afternoon all. so sorry i've not got on in so long. the holidays were so hectic between the kids and DH, trying to keep them all busy and entertained. had our holiday last week- went to disneyland paris- was amazing!! Much needed.
downside? came home and the electric had tripped, freezer had defrosted, upstairs lighting had gone completely as the fuse wire had blown causing the whole electrics to trip, luckily DH could sort it so no need for a massive electrician bill. also had problems with the car before we went away, got it fixed only the day before we made the big drive, on our way down south we had some problems, had to pull into a garage in the middle of nowhere and the mechanic was a fairly old man, he fixed it and wouldn't charge us for it!! car was great all holiday, came to driving home from london after our holiday and the problem started again :( had to pull in at services 200 miles away from home, called the AA out, and it is driveable, but needs sorting asap... took it to the garage we use and we can't get it in till thursday! :( Just our bloody luck!!
Also had the old freezer die on us last month, DH got caught speeding, and problems with his work promising extra company sick pay in the circumstances but then DH's dick of an area manager (the main cause of all DH's work problems) said he can't have it... he managed to appeal higher than his and got given an extra 7 days sick pay so we had nothing to worry about, but it took 3 weeks out of the 6 DH was off to find out this so half his time off he was worried that SSP wouldn't cover our bills let alone feed us etc. He'd started to feel a bit better about 2 weeks ago, his medication is starting to take some effect, but then a few days ago he started getting anxious about returning to work today. He was scheduled to have a return to work meeting with the area manager, the head office guy who was helping deal with everything, and the manager who had helped in the running of his store while he was off. He was worried they'd make him step down, or go part time or something, i kept trying to keep positive and re-assuring him that he can't be made to step down, and because of the nature of his illness they have to be really careful as if they sacked him it'd be a major case in DH's favour. luckily I heard from him earlier this afternoon and all seems to have gone well. Hopefully getting some structure back in the way of work will do him some good, and hopefully he'll stop pulling his hair out (literally) as he has some big bald spots from pulling at it with stress... I just hope he can cope with it all.
As for anything else? not much really going on here... kids went back to school today aswell as DH going back to work... surrobaby is nearly 6mo!! DD2 is talking much more now too- we got a 5 word sentence the other day!! big progress as at her 2.3 review they talked about speech therapy as she wasn't saying much really. So i doubt she'll need it now!! Wuhoo!!
What have i missed then? no honks i hope?