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Lucy123 · 18/08/2002 18:18

Sorry about this _ I just have to rant to someone and my usual have-a-rant-to friends are all uncontactable for various reasons.

Today has been awful. DD has not napped properly at all (most unusual) and has been hungry all day. Have spent most of today feeding her or trying to coax her to sleep.

Also we've had a bit of a drain problem for a while now. Our house was designed by an idiot, who decided to route the sewage of 5 other houses though our basement. There is now a total blockage in the pipe that leaves our house. There was a semi-blockage before, we had the truck out and everything (after a long struggle trying to find the access point which was buried, not marked and totally not where the plan said it should be). They didn't fix it, but they did temporarily clear it. They said they could only fix it if we found the next access point (and there isn't one). Argggh!

Anyway the long and short of it is that we now have a very smelly pond in our garden, while we're waiting for the landlady to return. I shouldn't have agreed to wait, but now the problem is worse and we can't contact her, not to mention that we don't know who to call in anyway. Today the level of water (from 5 houses) was so high I had to syphon it off into the valley behind our house to avoid it contaminating the swimming pool. I am at a complete loss.

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crystaltips · 18/08/2002 18:52

Just had SUnday Lunch with my MIL & FIL

JayTree · 18/08/2002 21:03

Yep - that sounds like a bad day to me Lucy123. Hope you have a better one tomorrow
Sounds like you could do with treating yourself tonight - candlelit bath with some nice smellies and scented candles to mask the drain "scent" with a chilled glass of wine should do it... if not, chocolate always works for me!

SofiaAmes · 18/08/2002 23:27

Well, I've got the stepkids down again and guess what! they're infested with nits again and I've got a whole week of looking after them, plus my son and I'm 8 mo. preggers. ugh!
p.s. lucy123, i'm not sure where you live, but in london, if the sewage of a house is shared by more than one house then Thames Water is required to fix it at their cost. Several of my neighbors have had this problem and had their sewers unblocked quite promptly by thames water at no cost to them. good luck.

lilibet · 18/08/2002 23:30

that really sounds crap! and you can't even have a drink, b**r! how many step kids? Why do dh's never deal with nits?

WideWebWitch · 19/08/2002 00:00

Sofiaames, sorry to hear you're still having the nit nightmare, unbelieveable! Will let you know if I think of any good revenge or remedies

Joe1 · 19/08/2002 09:37

Sofiaames, use some Tea tree essential oil on their head, just a few drops and send them home with the bottle.

Lucy123 · 19/08/2002 09:50

thanks for the sympathy everyone - SofiaAmes, I live in Spain so property/drainage law is complicated. I think it's technically the responsibility of all 5 houses together, but the others may disagree. On the nits, yuk, but have you seen those new zappy comb things?

Jaytree, I'd love a bath but will only have to clear the water up later!

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tigermoth · 20/08/2002 08:55

SophiaAmes, my blood boils for you. I know nits are tenacious little beggers and the hot weather probably isn't helping, and not all remedies work instantly, and the mother 'might' have tried to sort this out while you were away, but still...

How far away do the children live? can you send them back to their mother for a nit treatment or comb through (collecting them after) and say you will do the same every day until they arrive nit free? probably too much to-ing and fro-ing, but just a suggestion.

SofiaAmes · 21/08/2002 00:02

thanks, tigermoth, unfortunately it's a 2 hour drive, so not really feasible to send them home. I have been letting me husband do the combing, but it's still a hassle thinking about it and trying to keep my son off their beds. And just to add to it, I went to the doctor's today to have my son's wheezing checked out and asked her to have a quick look at the 3 raw patches on my stepdaughter's head...she said that they could be just from the scratching of the nits (that's what her gp diagnosed) or it could be ringworm (much more of a royal drag as it is super contagious). I sure hope it's not the latter. ugh.

tigermoth · 21/08/2002 10:12

Goes from bad to worse, sophiaAmes. If it is ringworm and super contageous, I assume the children's school might not let them attend till it is cleared, so that might goad their mother into action, if she needs goading.

I hope the children are OK in themselves. Hope they do not get too upset about their infestation and all these associated problems.

Willow2 · 21/08/2002 22:20

Hi SofiaAmes - hope you had a good holiday. Just saw some electric nit zapper in the Great Little Trading co catalogue - don't know if it works as am yet to face the nit nightmare. The last time it happened I was about ten, and my brother, sister and I had been taken to some grand hotel by my (recently divorced) father and his mother. For some reason I was overseeing washing my brother's hair while my father and gran had afternoon tea in a very swanky conservatory. Anyway, their peace and quiet was shattered by my running in and announcing to all and sundry "my brother's got nits!" Frankly, it serves them right for not sharing their scones. Anyway, my father looked as though he was going to spontaneously combust but my frightly smart Jewish grandma marched us straight over to the concierge and demanded he send out for nit shampoo!

Know that's not much consolation - but hope it gives you a giggle.

emsiewill · 22/08/2002 15:19

Sorry in advance, just want to vent.
We've got nephew (nearly 5) staying with us this week - partly reciprocal in return for dd1 staying with him last year, and partly to help out while they move. He's a lovely little boy, and is no trouble, (apart from the fact he wants food all the time, and also has said he won't marry dd1 which has broken her heart), but I'm beginning to find it all a drag. Of course, dh is away all week, so it's all down to me. Dd1 is soooo competitive, she can't bear it if her cousin is better at anything than her (bouncing, swinging, eating, sleeping.....). They are forever telling tales on each other and dd2, arguing and so on. Dd2 sees it all as an excuse to be more silly and mischievous than ever. I've been making sure to keep them all busy, but I thought that this afternoon, it wouldn't do them any harm to spend the afternoon playing here (since Monday, we've done swimming lessons, library, cinema, picnics, paddling pool in the park, mazes, adventure playground, soft play.....). As I type they're running around screaming, and fighting. I'm just fed up with it all now. I knew there was a reason why I go to work - we walked past the other day, and I caught myself thinking longingly of my lovely (peaceful) desk. I thought working term-time only was a good idea, but now I'm not so sure.
There, I feel better already!

PamT · 22/08/2002 16:59

That's why the summer holidays fill me with dread, I don't need anyone else's kids because my three can be a nightmare all on their own. I've got to say that you are very brave having your nephew to stay when you are on your own. I also think sometimes that it would be so much easier to go to work even though I always craved to be a SAHM.

emsiewill · 22/08/2002 17:05

It's not a case of being brave, it's a case of it being a long-standing arrangement, and dh suddenly having to go and "troubleshoot" somewhere else. (I just want to do the shooting bit)

CAM · 22/08/2002 17:30

It's fascinating how every long school holidays my dh has to work twice as hard for longer hours further away. He denies it but I recognise a pattern of behaviour when I see one..just had my 11 year old nephew here for 3 days emsiewill which you would think means he is quite sensible, but he complained that he "didn't like" every plateful of food I put in front of him and then scoffed the lot and asked for more. dd aged 5 has copied his saying "I don't like that" since he has gone but not the eating it all up !

Marina · 22/08/2002 19:03

This seems the best thread for our news.
I went for a routine scan at King's this morning and we found to our utter shock that at some point over the past three days our baby died. There is nothing on the scan to suggest why and I had no inkling of this awful fact.
I will be going into my local hospital on Saturday to be induced - the staff there could not have been kinder and more supportive.
I wish everyone on Mumsnet, especially all the expectant mums, a happier summer than ours has turned out to be, and will be signing off for a while.
Rosy, re-reading your post some months back about what to actually expect over the next 48 hours has been tremendously helpful. I hope you are keeping well.

Tinker · 22/08/2002 19:04

Oh Marina, just read this. I am so, so sorry. This must be awful. I shall be thinking of you all.

WideWebWitch · 22/08/2002 19:15

Oh so so sorry Marina. Thinking of you too.

chanelno5 · 22/08/2002 19:15

Marina - So very sorry to hear your awful news. Will be thinking of you and your family x

Enid · 22/08/2002 19:16

Oh Marina I am devastated to hear your terrible news. I am so so sorry. With much love and sympathy E x

Zoe · 22/08/2002 19:19

Marina - that is terrible news and my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

Much love
Zoe
xx

jodee · 22/08/2002 19:21

Marina, that is dreadful news. Every sympathy to you and your family. I will remember you on Saturday. Jodee xx

leese · 22/08/2002 19:26

Can't really begin to say anything to make you feel better Marina, but just to say I'm really thinking of you and we'll all be there with you in thought. You have many, many friends here, and hope you draw on this strength

emsiewill · 22/08/2002 19:30

Marina, how terrible for you and your family. So, so sorry to hear this news.

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