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I’m finally writing again

October 24th, 2008 flattley
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So, I decided that it would be time to write on my blog again. I know, I know – I haven’t written for a while.

So much has gone on these past few months that I decided to write about them.

So, this is what has happened in the last few months:

  • Church has moved to Peterborough
  • We went to London with a cool Californian family
  • I have a job
  • I got teeth taken out – and all that comes with it

OK, I guess it wasn’t that much. Well, these are the main things anyway.

Church moving to Peterborough

We moved from our home at the special needs school – Marwick Centre – to a chapel in Peterborough. It is a proper chapel, purpose built for worship. It is nice to finally meet in a proper church building. Our meeting times are from 1:30 – 4:30 in the afternoon. It is a long drive from where we live – about 30 miles. It’s OK though. The chapel compensates for the distance.

Going to London with Californians

We had a missionary serve in our branch by the name of Spencer Jernigan. We had a fun time while he was serving in our branch. I sent his family pics of one p-day that we had at the local bowling alley. We kept in contact with his family throughout the rest of his mission. The emails from his family were always good to read and were funny. The Jernigan family decided to meet up with Jamie & I in London (we owe them big time for their kindness too) It was so much fun to see them. His mom was definatley the kind of person she came across in the emails. His Pop and brother were cool too. I had so much fun being tour guide to them for the 2 days they were there. It was an honour to be able to do it too. I did make one mistake – we stood on the platform of Baker Street tube station waiting for a train and what I forgot to do was look at the board that said trains had been cancelled. Oops. Sorry Jernigans. It was awesome to meet up with you guys.

I’m finally a working man

I got a job working from home. I work for an outsourcing company called Teletech. They are a Colorado based company. I have been outsourced to work for Sky Broadband. I love being able to go from the couch to the bedroom for work. A nice short commute. We had to move the computer from the living room into the bedroom. That was fun! I work providing technical support for Sky Internet. I like the job. I like being able to help people. A lady asked me yesterday whether I liked my job. I do like it. I like the satisfaction it brings when customers say my internet is finally working.

The wonderful NHS dentist

I went to the doctors with severe face pain (cue Jamie with her is your face killing you joke) The doc couldn’t figure out what was wrong so I decided to call the dentist (I was in agony the whole day) The next day I went to the dentist. She had me have an x-ray of my mouth. It turned out that I had an abcess and had a wisdom tooth that was protruding. I made an appointment for the same week to get them out. I went to the dentist and got numbed to the hilt. She managed to pull out 2 teeth that needed to come out. She tried as she did to get the wisdom tooth out. She had to drill away at the bone. It turns out that the wisdom tooth is fused to the bone. I have to see an oral surgeon on Nov 9th to have it taken out. So, after 3 days I had to go back to the dentist because I have dry socket. It hurts like crazy. He gave me some antibiotics for it. It seems to have sorted itself now. Not in so much pain anymore.

Other than these, not much else has gone on. Until next time – hopefully not too long this time.

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A month already!

July 2nd, 2007 flattley
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Well, what do you know. It’s been a month already since my last post. It has been quite a month too.

My job did end, I am at a loss. I have no clue what to do now. I figure I could sit in front of the TV or computer all day. What would I accomplish though? Apart from a few aching bones!

I am looking for a job, so sitting in front of the computer can be excused on those grounds.

My health is generally good. I went to Ely, Cambridgeshire on Wednesday 27 June to see the ENT specialist. I went to see him because of my snoring. It’s apparently bugging the wife and tempting her to smother me during the night. (J/K) The doc said that there was nothing that could be done right now.

We also visited Ely Cathedral. It was £5.20 for admission but £4.50 for concessions. I cheekily asked if I could get a concession as I was unemployed. It worked a treat. Still not sure if it was worth the £4.50 though.

We had a good wander round and took some photos. It was quite ornate and different to anything you would see in a Mormon chapel.

Wall Carvings
Ornate wall carvings

Cathedral Nave
Cathedral Nave. Look at the ceiling!

Road To The Cross
I know where I need to go now!

On our way back, we drove through a town called Welney, Cambridgeshire. It scared the pants off Jamie. You will see why from the pics.

Welney Sign
Think, don’t sink. What the hell!

Welney Water Depth Marker
Look at how deep the water can get. 8 ft. Not for me

On Saturday June 30th we went down to London to see one of Jamie’s (and I guess mine now) uncles and his daughter. It was OK. We waited in Covent Garden in the pouring rain. We found them after half an hour and trundled on down to Leicester Square where we ate at Planet Hollywood (Ridiculously overpriced I might add). I was absolutley soaked when I got there. I still wasn’t dry an hour later.

Jamie was quite apprehensive about going down to London after the discovery of the car nail bombs in Piccadilly. We got home to discover that Glasgow Airport was attacked with a flaming Jeep. It was to be expected I guess.
London Terror Attacks
Glasgow Airport Terror Attacks

That was the fun that was our last month.

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Why you don’t fly

July 24th, 2006 flattley
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So, what a nightmare I had with my flights. I should have figured though. I never have any luck with flights.

I got up at 5am. Got all of our stuff ready. Got to the in-laws around 6am. Picked up our suitcases and headed for the airport – I had to be there by 7am as I had an 8:10 internal flight. Or so I thought!

I got to the queue to check in, only to be confronted by a member of the Continental team. She asked me if I was headed out on the 8:10 flight to Baltimore via Houston, Texas. I replied that I was and she said that I needed to see a booking clerk to rearrange my flight as it was late arriving due to bad weather and that it would be 2 hours late leaving.

This wouldn’t have been an issue had I not had a connecting flight in Houston an hour before we would have landed. That in turn would have made me late for my flight to London.

I got up to the desk and I was given another ticket for a direct flight to Baltimore on another airline. Much to my dismay, this was with Delta. You have to know how much I hate flying with Delta.

I got to security and was selected for extra security screening. Why was I not surprised!

I got on the plane – the only saving grace for Delta is that I was in Zone 1 to board. I was the 6th person on the plane. Much to the disadvantage for myself though was the fact that it was hard to get myself wedged in between the armrests. What an uncomfortable 4 hours that was.

I got to Baltimore with 4 hours before my plane to London. I double checked with a Delta rep to make sure that my luggage would make it all the way to London as the guy in Salt Lake said it would but wasn’t sure.

A British Airways rep called me to the desk as they had my luggage at the side of the plane and they needed proof that Delta had checked it all the way. Ask me if I am surprised!

I got on the plane and managed to get a minimal amount of sleep due to some rowdy child in the row in front of me.

We got to London 35 minutes early, but had to circle in the hub because of traffic on the ground – just when I thought it was going well. We circled around Kingston-upon-Thames a couple of times and then out over south east London where I used to live and then back to the aiport.

I got through immigration, customs and baggage pick up really quick. I then went to get the wife. I went to the wrong terminal first off. I managed to find her and we headed to where we were getting picked up.

There was traffic all the way home, but we finally made it. What a nice feeling that was.

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Finally Here

April 25th, 2006 flattley
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Well people, here I am – finally.

Had an early start on Monday morning. Was out of bed at 02:00, then on my way to the tube station by 03:30.

Got to the tube station with minutes to spare before my train came. there are way too many people out at 05:30.

Had to change trains at Holborn. Not a nice thing to do – all stairs, no escalators.

Got to the platform and on my train. I fell asleep right after we left and woke up in the Hounslow area. I got to the airport and hung around for 2 hours then boarded.

We were LAX bound.

I slept for about 5 of the 11 hours of the flight.

We arrived in LAX on time but were kept sitting on the tarmac for 45 minutes as our gate was occupied.

We were taken to a remote stand and bussed to the terminal. We got into the terminal at 14:10.

The queue for immigration was half an hour. It was worrying me as I had a connection at 15:10. I spoke to someone and they put me to the front of the queue.

I got through immigration and customs OK. I had to run to terminal 5.

I got there and was told check in had closed. After 5 minutes I was checked in.

Got to security who stopped me to check my baggage. I had to run to the gate. I finally got there with 5 minutes before departure.

Now i’m finally in Utah and have spent my first night here. I feel much better after having slept.

Have to keep my strength up as I need it for IHOP.

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Dream Dream Dream

April 13th, 2006 flattley
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So, I had me a dream last night and it was rather weird. I dreamt that the Statue of Liberty had been moved from New York to London – I know!. Well, when she was moved to London, she lost her crown and her stone tablet. She also went from white to black. Apparently this was to represent the diversity in London.

In the dream, I also went mad at the government for being to politically correct – I know again!. I am not racist by any means – hell, I lived in London for 3 years and LOVED it – but it seemed mad to me that they had chosen to do that. Oh well. Strange dream.

Last night, I also wrote my wedding vows. I am getting married in Bountiful, Utah. They do things a little differently than we do here in London.

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