3 miles

Maybe the vicar reads my blog (it's possible, I may well have given him the link) but he this week asked the adults to put their hands up and answer the question "what one word comes to mind when thinking of God". He'd already asked the kids first so they'd used up all the good ones (Love for me is pretty much the main answer, funnily enough) so I went for "within" - he initially thought I said "with it" and so we had a laugh for a moment. Afterwards, we had a good natter about Rob Bell. There are some ace vicars in my town, I'm very lucky and spoilt for choice :D

Meanwhile for those of you who are wondering what is happening on the hamster-front whilst I blog merrily about love, did you know a hamster travels about 3 miles a night on their hamster wheel? (I'm wondering if this can be harnessed and converted into electricity. Solar panels by day, hamster motion by night). They don't seem to be keeping the kids awake - I'm less sure about my sleep disturbances as I can hear them through the walls - but it does mean I'm more aware of my weird dreams. The mess is phenomenal. There has also been considerable anxiety as they settle in (a 5 day programme of increasing contact has had to be adhered to, with varying degrees of success).

Had to miss choir last night, and don't really want to miss my other tomorrow night too, but will have to get a lot of collecting done around work today if I'm going to be able to make it, so had best fly...