Mike's 8!!!
While The Tiny Paper should be a priority for me, I am afraid of late it has not. It's not that I have lost interest, it is just that there literally, are not enough hours in the day.
Still, a short update is due, so hang on for a brief summary of the past month.
Michael and I travelled back to the States for his twice yearly visit with his dad.
I flew back to the UK so that I wouldn't miss 3 weeks of work, and brought back a large amount of games for review for the magazine. We are played some of those games to add reviews for the next issue of www-thru-the-portal.com, which has managed to come together within the deadline despite Neil's laptop being held hostage by the Sony service center.
While Michael was away we got the chance to attend some of the gaming meetups in London and Brighton, and we met some fabulous people there. This inspired us to find a babysitter, and we now have a number of one of the Kidco employees who is available for occasional babysitting in the evenings and weekends. Last Friday we took the leap, and called the sitter for a night out in London. We saw Watershed and got a signed copy of their lastest album "A Million Faces", which, if you look hard enough you can see a photo of us on.
We also have started on a rather ambitious calendar project, and we are recieving the needed support of the publishers to move forward with it in time for it's release at Essen in October.
On the trip to collect Mike from the states, Mike and I had several days to spend with the Grandparents in New Jersey, and a nice get together with the extended family to catch up and celebrate Michaels birthday. Mike was very happy to see his cousins, and we enjoyed the time spent.
In karate, they recently held grading, but we didn't let Michael grade this time, because he had missed about 6 classes between his trip and sickness since he had obtained his red belt, and while he probably would have passed the test, it didn't seem fair to all of the kids who did attend all of the classes and worked hard to earn it. No worries though! An additional grading will be held in a few weeks, and Michael will be able to grade at that session, where he will surely earn his yellow belt.
It's nice to have spring finally upon us, and we are getting out as much as possible. Last weekend we went to Brighton for the day, and it was nice to finally have the opportunity to enjoy the nice weather after the long chilly months.
Currently all UK flights are grounded due to volcanic ash from Iceland, and the election is looming.
That's the news, til next time!
