Hmmmm, this morning was a bit stressful. (Thank you dh for not getting dd to sort her own gym kit, or apron, or uniform last night, for not signing her hwk Agenda and for not helping her to weigh out her cookery items for today, despite leaving half of this prepared and writing you a long note) but for managing nonetheless to leave me with greasy baking trays, numerous plates and crockery dotted throughout the house, along with a trail of discarded clothing, plus the form I left specifically for you to fill in 
. Hwr he did feed and water the furries so can't be too cross (plus dd should have been able to sort most of stuff herself but didn't)!
Anyway, just about made it to parish vestiare on time for volunteering slot, did quick supermarket shop, post cookery-class pick-up and having sneered at Flylady for reminding us how to use a calendar, got my come uppance when I realised that I needed to send off my god-daughter's birthday present (fortunately already organised) very urgently indeed. So just having a quick cup of tea and a catch up with thread before heading off to post office before it closes (queues smaller at very end of day).
How have you all been getting on?
Sorry so many of you had fraught evenings (and in the case of Shannara mornings) yesterday trying to settle restless dc.
Toffee, Bitchy and Alice have been discussing sleep meds. Hats off to you all (and others on here) for functioning so well despite having continually broken nights which must be so very draining.
Toffee has been providing post-midnight feasts and creating a model of the solar system. (Sorry to hear about ds1's blood test. If it's any consolation Vit D deficiency is quite common in us city dwellers I think, and easily remedied - over here it's little phials of something called D-cure which you can put in oj and drink (once a month I think). YOu can't taste it.) (And could high white blood cell count poss be in response to flu jab - not sure?) Btw, if he eats broccoli, then it has more iron in it than spinach apparently - if not - Floradix is good (and reasonably palatable). So glad your ds1 enjoyed his teacher's visit and had such a positive start!
Bitchy worked her way through a mahoosive list and has been off-setting the negative effects of paperwork, politics, and sinusitis (hope latter doesn't develop in to anything serious) and zombie-inducing sleep deprivation with hash browns and ice cream! Thanks for kind words [dabs corner of eye with handkerchief] 
and hope you can catch up on shut-eye tonight!
["My understanding is that if you can hear him snoring, you're not holding the pillow down hard enough."] Alice made me cackle and communed with Sir Alan and has been baking like a domestic goddess! (Hope your sinus headache has cleared too.)
Fuzzpig has been battling illness today (lots of horrible nausea-dizzy bugs going around here at the moment) and has, very wisely, been taking it gently. On the positive side -she has resolved her childcare probs for Sat, been tackling her finances and Flying high! (Glad the system is making a difference!) (And 'ark at you and the stash and dash!! 
) She is also planning to do some major decluttering with her dh during half term. (Sympathies as I also have two rooms and an entire basement that mimic hoarder-next-door 
). Suggest poss ring-fencing specific parts of specific days for decluttering with your dh ie Mon, Wed and Friday mornings (or afternoons if dc settle better having gone out first) and then arm yourself with DVDs to keep dc occupied while you do it! Good luck! Think dc (and dh's for that matter) are always more bribe-able amenable to cooperation if they 'know the plan' ie "today is a cleaning afternoon then we going out to have some fun tomorrow" ifyswim! (Now need to follow my own advice .)
Goth tackled a post-parental-visit clean-up (good to hear you all had a fab time!). Arf at year-old jigsaw!!
Shannara had a stressful start to the day but went on to sort yet more birthday/half term and wedding plans (inevitable that Flying takes a back seat for now with all of that to contend with!) Good luck with it 
Poor Pushme has been gamely ploughing on through her list, despite having a dreadful cold. (Hope you feel much better today and you can get the rest you need.)
Coffeeandcream has been preparing herself and her pets for their holidays (glad you managed some much-deserved time-out for yourself!).
Castle chose a propitious moment in which to order custom-made bathroom cabinets (think I will definitely take inspiration from this and go direct to tradesmen by-passing dh; which is obviously where I have been going wrong and where most long hoped for plans vaporise in to nebulous cloud). Hope potentially difficult meeting turned out to be otherwise!
Swan has been trying to incorporate maths activities in to home decorating (argh just had flashback to those sort of real-life-problem maths questions which would fill me with abject fear "if it takes 4 litres of paint to cover 9.5 walls and 3 ceilings, but you have 27 walls and 7.5 ceilings to cover, how many etc" 
).
SC is feeling a bit haggard!
Have a good evening everyone! BBL!