And so it begins. This blog is really just a means to keep my family and friends up to date on things that are happening in my part of the world. My family, while close to my heart, are geographically separated a long way so this is a convenient way to keep them up with the play.
In time, and as my blogging skills expand, I imagine that this blog will become more interesting to casual visitors because the topics will begin to vary more. For now posts will be mostly of interest to people who already know me.
Ok. Introduction out of the way let me get into a quick catch up to now. Since I came back from Holland at the beginning of August I've had an interesting time of it here.
I was due to have my inguinal hernia operation the week after I got back but a pre-op check up showed up a wobble in my heart so the operation was postponed until that could be checked out. The treadmill stress test showed that in fact I am very fit and well and the cardiologist commented that my test was one of the best he had seen in a long while. It would seem that the wobble was in the ECG machine rather than my heart.
The op was rescheduled and went well. I had mild sedation and a spinal block so I was awake during the entire op which was a unique and very interesting experience. In a way it was a pity I couldn't see what the surgeon was doing but, there again, that might have been too much information. Recovery the first night was quite unpleasant because the spinal block meant that pretty much everything bellow my belly button was non-functioning but still quite able to transmit pain. If I had to do it again I would opt for sedation and just local anaesthetic.
Since being home things have gone well but of course doing any work on the farm is out for a few more weeks yet. And, of course, I am using this time to try and line up some more contract work or, failing that, a permanent position. As usual one of the key requirements in the type of work I am looking for is that the job delivers a tangible social good to society. And there may well be a wonderful opportunity in the wings. I've had a preliminary discussion about this and if this opportunity comes to a job offer I'll let you know what it is all about. For now I can say that this role would enable me to make a significant and long-lasting positive contribution to the well-being of families in need. This is something I am very excited about and I hope that the organisation does select me for this job.
That is pretty much where we're at to date, except that I need to buy a bigger chainsaw to be able to do the firewood. The one we bought while we lived in Wellington is fine for sawing small diameter wood but I can't actually use it to fell our firewood trees with. Because this past winter has been so cold we used up all of our dry firewood, and we had to buy in more firewood twice. That means that as soon as I am able to I need to drop a few trees and process them into firewood so it has time to dry before next winter. Right now we're hunting the online auction sites for a suitable chainsaw with a saw bar of at least 24 inches. No real hurry yet because it will be at least 2 or 3 weeks before I'll be able to use it, but if we spot one at the right price we'll buy it.
Right then, that's it for my first ramble. Comments very welcome.
Remco
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