Life Uni: dr engagement first house job Libby phd pregancy titles Uni wedding
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A change of title…
So after five and a half years, an engagement, the first house, a wedding, a first job, Libby and starting on the second I’ve finally finished my PhD so I’ve changed the title of my blog to remove the ‘almost’ part and make it the proper quote. Oh and I’m also Dr. Stacey now ;).
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Holidays: charlie holiday icecream ironman lanzarote Libby no suncream wind
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Lanzarote with Libs
So we’re back from Lanzarote, back to reality some might say! We had a great time out there, revisiting some places and generally having fun with Libby. She especially loved all the swimming and beaches along with all the spoiling that comes with being on holiday with some of your grandparents.
While we were away Libby seems to have learnt so much but, the one thing that she has really taken away is the word, “No”. If you ask her a question now you just get “Noooo” which is quite amusing - even more so when she does herself out of things as she says it before she thinks about it! She can now move herself around the swimming pool unaided and has worked out the Grandad is always good for icecream ;).
Charlie and I also enjoyed revisiting some of the places and things we did during our honeymoon as we were staying quite close and had a car - a Zafira which was actually alright. We didn’t go up to Timanfaya this time but I not sure I like the idea of Libby being in those coaches. Libby did however get to enjoy looking for the olivine at El Golfo and the beach at Orzola.
The Island was as windy as ever but the weather has still ensured that we’ve all come back with a tan - even Libby though how she managed that after being plastered in factor 50+ suncream all week remains a mystery to me, she has more colour than me using the factor 15 stuff!
On the Saturday that we were out there we watched the Lazarote Ironman competition, this is a hardcore triathlon that is done on the Island each year. First they swim 3.8km in the sea, then a 180km cycle course all over the island and then when they get back from that there’s just the small matter of a full marathon to complete - and on Saturday that was in temperatures of up to 33 degrees - madness. The winner did the course in about 8hrs 37mins, now that really is an Ironman Downey Jr. We met a guy who works for Renault F1 who was doing it for charity - I asked him if they needed any Software Engineers but there’s no word yet…
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Holidays: charlie holiday inbox ironman lanzarote Libby Tommy twitter
by Rob
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Looking forward to a week in the sun
Ash cloud depending we’re off to Lanzarote tomorrow! It’s look like it’s going to be fun as I won’t be able to get the internet and so won’t be able to do any work which will be a change! Just playing with Libby and RA Salvatore - perhaps the odd night out with Charlie ;).
We’re nearly all set, we know the sign for Ice Cream, Libby’s stuff fills the cases and I’ve found the paper part of my driving license. It’s going to be an experience taking Libby abroad but I’m quite looking forward to it, perhaps that’s just naivety though ;). A four hour flight is going to be interesting…
We’ve also got the Ironman competition to look forward to whilst we’re out here (http://www.ironmanlanzarote.com/) which should be fun to watch, Charlie says that it’s an impressive sight, I can’t really imagine how these guys would be able to do all of it in a single day but then they’ve probably done more training than me. Hopefully they would find C++ similarly challenging - mind you so do I some days ;).
So nothing for a week, twitter will fall silent, my inbox will grow and the cat will wonder where we are…
…he probably won’t miss us 
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Life News events: battles castles easter hedingham castle Libby
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Easter Weekend
With four days off work for the Easter weekend we tried to do some exciting things, on Friday a trip to Bury St. Edmunds was on the cards, Saturday was the Easter Bonnet competition, Sunday was Roast Duck and Monday was Hedingham castle for a medieval battle.
No pictures for Monday as our camera wasn’t working but my Parents go some so I’ll have to wait until I see them again!
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Libby events: allotment colchester zoo Libby mothers day pictures zoo
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Libby and some recent-ish pictures
So I haven’t updated the blog for ages, mainly because I’ve been hugely busy with everything. I’ve had these pictures uploaded for ages and keep meaning to put them into a post so here goes.
These pictures show Libs just before Mothers day - during our Mothers day trip to the Zoo and then her at the allotment doing some digging.
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