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We had our first meeting with the local midwifery team yesterday.  Not really much to report – we went through individual and family medical histories, took some of Vic’s blood for a battery of tests and received our pregnancy book thing.  This book will hold everything to do with the pregnancy from the first scan right through to tests and details on the the first few days of our baby’s life.  It’s a very substantial document with lots of good reading in it.

According to the experts Vic is now 14 weeks and 2 days pregnant and just starting to show (but only if you look hard!) Still early days…………..

PS: Fourth run today and another 59 seconds off 18:16 – 17:43 – 17:03 – 16:04   The strange thing is I’m pretty sure that I’m not any fitter, it’s just that I think my body is remembering how to run again!  I think it’s running smoother and more efficiently and therefore faster for same amount of energy.

It’s this photo again!

Amateur Photographer magazine runs a year long Photographer of the Year competition with various “themes” for each monthly round.  From the thousands of entries received each month from all around the world (35mm, Medium Format, Digital and Large Format) they choose a winner and 29 other point scoring entries.  Last month the theme was architecture so I thought I might as well print off a copy and send it in – nothing to lose right?

This was the first time I had entered and I had my picture published in the magazine! 

I must admit that as this is the highest selling weekly photography magazine in the world this means quite a lot to me!  Sure, I didn’t win anything and I have been in What Digital Camera magazine twice (and won a printer) but this is the first actual published competition I have entered and to get what is in effect an “honourable mention” makes me a very happy chappy :vbg: 

Hi all, hope your weekend is going/has gone well

My third run today and another 40 seconds off!  18:16 – 17:43 – 17:03 :vbg:   Once it’s down to less that 15 minutes I’ll start increasing the distance.

Isn’t it funny how those endorphines work.  I’ve been for three runs which is far too short a time to have any effect on my body and yet I feel so much better about myself from a physical perspective.  Is it because of the exercise induced natural high or is it because I’m actually doing something to “improve” myself?  Probably a mixture of the two……..

PS: If you do a search for “truck marc photography” on google my blog is first on the list! Bizarre :zoink:

Just a quick note to say that I have become a contributing writer to a collaborative website dedicated to digital photo editing called The Photo Shop

If you have a digital camera and an editing program go and check it out

We have only just started but hope to have many handy hints and tips up soon.

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Went for my second run this morning.  Did the same course but in 17:43 – 33 seconds faster.

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The RMT went on strike today and brought the entire Undergound network to a halt.  Vic’s trip to work usually take 45 mins.  I just called her and she is a third of the way home after one and a half hours!

I don’t want my newly pregnant wife to be stressed out, over heated and standing up all bloody afternoon.  Bastard union f*ckers! – Not happy!

Here’s some tube facts……

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Most of the weight I lost over the last few months has piled back on 🙁

I’ll be honest and admit I have NO will power.  It wouldn’t be so bad but Vic’s food demands are mostly for stuff that’s not exactly weight loss friendly.  I’ve been making dinner every night for her and I just eat what she wants to eat as I really can’t be arsed cooking two meals.

But I went for a run today! It was only two miles (18:16 – pathetic) but at least it’s a start.  I tried to start running about a month ago but after running once could hardly breathe for the rest of the day and hardly walk for the next two!  This time though I paced myself a lot better and, although breathing heavily, wasn’t too wheezy.

I’m going to try and run at least 4 times a week to start off with and want to get to the stage where I can run for an hour without it being a struggle.  We’ll see…………

So now the Chinese goverment is deciding who can and can’t advertise at New Zealand airports !

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