D'ya ever wonder how life still carried on like this?

[Kelly1978]

A new thread!
Especially for throckenholt

I was hoping the original one would go to 1000, but it was gettign a but annoying scrolling all the way done, so come over here instead.

How is everyone coping with the school holidays?

I'm fed up with the rubbish weather, as we're stuck in the house too much. I daren't take them to soft play as it packed during the hols and then I can't watch all four of them. Plus it costs a fortune.
Mine are changing so much. Rav is becoming a right wuss, scared of new places. I suppose it shows awareness, but it is annoying when I've driven miles for a nice day out and he just wants to sit and whine because he is too scared to go on anything! Shay is developing his houdini skills, and now has a tendancy to bolt out of parks so I have to watch him like a hawk. I must dig out the reins before we go on holiday.

i think your all bl**dy superhuman!!!
how do you find the time to post any thing? my dts are 9mths and with 2 elder dds and dh all competing for my attention not only do i never have time but someone else is always on the pc as well.
just to prove the point Ururupuin hears the sound of movement from the pushchair.....

hi, hm, thanks for asking. I've been avoiding this thread a I didn't want to clog it up with my looong story. But anyway, ds only had to spend one night in hosp then he was allowed to come home and dp was told to get out. The polcie arrested him on two counts of abh, we are waiting for the outcome of that. He isn't allowed near dd or ds1 so things are very hard atm. He hasn't comitted abh but I've had to face up to the fact that there are problems.

Hi Folks,

my life is stressful at the moment too - nothing to do with twins - just the trials of being chair of the local playgroup - if you are ever offered that opportunity run a mile in the opposite direction !

At least DH has been truly supportive (we are talking to each other more than we have for months ). And the twins and DS1 are being pretty good at the moment.

One silver lining - I have lost 1/2 stone in a week (never managed to do that on a diet ).

wish i you'd told me that 3 yrs ago.
youngest dd wanted to go to rainbows as eldest was in brownies. i was told the group was closing soon as the leaders had had enough and muggins here volunteered......
but i'm very lucky with dh he is incredibly supportive although out at work 11 hrs a day, but always on end on phone for shoulder to cry on when things get too much

funny that - Iwas digging through the bumph in our playgroup folders and found a bit that says skills required of a chair "encouragement, ability to diffuse difficult situations, impartiality, command respect, approachable, ability to respect confidentiality, thick skin and a supportive partner"

Not sure why I had never found it before the current sorry episode - but at least DH has risen to the occasion

Hi girls, I made it back, Robbie let me go.... for a while.....

He was lovely, just lovely, and I wish the crowd had been behind him more. It was the quietest crowd I've ever witnessed. Everyone seemed to stand back and wait. We were at the front and I was amazed that folks just stood and swayed slightly instead of going crazy (in contrast to a couple of weeks ago when the crowd were so loud I lost my voice singing!!) I still sang and danced my pants off though!! The venue was rubbish for a concert (Milton Keynes bowl)and I think this may have had something to do with it. Ah, thats my waffle over.......it was heavenly, managed just a couple hours of sleep so I'm sleeping very soon.

Kelly, I'm hopping over to your other thread to see how you are....

Mmmmmn chair of the local playgroup.......its my guess that the adults will be so much tougher than the kids , take biscuits, if the blood sugar remains stable you can always use them for bribery!

I'm back ! Had a really great holiday, very relaxed (the first time I have properly relaxed since ds was born, probably the last time for a looooooong time!). My bump is growing and I am now really proud and happy that (all going well) I will be a twin mum in a few months !

well, I've tried and tried, but I just can't manage to read all the new posts since I went away, so I'm giving up and just jumping back in here and I'll do my best to keep up!

Having a crisis today though, was heartbreaking ot leave ds at nursery and come to work , i've been half in tears all day. I'm starting to reconsider my hard headed 'I will come back to work after the twins are born' stance. Keeping my options open though, maybe its just all hormones!

Kelly, I'm probably out of date now, but I'm so sorry for your troubles . Your thread describes quite well, but I still can't imagine the hell you are going through

Hi Leo, welcome home! I'm glad you had great holiday, feels like you've been away forever!

Thats one of the reasons I didn't go back to work, I couldn't stand the thought of leaving them so young. Its just different for everyone isn't it, so just wait and see. You do what you feel is right for you and yours.

I'm nipping off to check on Kelly and I think Mars is revising.....

glad you had a good holiday.

To be honest going to work part-time is one of the things that keeps me sane I think .

It feels as if I was away for ages ! 3 weeks is the longest holiday I have ever had! It was great!

Throckenholt - that's exactly how I have felt up until today. I found ds so exhausting when he was small that it was a relief to go back to work, but now he is so adorable and fun that I just don't want to leave him ! He loves the nursery though and it would be a shame for him if he was stuck with me all the time. I probably just need to settle back in.

a soon to be twin mum in need of a bit of support and encouragement ladies.... come on! Let's show her what we're made of! (Please!)

Well I'd like to say that I'd been revising FG but to be honest I've read a play and just read the words rather than looked into the content.

Hmmm Kingship issues, family issues, gender and cross dressing issues, power issues. Oh dear Lord.... how many kinds of fool am I to have taken on this course? What if I fail? Wail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right.... moaning over. Time to study. Off to see Shakey at the Globe tomorrow, then off to Brighton on Friday for a revision weekend (and you know I'm gonna find some salsa whilst I there!).

Got a new client, lost work this week due to vomiting children, lost a couple more inches round my waist, bust, arms and thighs. So not a bad week.

DT2 has taken to:

screaming when it's time to leave the house. I mean why on earth would I want to get his older sister to school on time. Why should the poor wee boy have to put clothes on?

sitting down in the middle of roads. Imagine me wanting to actually cross them?

folding his arms so that I can't hold his hand. Bad mummy! How terrible to want to keep him safe on the roads.

Sigh............. the joys!

Marslady, i have now sussed out that you are duoala (omg can't spell it ), but what is the course you are doing? Its nice to know that with twins (and other children) that some of you still find time to work and study.

Doula!

I'm doing an OU course. Shakespeare:Text and Performance.

In fact I'm off to the Globe tonight to see Anthony and Cleopatra (again!). I love the theatre.

I have lovely teenagers who babysit for me.

Hey, I'm doing AA306 too! Am finding it hard to fit everything in at the moment . Good luck with the exam in October!
I loved the Globe when I went on the summer school-my first time and it was FAB!

Oh lady of Mars, pray tell your delight consumed by your waking moments this very evening at the Globe.....

I'm soooo tired, these kids wear me out.

jumblesale... which week did you go on? I was at week 1.

FG.... it was lovely. Frances Barber was a bit screamy, Mark Anthony was very Roman, Caesar very young and Leopardis.....yummy! (at least I think it was Leopardis lol).

Had a wonderful evening. Tomorrow I'm off to Brighton for a revision weekend san ma famille. Oh the sheer unadulterated joy!

wonder what shakespeare would think of being called shakey!
I'd lvoe to go to the globe I've only seen it fromt he outside.

throickenholt, I'm suppoised to be secretary for the local playg. Haven't been for the last threee weeks though. I think I'm gonna have to tell them I can't manage it now, but it looks like I may have had a near escape.

Yeah! Kelly's back! (I know you're far from feeling all is normal and that you'll be on your other thread for sometime but its good to have you back) .

Did she mean Shakin Stevens then

oh of course, shakin stevens the reknowned writer of a midsummers nights dream, macbeth, etc.

thanks fg.

I'm just back from a funeral, much sadder than I thought I would be, so many lovely things said. Now all I can think of is shakin stevens singing green door and I'm laughing and laughing thinking of the video . Gona pick up the kids, talk soon, hope you're hanging on x.

kelly - I think sec is the best one to be - all you have to do is the minutes and letters on request !

I am trying hard to escape being chair of mine - committee meeting tomorrow - trying to drum up courage to resign

Hi Ladies I'm home..... but I'm gonna have to sign off for the next 2.5 weeks. I really enjoyed the revision weekend and got so much done! But!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It made me realise quite how much work I have to do. So.......... long and short..... my social life as I know it is OVER! My MN time is FORBIDDEN! My life will now be filled with themes of Madness, Family, Kingship, Authority, Minor characters, Critics (New Historicism, Cultural Materialism and other big words), Blood, Cross Dressing ad nauseum....

Remember me fondly won't you? Sob! And I'll see you on the other side.

So.... that's it then.............. gone!

No really.................

Honest......................................

Truly...........................................

Just keep everything crossed (including those mangoes FG) for the 12th October. I've even given up my sal......... sal............ sal........... dancing!

Good night! So long..... fare well..................

Somebody stop me!

Bye!