Swallow The Sun & great to be home !!

Greetings again Worlds !!

It's been just shy of 4 weeks, since I last put finger to keyboard..... where does the time go, when you're having fun ?! If I'm right - it was 4 weeks ago, tomorrow, when I last signed off...... sorry about that !!

First tho'... the family.

As I type, B... My Wife & Dearest Friend... is sat over to my left. We picked up next weeks TV guide, this morning & she is looking thru' that.. Most times, she buys it on a Tuesday - along with a bar of my favourite chocolate, in order to keep me grounded, on what day of the week it is. It really does help !!

As for the rest of the Clan... well, ME is coming over a bit later. B is going to make something for the M & M's house & she is coming to lend support !! I've not seen M for a few weeks now..... but, we'll catch up at some point, I'm sure.

I would tell you about our Son - J - but, I've not seen him in a couple of years & - as he still seems to hate my guts - I doubt if that's a situation that is going to change, anytime in the near (or distant) future !! Oh well.....

As Marlon Brando said in 'Apocalypse Now'....... "I know my Son will not understand what I have tried to achieve" ...... well, each to their own I guess !!

Right.....

So - where have I been, over these past weeks..... Well, in a nut shell - stuck in the hospital again !! As I wrote, all of those days ago..... I went in on Wednesday 28th October and that's where I've been ever since !!

My health had steadily gone down hill & when my infection levels went over the 200 mark, so I called the Consultant up & basically said "Help" !! I went into the hospital & then had surgery number 11 on the following Wednesday....... November 3rd.

In a way, it worked out really well.... I was due to have the same surgery, today....... sooooo, I actually had it all done, 3 weeks early !! Had I gone in - today - and had it all done.... well, I would of been stuck in the hospital, in the weeks leading up to Christmas & I would not of been too happy with that !! It wasn't a great load of fun, as it was, being stuck in the place, for nearly 4 weeks..... with-out all of the build up to Christmas !!

Anyhoo - it's all done & dusted now..... the metal work is out of my body & all being well, most of the infections, linked with it, are behind me !!

I actually have all of the metal work here & I can now see, just how weird & wonderful it all is !! It might sound dumb - but, to have the stuff, in front of me, it represents a form of "closure". I - we - have gone thru' a shit load of stuff, over the last 30 months.... sooooo, to have all of the stuff removed & to be able to see, what was causing the problem.... well, it's over now & I'm already feeling a lot, lot better !!

I will no doubt go on about the hospital stay - in the coming days & weeks..... sooooo, be prepared to have lots of stories, especially about some of the characters I came across, during their stays !!

As for the music of the moment...

Well, I've only picked up 2 Cd's.... during my enforced stay, away from home. Those were....... another version of Nightwish's 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' album. Ok - I already have the original Cd release..... with the instrumental versions Cd, but this one has a very good DVD along with it !! It's really good - tho' so far, I've only played a small section of it......

The other Cd... well, that was a punt in the dark......

I've bought a 3 Cd studio album by a band called Swallow The sun & the album is called 'Songs From The North - I, II & III'. It's really strange, but it's kind of heavier than I usually buy - but, it's worth having in the collection !!

The tracks are:

CD I

1) With You Came All Of The World's Tears
2) 10 Silver Bullets
3) Rooms & Shadows
4) Heartstrings Shattering
5) Silhouettes
6) The Memory Of Light
7) Lost & Catatonic
8) From Happiness To Dust

CD II

1) The Womb Of Winter
2) The Heart Of A Cold White Winter
3) Away
4) Pray For The Winds To Come
5) Songs From The North
6) 60 Degrees 50' N. 28 Degrees 40' E.
7) Autumn Fire
8) Before The Summer Dies

CD III

1) Gathering Of Black Moths
2) 7 Hours Late
3) Empires Of Loneliness
4) Abandoned By The Light
5) The Clouds Prepare For Battle

Ok - I know it's heavy & the names don't do much for the tracks - but, considering I've never heard of the band - let alone heard anything by them, it was worth buying !! Check them out & go for it !!

Right, I may as well shut off for now.... my back is killing me - mainly as I've spent most of the last 4 weeks on a bed !! To be honest - the quicker I get some strength back, the better..... that won't be for a few days/weeks tho'. I need to let the wound heal, before I do too much !! Oh well......

Thank's for logging in & reading my words.... it's great to be home & writing again !! I will return in a day or two - probably tomorrow..... until then...

Bye Bye