January 07

Things are still going well for all of us. Kaitlin is enjoying her holidays and is getting a fair few shifts at work. Alan has, once again, got an infection in his leg and so is, once again, on another course of anti-biotics. The good thing is that on the previous occasions these anti-biotics have worked - the battle with this type of infection seems to be making sure that you treat it with the right medicine and thankfully they have managed to find the right medicine the first time and not go through a range of medicines trying to find which one the infection responds to.

The first 20/20 game between Australia and England is on - it is becoming a little one-sided (nothing new with the way the cricket between these two countries has been going lately)

Alan went back to work this week and no doubt, by now, feels like he never had a holiday. I went to see a specialist rheumatoid guy today because of the aches that I have in my knees and elbows (and it turns out it is probably related to my back pain as well) and I have finally got the reason for the aches - not that he can actually help get rid of them but at least it is not all in my head (which is what I was starting to think as the blood tests and the x-rays have all been normal) - the long and the short of it is (and the way I understood what he said) that due to my dreadful sleeping patterns, I am lacking serotonin and this has caused my brain to amplify the feeling in my knees, elbows and back which now registers as an ache. IF I can improve my sleeping pattern and increase the serotonin levels, I shouldn't have the aches anymore. I just wish it was as easy to remedy as it sounds. I am now looking into sleep clinics in the Brisbane area and will see what they can offer.

We caught up with Marie Brown on the weekend who is out here visiting her daughter Vanessa. We manage a catch up meal whenever she is out here. All seems to be well with the Brown family.

Well - am off to watch the rest of the cricket - not that England have a hope in hell of coming anywhere close to our score. Take care everyone and go safely.