Late today, and short again, but I’m blogging anyway because yesterday was just an amazing day, an inter-meshing of surreality and reality, of past, present and future. A revisiting of old haunts from over thirty years ago, the potential of new opportunities, the cementing of cyber friendships into the real world, and a reminder of just how small this world really is, with the bizarre discovery of a mutual friendship from, in my case, even further back. Plus, as things stand at present, a night away from ‘home’ is always a pleasure.
And while I was away, the concretisation of something which in itself may be commonplace, but in its individual expression feels utterly miraculous. Close friends know that, at the beginning of December, my nineteen year old daughter told us that she is pregnant. At the time I was shocked and concerned about the problems that lie ahead for Laura and her boyfriend, and for a while hoped that it wasn’t true, or that something might happen to stop nature taking its course.
But yesterday, she had her 12 week checkup. And today, when I got home from my trip, she was able to show me something that reminded me that, no matter how difficult and confused the path ahead, there is always hope, and life is good.

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- 2009-01-23 @ 15:24:31
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- 2009-01-23 @ 15:30:07
Ambrosial!!! Can't wait to repeat the experience

I know I referred to you-know-who somewhere, I'll try and dig out the post.
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- 2009-01-23 @ 17:12:00
don't forget the mushy peas.
they were important.
great to meet you both and hope we'll meet again before too long! xx-
- 2009-01-23 @ 17:32:48
I forgot the mushy peas!! How could I do that!!! All hail The Bridge Tavern!!!!
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- 2009-01-23 @ 18:22:07
Hey guys - fish, chips and mushy peas where was my invite????
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- 2009-01-23 @ 18:56:25
Ahem, I do realise that fish, chips and mushy peas take priority, but...
No comments on my grandchild???

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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:00:38
Of course - I was going to do that in another comment - my internet connection has been down for most of the afternoon - sorry

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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:03:30
That's OK, you're forgiven!

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- 2009-01-23 @ 18:54:46
mmmmmmmmm......... mushy peas

I panicked after the order went in because they weren't specified.
But apparently they come as standard in Pompey... just like Grimsby!!!
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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:03:21
Hi - her I am to oooh and ah!!!!
Fantastic
When is the baby expected?
I found a scan piccy of Aimée (who's just turn seven) in my bathroom cabinet - her Mum want's me to take it over to show her the next time I'm over.-
- 2009-01-23 @ 19:07:51
4th August!!!

which is a week after his/her uncle's birthday...
And, I have a sneaky suspicion, the birthday of an old boyfriend of his/her Grandma's!
(sounds vaguely familiar...)
Now, twice I have typed that as 'her' and had to correct to 'his/her'.. do you think that's significant???
PS not the 'mutual friend' that Roadrocket and myself discovered yesterday, his was definitely May...
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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:12:31
You've lost me now!

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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:16:56
Sorry!
Not sure which bit lost you...
I think I keep thinking of the baby as 'her' because I assume my 'little girl' is going to have a 'little girl'.
And I found out yesterday that my 'childhood sweetheart' was Ed's guitar tutor!
Small world!!!
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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:22:17
It was the "mutual friend" bit that lost me!

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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:31:28
Yes, I can understand that!
I think everybody else in the pub was a bit bemused at the way I screeched when his name was mentioned!!!
I'm sure I mentioned him somewhere - off to try and dig out the reference!
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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:53:05
Open invite to Pompey anytime you like Marian...
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- 2009-01-23 @ 19:52:04
And a fabulous guitarist he is too...
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- 2009-01-23 @ 20:01:02
And the rest!

I'm pretty sure his birthday was 4th May... definitely a Taurus!
http://husbandorcat.blog.co.uk/2008/05/16/catching-up-or-not-4180302/
http://husbandorcat.blog.co.uk/2008/05/17/sons-and-daughters-and-4184626/ -
- 2009-01-23 @ 20:14:44
...and I found this one in passing... plus ca change!

http://husbandorcat.blog.co.uk/2008/05/21/what-do-i-want-from-my-life-4201318/-
- 2009-01-24 @ 02:34:27
I'll have a look... I never encountered anybody with such a stunning ear. I remember he was working out a version of the Stones 'You'd Better Move On' one time when I turned up for a lesson. He ran through about three quite different arrangements of it and was in the process of selecting one. I also remember that I first heard the Bahamian Guitarist Joseph Spence on his record player and Spence's playing later on became a big influence on me for a lot of the art/technology Mash-Up work I do, let alone Guitar playing...
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- 2009-01-24 @ 08:01:53
I remember sitting in my back garden one summer day hearing him practising in his garden two doors down. Magical. I guess he was about 16 at the time, and he was already giving lessons. Should have asked him to give me a few -
- oh those missed opportunities!
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- 2009-01-23 @ 22:28:35
Positive posts. Good omens. Movement in the right direction.
Definitely a
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- 2009-01-24 @ 00:32:52
It is good news about the baby. Much as we'd like our children to have time to grow up and experience some 'life' before having their own children, it doesn't always happen. I too will be a grandmother this year and i'm looking forward to it. Is it my almost 22 year old daughter who's expecting? No, it is my 20 year old son and his lovely 26 year old girlfriend (who already has a 4year old boy so i'm having to get use to being called Nana.) I'm thankfull I won't have the sleepless nights.
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- 2009-01-24 @ 08:17:37
And there are some advantages to having your children when you're young rather than being tied into all the juggling when you're in your 40s - I've seen it with friends.
Life happens, doesn't it? And somehow things have a way of getting sorted out.
When is yours due? We'll have to keep comparing notes!
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- 2009-01-24 @ 10:31:19
Baby due 17th June. I was going to post scan picture up too, but we all think baby looks like a roast chicken hence my name for baby at the moment is 'Chicken Little'' so might be better to wait for the 20 week scan picture!
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- 2009-01-24 @ 10:43:55
I was completely gob-smacked at how clear this one is!

Laura said it was wriggling around all over the place when they were taking them!
roadrocket
Wow!!! Great stuff. Life itself...
It was great to see you and Eagle-Eyed Kev in Pompey. A great Blog meet up and I look forward to working with you both on the Uni project. And also absolutely bloody amazing that we have a mutual friend from, in my case, 26 years ago and in your case a wee bit longer!!!
Hope to see you back down here for the Mash-Up and I hope the Fish and Chips were satisfactory, if not to Grimsby standards LOL!!!