More skills

Maxim is still learning one or two things every day. He progressed to the point when he can repeat pretty much anything we do or say. When he picks up a new move or a new word he repeats it over and over again until he forgets it.

Now he can easily manipulate items with both hands. Sometimes he would play the speed game. He would take an item, like a book or a small toy, with one hand than quickly pass it to his other hand, than back, and than back again, and so and so forth for about five minutes. That one is really fun to watch.

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Corporate barbeque party

Barbeque

I spent most of the day today at a sort of corporate party, that was up in the mountains and involved lots of barbequed meat and beer. Many people has quit the company since our last corporate party. And many new has joined. So it was a good thing to meet up at socialize.

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New location for the work desk

For the last five years that I have been working for my current employer, I have changed only two work places. Both of them had me sitting with my back towards the door. Sitting with my back to the door or room entrance is by far my most hated position.

Today I moved my workplace to a new location. Luckily, I don’t have to sit with my back to the door anymore. Now it’s on my right side. Not perfect, I know. But at least an improvement.

Not his day

Today was probably Maxim’s worst day so far. He attempted and received a number of injuries that would have normally be more than enough for a whole week.

He started the morning by finding a very dangerous fin of a dried fish that I misplaced yesterday. He put it in his mouth and kept it unnoticed until he started choking on it. I was on my way to work already, but luckily Olga was close enough to notice and fast enough to act upon it. The fin was safely removed from Maxim’s mouth.

Closer to the lunch time, Maxim crashed his face into a remote control. It was not particularly bad judging from his behaviour. He didn’t cry or complain too much. But there were a few drops of blood noticed by Olga. Apparently, he injured his mouth. Nothing serious though.

Later, he did his Grand Injury. He fell and hit the wooden chair with his right eye. That was something! Both him and Olga were crying for unknown period of time ( I was still at work). Maxim’s eye was so hurt that it closed and wasn’t opening any more. It hurted so much that he was even holding cold tooth ring himself. Usually he just throws them away. When I came home in the evening, his eye looked OK, except that it was surrounded by a blue and red scratchy kind of bruise.

Now, he is safely sleeping in his bad, so I guess, we can close this day in his calendar. Not a good day. Hopefully, though, he learned a lesson or two…