The big 3-0

Happy Birthday to Nathan!

The big boy turns 30 today! Hurrah!

Some facts about Nate at thirty:

- He's dedicated to achieving his goals. Any goal he has he will commit 100% of his efforts into achieving it

- He eats, A LOT, and very frequently. His work mates think all he does all day is eat!

- He is keen on learning more and more about nutrition and how the foods that we eat affect our bodies and well being

- He's becoming quite the bodybuilder

- He's a positive person and always strives to be a better version of himself

 - He makes me laugh all the time

 I will be flying back from the Philippines tonight and then we'll celebrate his birthday tomorrow.

(Special thanks to my work colleague, Ferdie who drew that caricature of him)

Hectic year so far

It's been a while because it's been so busy. After a relaxing start of the year things are in full swing now.

Earlier this month my dad went and done some routine medical check ups and found the issue with his prostate to be getting worse. For the first time his PSA levels went above 10. He consequently had an ultrasound done which confirmed the enlarged prostate, which has "heterogeneous echotexture," which the doctor believes to be cancerous. He will go and get a consultation done in about a week and then a biopsy done a few days later so they can take samples of the prostate and confirm for sure if it's cancer or just a benign enlarged prostate. We're hoping and praying it's not cancer but either way something needs to be done about it.

This past week I started a new secondment role at work and while it is non stop busy I am loving it so far. I am working as a Real Time Officer in our Workforce Management team. We manage the call centre queues and rostering. It sounds easy enough but it sure gets complicated a lot of the times!

Two nights ago Nate's dog got really sick suddenly and without going into too much detail Little passed away. It was so sad. She was such a cute and good dog and as strange as it sounds it feels a little empty and strange without her. It's amazing the way animals or pets can have an impact on one's life. I will miss Little.

I've been back at the gym these past two weeks as well. No weights though, just cardio until I get a little motivation back I guess. I went to the doctor last week and she said I had high blood pressure (the first ever for me) so I am hoping exercise fixes that too.

That's pretty much the last little while. I am really wanting life to just slow down a little and no more bad news or events. I don't think I can take any more!