My journals from 1984 until now
Wednesday, 26th January 2000 – Eye Accident We were very scared last night, your father and I. Just before you were to go to bed I was changing your nappy and then I let you go for a little walkabout in the room to get some fresh air on the parts that don’t see much … Read more
Sunday 2nd January 2000 This has to be written down: what we got up to on New Year’s Eve of the new Millennium. History for posterity. Christmas was relatively quiet (apart from a stupid argument with my mum). R. cooked a wonderful dinner; we had roast beef (I don’t like turkey). R. and I went … Read more
Tuesday 21st December 1999 You have learned how to stand up on your own! Before this you had to support yourself to get up, but now you do it all by yourself, clumsy as it may be. It’s been extremely cold and we are just freezing to death in this house. I just hate going … Read more
Monday 13th December 1999 – Your First Birthday I didn’t get called back for the interview and was a bit disappointed, but not for long. I just have to keep trying (I haven’t really even tried yet!). I don’t like being rejected though. It’s very disheartening. Your First Birthday Well, well, it’s your first year … Read more
Wednesday 8th December 1999 Had the tests for graduate vacancies at Wilco yesterday. The first two were easy, verbal reasoning (I was given text and had to say whether the statements were true/false/cannot say without more info type of thing) and logical reasoning (I was given a set of rules and had to point out … Read more