I saw my big brother, Chris, today. He is down visiting for a couple of days. Some of you may be wondering how and when I managed to acquire an older brother, me having been the eldest for most of my life. Well in a nutshell, mum had a baby when she was 18 and her father made her give the baby up for adoption; after his adoptive father died in May 2009 Chris decided to try and trace his birth family, registered on Ancestry (the online genealogy site) to start the family tree, which threw up matches with mine and my aunt Carol's, and bingo - he had a contact. We met up for the first time ever on 20 December last year and it's been a whirlwind ever since!! He lives on the mainland but gets down to see us about every six weeks or so, and we're still catching up. Kealy and I also managed to track down his natural father, who now lives in France, and presented Chris with those details for his 45th birthday in May this year - they've been in touch, have met up when Chris went to France, and that all seems to be going well too. What a story - I've told Chris he has to write a book about it one day!! And he also now has a very impressive collection of surnames.....
Anyhow, C and I, along with Kealy and Toby, went over to Carol's house where Chris is staying, for a couple of hours catch up etc. Carol's house is lovely - she has a big open plan area downstairs where people just tend to arrive and gather; it has a lovely atmosphere and you always feel welcome. It's easy to sit there all day nattering!! It was also nice for C to get out again and see other family, as we haven't done much of that lately. He seemed to cope really well and was quite upbeat again; then home for a flop on the sofa!! Afternoon naps, how cosy, I must get into those...
Tonight was choir again - we're cracking on with the Christmas repertoire and it seems to be going well. Good job really, because it isn't that many rehearsals until the concert on 13 December (got your tickets yet??), which will creep up in no time! We've got quite a few other things to do as well before then, which means brushing up on three other repertoires before performing them. Busy busy busy....
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