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I've only realised that it's been a year since I've last written a blog, so here's a little update. I took severance pay from my employers last September, so I used the money to pay off my loan, home improvements, and I travelled to Barcelona, my grandfather's home city before he emigrated to Jamaica in the 1930s. I got to see distance relatives for the first time, and I also got to meet my grandad's sister who's in her 90s. She was in tears saying that I had grandad's eyes and confident swagger. I never met my grandad, and my father never talks much about him, yet during those two weeks it was great to finally piece together this grandparent's history. It was a great holiday.

I still have problems with my health, I was told that it'll be a while before I'm back at work, but I got very bored not having to work, so despite my chronic health condition, I've been able to get myself a part-time job at the petrol station at the end of my street. It's great I don't have to walk far, plus it doesn't interfere with my hospital appointments.

I hope my health improves because, my wife and I want to start a family. My mother spoke to me last week saying that she wants to see my children before she gets too old, and I'm the only one of her children who hasn't got kids of my own. Before I get the wife pregnant, I there's a few places I want to visit first, and I hope this coming year I can do so.