August 2008 Laugh Line

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Too much pressure and too little thread space left me with but one choice so here we are. Let's discuss further the private space because quite honestly the "private" space is not so "private" at the moment. I'm no detective BUT there's only a handful of threads over there and all are beckoning me to read through them. For the moment we are safer here. Like a new model car, we should wait and let the kinks be worked out by the folks that can't WAIT to be part of the "new thing."

Lovely day here too, Westonbit Arboretum for a Mad Hatter's Tea Party then Pizza Express for a treat supper for DD1, she managed a whole kiddies menu deal from dough balls and salad to pasta, ice cream and a babyccino

Loti - wot the other said!

Dizzy - stop, breathe then as you were :)

Sazz I will join the queue.

VG - Lovely to see you, can you drink and mark?

Everyone else Helloo and I will be back after a bath

VG - I don't expect them to remember, it's not their thing.

DD1 has asked for a book so she can write down all her phone numbers - and so it begins..............

Hello. DH is packing, mum is sorting out the house, and I am hiding here, not working, not packing, feeling all out of sorts because I hate change and I have a pile of marking.

Harrumph. The taxi will arrive to take us to the airport tomorrow at 2pm.

But sending lots of love, and thinking of you all.

oh LWFH, really I hate change too, it makes me anxious so you have my sympathy

LWFH it is a big upheaval. You must feel quite settled so not surprising you are feeling out of sorts, even if you are looking forward to going home again. Take some time out. DH sounds like he is doing a great job and your mum busy, so hide away

oops was that an event at W'birt? DD1 did actually ask to go there today

Red wine is poured . VG, there will be a glass here waiting for you when you have finished marking

Crispy it was a Dorothy House charity day loads of fun and DD1 ran herself exhausted!

VG Have I missed something? Whose marking you doin?

Dingalingaling Unclean unclean! I have now caught the DSs' cold but was worth it though for sharing a bed with sniffly Kurt. DH went to a party last night (I was invited but am fed up with using up babysitting karma on obligations iyswim, want to save it for a night out just the two of us.) so kids & I went and house/catsat for my parents. Couldn't be bothered to fight with a travelcot and haven't shared a bed with a child for ages anyway, was lovely.

Sorry you're snotty Buckets.

Just water but wanted to party with you sleeping folks too.

Took DD1 to a Chuck-E-Cheese bday party and had an excellent time paying her no mind while sitting with all my mommy friends and chatting. It was lovely although extremely loud. Crazy lady that yelled at me on the phone was there. She NOT ONCE stopped by my table. So sad she's the room mom. I was hit with a request from every other mom in the place to be our Girl Scout Daisy troop leader. I guess I'll go talk to the Girl Scout council tomorrow. Having been in it for 6 years sorta qualifies me as having experience and yes I'm slightly organized and adventurous. It was really strange having ladies I've never met say they've heard of me and hoped I'd take the job because they thought I'd be perfect.

Suppose that's a fair way to end a day that found me rocking in the corner crying at one point.

Now to decompress from 3 hours of utter chaos which, btw, dd1 enjoyed very much.

Sometimes things fall into place and sometimes they just fall on your head.

TS great news on the Girl Scout leader position - sounds a much nicer title than Room Mom anyhow

loti ditto what the others have said really.

Just catching up as not been able to see what was going on at the weekend. F1 fun but I had much too much to drink which culminated in a huge row with DH. Needless to say we are both a little and this morning. Didn't really get to speak to him about it so will have to do some making up later me thinks.

morning ladies..

vg gosh u are up early!!

hope you gey=t your spat sorted springa and hope u had fun before the row!!!

6am here not great when it is now so dark outside!!!

thank you for all your support as lways ladies .. well i lost .. found out from babysitter at dd1 party that sil had sent her a text which i read and basically it made out that i knew all about it .. babysitter appologied but what can u do..

spoke to h last night when he came back from his trip he was fuming and upset by whole situation, but said just let them get on with it.. if i told sil no that yes there would be a massive falling out which i am totally not bothered about but massive problems for h and is brother.. now h is a bit of a twat at the best of times but he is really close to his brother and is brother is massively under the thumb of sil {stpid man}...

so texted sil/babysitter and pulled out of the wedding...

babysitter still will not discuss whether she will cover dd2 hours if i get this job so will be spending today seeing what else is around.. don't have the energy for this guys.... i feel truly spent and with the prospect of another full week/weekend with just me and the dds i feel destroyed...

anyway, TS i think you would make a great leader ... glad your dh is being supportive..

lwfm v v safe trip home xx..

crispy welldone for dd1 situation do u want to sort my dd1 out for me??

watcha oops/hots/dizzy/tweaks/cece and anyone else i have missed xx

morning loti, so sorry to hear update re sil. you're a better woman than me to worry about h's relationship with his brother.
what can we do to help you this week? would having a road trip help? its a bit chaotic down here but you're welcome to pop down. you might have to pitch in a bit...mine's a builder's tea with no sugar please

ts oh you\ve got to go for the scout thing!!! can't believe that a) you haven't already and b) that you're having doubts about you being able to do it. funnily enough it was something i was looking into doing but then i got a bfp with DS and figured i'd wait a couple of years

lwfm i hope your trip home is smooth with no turbulence/sick/tantrums. sorry we didn't get to meet this time

spring oops re the argument, hope you've sorted it all out now.

well its our first day here with DH at work. Pea just had a big feed and is now sleeping on my chest, DS is busy finishing off his 20 piece jigsaw and i've got a lovely cup of tea. i've a funny feeling this is the lull before the storm so i'm enjoying the quiet whilst its lasting!

can any of you remember how long it takes for food to effect bmilk? the night following chicken kiev resulted in a Party Animal Pea from 1 til 5 and last night we had curry. I believe it was 12ish to 6ish last night for our party! she just wouldn't/couldn't settle

Just flying on as preschool/playgroup run imminent

LOTI i'm afraid to say I think you did the wrong thing as you lose out and your original arrangement with the CM has been canx. The only winner here is SIL who is the one who caused all the upset . If H cares about his brother (and not let him be put under the thumb even more) then he needed to explain to him the situation and that SIL was being presumptious, rude and lying and much as he cares about his brother, his wife cannot do that.
Having said that, i totally understand why you did. You are exhausted, have had enough and just want rid of the situation out of your hair .

I hope the CM decides where he loyalties lie, and good luck in finding another. Many round here have lots of vacancies due to credit crunch so fingers x'd. Also try and find the number of your local 'Network Co-ordinator' as she may have info on which to try first to suit your needs. {{{{big hugs}}} lovely and please, please take care

spring Hope you get sorted - i am sure you will laugh about it soon in the 'remember the day we went to F1, got sozzled and had that stoooooopid row

Laters.........

Oh loti no time to chat properly but wanted to say how sorry I am. I know it's easy for us to say but hard to stick up for yourself sometimes.

Back soon to cry, chat, laugh with you all but need to get on with housework oh, but just wanted to tell you that the DC slept in until 7.20am Made getting ready for school a bit of a rush job but still, am amazed I know 2 days in a row doesn't necessarily mean anything but keeping fingers crossed.

Duster beckons...

Watcha TS ..

thank again for all your lovely advice/comments.. have checked out nurseries/cm in my area and space is limited.. however just worked out my daily rate and it won't cover the cost ekk..

so think i will be bowing out of this job and keep searching til something with a bit more cash comes along!! Will also give me more time to sort out proper childcare for dd2!!

Loti that's a bit re the job.

Hots I reckon 3 nights in a row and you've got it cracked plus a very clean house

Tweakers hope the day still going well for the 3 of you.

Crispy did DH enjoy his weekend?

DH home and we've had a hug and chat about stuff and just agreed that we both need to put a bit more effort into us at the moment as we'd kind of got sidetracked with being stupidly busy at work, having guests and DS stuff. I think AF must be on her way but I'm also thinking it's a bit late - maybe TS can help with her archive/spreadsheet.

oooh spring .. wasn't when u just found out that your friend who has a similar aged dc told you she was expecting????

where is TS when u need her

oooh... I'm no TS..... spring the best i can find is that on the 3rd of sept you said your cycle was shorter than normal.....
i'm pleased you've sorted things with DH. we were having similar issues here so we now have 10mins every day to discuss our feelings, seems to be helping by keeping the communication channels open

yeah, we're having a lovely day. DS had his shortest nap in history though...hey ho. mum's back from her hols so we're going to pop over there later. i'll either be back later with a or on my face!

hi loti, such a shame about the job but sounds like you're keeping your chin up as it were... keep searching and don't the buggers get you down!

hots bit of dust you've stirred up there hots!

Holy Hannah.. think some has put a big curse on me..

just got a panicked call from my dad to say he has to go to a&e eye clinic as he is seeing spots in front of his eye... he had an operation on the other eye the day before i had dd1 and is now practially blind in that eye.. and now the other eye is playing up...

obv he is across the water so cannot even go and support him...

Oh Loti - what an awful time. I hope your dad' treatment goes well.

On the job, would it make sense to make not a lot or no money on it for the next 18 months if it would be perfect when both girls are in school?

Hugs to you loti and I hope your dad is ok. So much on your plate atm, no wonder you're knackered.

shhh, i'm studying this afternoon, can't you tell? I've decided to badge my research as pretend research a service evaluation so no need for Research ethics committee now . Wish i'd known that 4 months ago

laters

Hey all. Is it all right if I have an energy company rant? Fecking Fecking fecking EDF. They're bastards.

At the same time I wish DP could just sort it out and let me have some peace.

Fecking company are chasing a bill that isn't even valid. DP been trying to pay but the company aren't allocating it to the right account but we're STILL getting chased and they're now charging us £100 for a warrant which probably isn't valid as it's for a bill that was bloody cancelled. They're such arseholes they really are.

sorry to hear about your woes qod hope u get it sorted quick!

Quick update on dad, he has torn his retina yuck.. has had some laser treatment and now going under local to fix the rest.. fingers crossed his sight won't be affected!