(Just for my own info, I have started writing this at 9.04am, know damn well it won't be finished in one go!)
Hellooooooooooooooooooooo
Oh my goodness, where to start? Haven't obviously caught up completely (my last post was in Auguest and ) have just read the last few days worth, so apologies in advance of anything missed! OK here goes....
Firstly, HUGE congratulations to Kooky and family I was really pleased to read you'd all made it home. Hope you have all started to settle in xx
STT, really sorry you are having such a tough time of it. There is nothing you have 'failed' at, most people would call on friends/family/childminders by this point. Let's hope he doesn't hang on till the last like J did (though actually, I kind of miss the whole labour thread debacle, MN at it's finest! - maybe it's time for another one!! )
Kay, did I pick up on you passing your theory? Well done!! You're half way there!! (I'm driving tonight, am a bit nervous, he said last week he'll be looking at putting me in for my test after today's lesson, kind of feeling the pressure a bit now)
IDOB, you just make sure you keep reminding him that you are very heavily pregnant!! Stick to your guns and make the most of this calm before the storm! Hope you're not feeling too big and uncomfortable.
Glask, have you tested yet? Have ya, have ya, have ya? Seriously, fingers crossed you get the result you want.
Tink, I am starting to wonder how you look after 2 kids, do a bloody good job of keeping up to date on MN, and fit in all that shopping. Do you have a machine that crams in an extra hour or two a day?
Hope the weather holds for the weekend for everyone in York, will keep my fingers crossed Am sure you'll all have a lovely time
Sorry if I've missed anything, or maybe I should say sorry for all I've missed, because I am sure I have.
Have been rushed off my little toes here, don't even know where to start to explain all that's happened. Our house sale is still going through, survey took place last week so waiting on results (though the bloke that did it went into the EA apparently after the survey and they've told us that it is basically sailing through )
We found a house to move to, not sure if I'd mentioned it or not, it was a barn conversion, absolutely beautiful, didn't quite tick everything we wanted but the big plus point was being able to keep DS1 at his school, we paid the LA fees, they did all the checks, Thursday last week we were expecting a phone from them to say the checks and references had all gone through fine and to come and pay the deposit, didn't hear anything, Friday LA said the landlord was a bit worried about the kids being there, (it's a massive 4 bed house, where you'd expect to find kids! so we were a bit ) All weekend we had to wait for him to make up his mind and then yesterday we were told he'd found a private tentent to go in it. Am a bit pissed off, he'd obviously had this tentent approach him towards the end of last week, tentent goes for a look round over the weekend, agrees to have it, landlord get's the whole rent instead of having to pay a percentage to the LA , oh and we lost the LA referencing charges because they had actually done them
But, all is not lost, we're off to see one tomorrow night, t'is even bigger and at least on paper seems to tick more boxes than the conversion did, big down side is DS1 would have to change schools, but we knew that was very probable from the outset.
What else has happened? First week back at school, kids all have colds, have found 3 nits on DS1 on different days (I have taken to combing his hair every afternoon when he get's in now! They must be bloody rife up at the school) I had my hair dyed at the weekend, for the first time in years, still keep catching glimpes of myself in the mirror or a reflection off something and thinking "what the bloody hell? Oh yes, I dyed my hair" , erm... what else.... oh oh oh, we won the lottery at the weekend as well, 4 numbers £87, except we actually got 4 numbers and the bonus ball, am still cross about that, one more sodding number was all we needed!
Am all caught up in packing now, although we don't know where we'll be going yet, the couple that are buying the house are coming back again on Thursday because they want another nose have more questions That is the third time now, is that not starting to take the piss a little? It's very difficult to make the house look anywhere near good with boxes everywhere, and we've bought the stuff back from storage, M's room is unrecognisable, it's just boxes everywhere. In fact the whole house is starting to resemble T K Max, just piles of stuff everywhere, stuff that needs boxing up, stuff that needs chucking in the bin, stuff to go to the tip, stuff to go to charity, stuff we need to keep out separate from everything else..... the list goes on.
Have I made a respectably long enough post for the time I've been AWOL? Can't think of anything else to moan about tell you all so it'll have to do!
Will try and get back before October! Have a lovely time in York everyone xx