Durham / North East Meet Ups - 2012

[juneybean]

Hello hello! Here I am with good intentions to behave and show up to some meet ups since I utterly failed in 2011!

So we need ideas for daytime meets and of course we must not forget our night time meets

[b]Daytime Ideas[/b]
Beamish
Saltwell Park, Gateshead
The Giants Den, Team Valley
Botanic Gardens
Beach (in the summer of course, unless we want airborne children!)

Okay so ideas for January daytime, I think cake is definitely in order so I propose the one that's next to Ebony, the huge place, down some steps, uhh... Slug & Lettuce is it? CAKE!

January night time? Is this something we want to plan? I know we're always poor after Christmas!

That is good news about Liz's DD!

BTW I have this for you, so you can inform all those really annoying people who cannot help themselves, Indith.

Have you had that baby yet?

No, I sort of agree! Who doesn't have insurance?! Presumably she also had no life insurance so there's no money from that either.

Still, it's a monumental peice of bad luck and it could be a nice day as well as charitable so we might go.

Good to know about Liz's girl.

I'll be finished teaching in 10 days. I say we should celebrate with cake, with or without mini-Indith's arrival...

It is horrible luck yes. I suppose the cynic in me goes "well people on the group actually knew her IRL already, they didn't care about trying to get her days out and a holiday before." and on the flip side of things sometimes the story is completely true and worthy but people get so into wanting to help they lose sight of what the person wants and it all goes pear shaped (think of Riven on here).

I want cake.

Kara I have already got into trouble with my sister over "have you had the baby" comments.

Actually, lets do a mini AIBU?

Sister (remember this is my child disliking crazy sister who has never given a damn about my children before) send me a text "When are you going to get sprogging? I want to meet my new nephew". I decide this must be meant to be taken in a joking tone of voice. I reply "shut up". Intending it to be taken as a joke. The response is "you won't have to be so rude. Seriously, wha tis up with that?" I realise my mistake and I reply "sorry, tone doesn't come over well in a text, it was supposed to be joking but really, I do answer that question about 20 times every morning, lunch and afternoon on the school run plus phone calls and texts." So I have now apologised and pointed out it was a joke reply. End of no? Response is "Maybe it is because we actually give a shit I am really hurt by your response rant rant rant......"

So I seem to have offended her and seriously hurt her feelings. Can't even tell her she will understand when her times comes .

did someone say cake? I'm up for that. It would be nice if there was a lovely squishy newborn or two. hint, hint vikinglady. I know you are reading this to snuggle.

I deserve cake after working really, really hard. Am sick of reading about the statistics and implications of the abolition of the default retirement age and planning for what this will mean for work in 10 years time. In fact I think I shall go foraging for cake now.

YANBU. But she won't see that. Can you reply with- I know that you give a shit and that is why I knew that you would understand when I sound off about how frustrating this situation is?

Failing that, ignore her, have yourself a cuppa or something stronger and figure she'll get over it when the baby actually arrives.

I found cake. Training even downstairs and there was leftovers. I got coffee and walnut. yum.

oooh I like a bit of coffee and walnut cake. My Mum used to make a lovely one with vanilla fudge icing on top.

That would be an excellent response spiff, good thinking.

I've already given up looking at Mums in Durham! I found my neighbour and FB friended her. So that was it.... but don't be too harsh on people without insurance. I thought that after all the flooding in Cumbria, but turns out there are all sorts of reasons why people don't - uninsurability, just too expensive etc.

Jst checking in. No particular reason. How is everyone? Indith?

Would anyone mind if I joined your thread? I moved to Newcastle last summer and have 3 DCs who are 4,3 and 1. Am loving living up here, but don't know that many people yet. And I like cake (a lot)...and wine

Still here SPB. He is going to be like his brother isn't he. I shall have to resign myself to another week and a half of this.

Hello hackney, welcome :) We eat a lot of cake. Sometimes we escape our homes in the evenings and drink wine and cocktails.

Escaping homes? Wine and cocktails? I love the North east even more !

Hello Hackney, welcome to our little corner :)

Still needing my prescription cake please??

Hi hackney. I must join you all for cake. I have some days off coming up, not sure when they'll be exactly

hello hackney . I have a 5 year old, 3 year old and 9 month old. Cake and wine keep me sane

Shall we organise some cake then? I can't do the 6th, 8th, 13-15th March. There are probably another couple of dates but I can't remember off the top of my head. Mon or Tues best for me. What about the rest of you?

I can do any of those dates :)

sorry juney- they are the dates I can't do!

Tuesdays are very good for me normally. This is going to sound very sad, but I always do my long run on a Monday morning and I tend to be a bit psychologically disturbed for the rest of the week if I've not done it .

Hello hackney! Hope to see you for cake wine and cocktails (all before 11 on a Tuesday morning!) very soon...

I have no idea what's going on

I feel so ill (TMI warning). Horrible, horrible night last night. Woke up around 1.30, went to the loo rather violently. Started feeling really, really sick, shaking, hot, cold, some tightenings. Spent night awake clutching sick bowl which never got used but kept having to go to the loo. Never had diarrhoea like it, just rivers and rivers of it.

Starting to feel slightly less sick now. Back hurts, have tummy cramps.

Can I just bloody well give birth please? I'm sure that would right all the wrongs.

Ds is being a tired puddle of grot and shouting at everyone and everything. Poor dh.

Oops, haven't had my caffeine yet!

To be fair I can do most days as I can always bring my work-sprogs.

Eeek! Hope your sickness passes but hopefully it's a sign of things happening?

Oh Indith, that sounds nasty. There has been a d&v bug going round. DH felt off for ages as it kept coming back. Have you tried some of those probiotic drinks? DH swears that they really helped sort his system out. live yoghurt as well? plenty of fluids too to stop cramps. DB's consultant always recommended flat coke for re-hydration even when kids were hospitalised for dehydration. it is easily absorbed and gives you energy and fluid. glad dh around for you.

indith that's the last thing you need right now - tho there's loads of nasty bugs going around St M's right now, so don't suppose it's any different round you. Yoghurt (proper yoghurt) is great to replace all the bacteria you've lost once you stopped "expelling". Oh dear, do hope you get better soon.

Oh Indith :( hope it passes through your system quickly.

Have eaten half a yoghurt. So fed up/grotty/grumpy/tearful. I had a whole bloody week of diarrhoea just before half term! Ds who started the original tummy bug a couple of weeks befor half term has not been quite right on th epoo front since and keeps having little bits and bobs or it.

:(

Poor you Indith, just what you don't need right now!
And YADNBU about your sister. I like Spiggy's response.
And welcome Hackney!
I can't do Tuesdays, with DS at nursery in the morning. Monday and Friday's are the only days I can do.