An eventful week....

Well, to say it's been an eventful week would be an understatement.

Tuesday morning, 3:15am, house alarm goes off. Thinking that my 2 year old son has tripped the alarm again by going downstairs (which he's done before), I wander downstairs. As I open the living room door, I see two burglars in the kitchen. Well, I (as anyone would) run towards them, yelling all manner of things... They, of course, decide to make a quick exit. A tussle occurs between one of them and myself, resulting in a minor screwdriver stab to my upper arm. Anyway, to cut a long story short, they bolt over the garden fence, and are gone.

Turns out that I'd left the patio doors unlocked, which I never usually do, and they'd been a couple of scally chancers who had been trying the houses on the off chance that someone (like me) had left a door or a window open. Actually, one of the burglars had reminded me of the fact when they were leaving, shouting "Remember to lock your doors in future!". Fantastic, community safety advice from burglars.....

Anyway, a visit or two from C.I.D., uniformed police officers and a forensic officer taking prints, and I'm back to normal again. I'm not going to deny that it was a scary experience, but at the time (with your family in the house with you), the adrenalin starts pumping and you don't really think about the threat, all you're concerned about is getting them out as quickly as possible.

On a lighter note, I went to see my daughter's nursery graduation today. That's right, today is her official last day before she starts school in september. It was also my son's last day as well, since he's moving to a different nursery in september, so it's all change. It was very emotional. The staff always get emotional, which you expect, since they've known the kids for over two years, most of them for most of each week, and then they go off to start whichever school they've managed to get in. My wife and I certainly got emotional, since it's very much the end of an era. As much as I know they're going to enjoy school and the new nursery, I'm going to miss that nursery. It's a lovely place, the staff are great, and it's a place which I've seen my kids develop from being babies to being young, confident children.

On the viewing front, I watched Jimmy Carr's 2005 stand up show Stand Up 2005. Yes, I agree, imaginatively titled.

Anyway, what a funny guy. I never used to be a big fan of his, until I watched him hosting 8 out of 10 cats, along with Sean Lock (another comedian I'd love to see in a live show). Jimmy Carr's fantastic deadpan approach I find hysterical.