with the invisible sky god, a remnant from when he used to only be able to walk while holding a grown-up's hand. I don't think I've got any pictures yet - I'll try and get some this weekend. In the meantime, I'll post a couple of other recent pics.