a) not dead
b) better
c) up and running
d) rude and irreverant
His Mum wasn't convinced of it all either, so she came over to look after him and give him a big hug. Here is the ocular proof!
Of course, the best thing for a person recovering from meningitis to do is to move house about 2 weeks after they get out of hospital. Although we'd originally planned for Nic to pick up the massive doghouse with his little finger (Nic being a handsome, muscular adonis prior to the meningitis, as he keeps maintaining), he was reduced to but a shadow of his former self, so we enlisted a large team of men to help out. Or maybe a team of large men. Anyway, there were six of them.
The new house is lovely. It is all of 2 blocks from the old one, but on a much quieter street. The street is pretty and full of trees and cute cottages. The house is probably from the 1940s, wooden floors, lots of windows... and lovely Jo bought us new couches for our gorgeous new lounge room.
Nic has been very busy doing useful things in the backyard. So far they are all dog related. We are putting in a fence to keep her in her place, and Nic has been finishing the siding on the doghouse.
We have been keeping Jo entertained as best we can : ) We took a lovely trip up to Asheville and enjoyed the mountains in Spring.
Nic also took Jo to a lacrosse game. I spent the afternoon helping another friend move house, using my wonderful experience gained when moving our house ...
And, finally, me modelling my exciting new Funkadelic t-shirt after Nic and I went to George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic.
"The most unbelievably funky thing I've ever seen" -- Nic George
Unfortunately he was referring to George Clinton, not to me in my t-shirt.
4 comments:
Love the George Clinton Shirt Sal - he's the grandaddy of funk!
First time I've seen the blog - an awesome effort, who put it together?
Meningitis??? That sucks dude! (you can take the girl out of America... well you know the rest).
Glad you're feeling better. As for the muscular Adonis thing, I believe you Nic even if Sally doesn't. My friend's husband had appendicitis and after he started recovering she said she could barely look at him he was so gaunt. At least Sally still looks at you (presumably).
Enjoy the new place :)
Tiffani
Sal you have to watch PCU Pit Party for the scene with George Clinton and Jeremy Piven! Funking awesome!
Nic good to hear you are on the mend. Woodworking will make you manly again!
Cheers, Tim.
Hey Nic, that fence looks pretty good. Did you remember to bury the posts in the ground? Kidding. I can't help but think of the chookhouse you and I build in the shed, but like the idiots we were, couldn't fit it into the chookyard.
I was helping fence a couple of hectares of pasture trial in merredin. I stayed with tim and Catherine. Good times and a fricking good fence, if I say so myself. Will email you some phone pictures.
Chris.
PS I might be in Vancouver by August at this rate, and I hope to be attending the IUFRO conference in Quebec city. Getting closer.
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