Morning all!
Sorry about the outburst yesterday. And thank you for being so nice- you're all very lovely ladies. I promise you I am usually a very calm and optimistic, if slightly hormonal pregnant woman. I think feeling so rotten was taking its effect and I cannot bear to see DH being bullied. There was me thinking we're adults now and this sort of thing doesn't happen. I won't bore you with the details, but it's a woman and she is downright mean, nasty and spiteful. The police force keep umming and aahing about a start date for his training. Originally we were told May, then we were told if he wanted to work within a 20 mile radius he'd have to wait until summer 2008. He has agreed to commute 30 miles to a different "region" (not sure that this makes sense) and has been told he might start in July now. Who knows? The worst thing is he has had his confidence so knocked that he thinks he'll fail in the police force and he has been so excited about joining I can't stand the fact that this mean woman is ruining it for him. In fact, she tries to ruin everything- apparently DH will be 'swanning off on paternity leave without a care for anybody else' come May. This from a woman who has just spent 3 weeks in the Carribbean. Nasty, odious little woman that she is.
Anyway, feel free to ignore the above paragraph. Got a half day at work today so I'm gritting my teeth until 1pm and then I'm off to see the midwife who apparently is going to stick a needle in me according to my appointment schedule (assume it's iron levels etc).
DH bought me a great present yesterday, well great for me. Gingerbread man earrings! I don't care how unstylish and ridiculous they look, they're little wee silver gingerbread men. Oh the smallest of things please me.
Having a bit of a headache over trying to use up holiday at work before I start ML. Mathilda is due to make an entrance on May 17th, my ML starts on May 7th. I have already tacked on a week's holiday to the beginning of this so am off from April 30th. I've still got another week left to take (got a week off the week after next and two weeks off at Easter already) and need to fit it in. They're suggesting that I take it at the beginning of my ML which gives me a whole month off before B-Day (if she's on time). I don't want that long off, I'll go nuts! I don't know whether to carry it over until next year and have an extra week off before returning next Feb (they would rather I didn't) or take 3 weeks off at Easter (which seems ridiculously long too). Any ideas? Unfortunately they won't pay me in lieu which would be the easiest solution. It's such a bugger that I love my job, otherwise I might relish getting away sooner.
Also mildly panicked that I have nothing for this baby. No clothes, no cot, nowt. No funds either really. She's going to be a proper little urchin dressed in rags. Tried to get a few things on ebay and was beaten in the last seconds by little beggars like your good selves.