Thought I would share this with you - sorry that it will be long but I feel the need to get this off my chest.
6.20am today - after two weeks of tonsilitis and a day of d and v with no time off work, I awoke this morning to remember that I had not prepared ds nursery bag last night, so stumbled out of bed and prepared bottles, nappies etc. Showered, dressed etc by 7 ignoring the fact that ds was clearly awake. Having ignored extremely helpful advice on Mumsnet recently about getting self and baby dressed at last minute was forced to get changed at 7.30am due to regurgitated weetabix and SMA progress nicely decorating black v-neck top. Eventually managed to get ds and self into car and drive to nursery, quelling feelings of guilt at taking him as he has been a bit vomity after a chesty cough although well in himself.
Ds pulls enormous mardy face in car all the way to nursery and is only placated by surprise finding of favourite toy under his car seat by me whilst at traffic lights. Throw myself on the mercy of nursery who (happily) agree to have ds despite weetabix incident earlier. Fight my way through rush hour traffic to get to work by 8.30 (under re-negotiated post-baby hours agreement)
Take some flak about Liverpool score last night, then throw self into pile of paperwork. Send memo to entire team regarding team meeting on Monday - spoon feed them again the dates of future meetings (already issued prevoiusly). Pay bills and bank income. Clear out office for new incoming staff members next week. Perform a staff appraisal. Manage to ring nursery - ds is ok - guilt abated temporarily. Have meeting with Senior Partner. At 12.30 realise have not eaten and sucuumb to bag of chips provided by caring member of team. Help out with some data input, devise new reporting system for important issue and have meeting with key member of team to discuss it. Spend twenty minutes persuading her that the extra work involved will be mine not hers and that we will al benfit from efficiency increase. Take telephone call from dh informing me that he has come home from work sick and gone to bed - will I collect ds. By six pm through Manchester rush hour traffic when am not supposed to finish till 6. Throw self on mercy of employer who agrees. Complete an audit, negotiate a contract and placate an upset member of staff in lightening speed and leave at last possible minute to collect ds. All for 3/5 of pre-baby salary.
Fight through rush hour traffic again, arrive at nursery to find ds crying and has sicked up his tea. Guilt looms once more. Take him home and give him fluids (fear of dehydration at the forefront) and play for half an hour.
Manage to pop head in on dh who looks pathetic, but no time to comfort him as ds is shattered and crying. Bath him and get him ready for bed - give a small bottle and pray for no vomit. Administer anti-biotics and calpol.
Put him to bed. Hurrah! He goes straight to sleep. Give dh drink and paracetamol as he has a temperature of 101 and consider what to do if it does not reduce. Clean and sterilise eight dirty bottles. Stack dishwasher, load tumble dryer and washing machine, check on dh again who is feeling better and hungry, so go and make some pasta (putting bottle of wine in the fridge at the same time)
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