General catch up

Mrs has started her new rheumatoid arthritis drug - Humira. She has only had two injections so far- the first was administered by the nurse and hurt, the second she did herself and it was fine. Improvements should be seen between 2 weeks and three months of starting. In her first fortnight, there does seem to have been some inkling of improvement and she surprised herself with a longer walk than she has done for ages. But its hard to tell given the daily variation in the disease. However, we are hopeful.

She has had a number of encounters with people from our old church, all of which have helped convince us that moving was the right thing. Much of this centres around our toddler's current phase of biting children in nurseries and playgroups, and the negative attitude the self-proclaimed 'experts' at our old church have had towards her as a result. But we did have a nice letter from one of the wardens, who hit exactly the right note. If it was just her we would go back!

Despite the biting phase, which will end eventually, our daughter seems extraordinarily bright. I know all parents think this about their kids. But she's not three yet and already handling words like 'Pterodactyl' in day to day conversation and if you say a number she will point to the right one on the chart. And she's pretty.

Child 3 (17) passed his driving test. Great! Lowest insurance quote £6500. Bad!

Children 3 and 4 busy with GCSE's and AS level exams. I have been very proud of the way they work hard at revision. they deserve good marks.

My work is going well. early results form my reservoir spillway model indicate it works well.

We had great time at our church last week as the main service was closed and we were sent instead to the youth congregation in the ministry centre. Very good indeed. But there are real political difficulties in terms managing the relationship between the two congregations and persuading the older youth to transfer to the [boring] traditional Anglican main service.

Reading a great book at present "Blue Like Jazz" by Don Miller. Not everyone's cup of tea, but very honest, very deep, very refreshing. It is one of the factors in me starting to feel vaguely like a Christian again after the trauma of leaving our old church.