Hello all! Still busy here but enjoying keeping up with the thread. I found the talk about anxiety really interesting. Genuine question: when is it anxiety rather than 'being anxious' about something? I really don't know. Like Need I am fortunate to be fairly resilient. Again I attribute that to my childhood - unstable due to DF's work but stable loving family, iyswim. Lots of moving home, lots of new schools, always the new girl. I cope well with most things but I think my comfort relationship with food goes back to those days. So I do have a crutch. Interestingly however, I realised a couple of years ago that my stress /emotional eating was really completely passive and mindless, and that if I just switched my brain on to what I was doing I didn't need to do it. It's not a strong association between food and Stress reduction, more just a mindless habit to graze. I lost quite a bit of weight through my most stressful time ever, of DS's ASD diagnosis and my dad's cancer diagnosis /treatment. Just because I paid attention to what I was eating. I am trying again now, having put lots back on through pregnancy and the sleepless aftermath.
Meadow I really feel for you. You must feel awful in every way. But you are not a burden - your situation is pure unlucky biochemistry, nothing you can do about it. Poor DH re. Driving test, the late night won't have helped but can't be helped. Easy to fail a driving test, even for good drivers. How is DGPig now?
Glad you are feeling better Life. You also sound quite chipper Lonely - great work on the selling!
Sunny I had a tooth out under GA when I was 10 and DM took me straight back to school fir the afternoon session afterwards 
! I don't think that was a great idea but the procedure itself was very quick and as the patient you have no idea what goes on anyway. Probably harder on you, DS will be fine and hopefully that thought will get you through too.
I have not been very frugal, what with Christmas shopping and stuff. I haven't got too much left to do now - I was hoping to get it all done this month but I am still waiting for MIL-inspiration to strike, as well as one or two other awkward people! I also can't find my stash of cards and wrapping paper. I hope they are in the loft when DH gets the decs down.
Spent £75 on a real tree and stand at the weekend. I am seriously thinking about an artificial one next year. I do love a real tree but it is heck of an expense. The problem I have with fake trees is their perfect conical shape - I want them to be a bit less geometric but they never are. Sigh.
My scooter is being delivered tomorrow - I am very excited bet it comes while I am on the school run and gets taken back to the depot . Wondering whether I should get knee pads. I am not confident my enthusiasm will not outstrip my balance when racing DS!
DD's sleep is still shit, thanks for asking Need 
I have a ridiculous weekend coming up... I have a friend over for lunch on Friday, then my sister Friday night (DH is out). Then I have 2 couples and their kids coming for lunch on Sunday. So 12 of us altogether, 11eaters plus my DD (who, incidentally, mugged me for my banana today. I had never seen her stare so much and then she grabbed my arm and got stuck in!) . I am making my special chicken pie in advance on Saturday to be organised. Plus loads of profiteroles for pudding. That was all fine. But then I realised the local autism support group has its Christmas fair on Sunday too, so I can't go. But I feel I must bake for them. I usually make a massive lemon drizzle cake and 24 cheese scones. At £1 a piece they always sell out so it makes the group £44 just for two lots of my baking. So I'll need to do that on Saturday too. And somehow put the decs up (it's an annual Christmas get together with the Sunday friends) and clean the house. As we have no cleaner. Yikes. This is all with clingy DD in tow. Hope DH feels like baby bonding. Or hoovering not bloody likely