October 08 - "I said no!"

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it appears I posted the last post... so here's a new thread

Hmm I'd just pack for a few days just in case but hope you won't need it :)

Myjob that's the same friend who recently had the miscarriage and has had a rough time recovering. :(

Well relief here! Dh made a stupid mistake at work that I thought might cost him his job. He didn't eat or sleep all weekend. 4 hours sleep total I think and very very little food. Horrible! But he went in today and the head said don't worry about it just learn from the past... Etc. Anyway we are relieved to say the least. Was a very difficult weekend here. Thought we may not be eating for a while!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Xxx

Phew star, you must be relieved (and so must your dh). Glad to hear alls well, now you can relax and enjoy the rest of Valentine's day.....

Pistachio - I did that with my last labour as well, got all worried in case it went wrong (though I went for the more dramatic worries of what if the worst happened....). Both my hb have been great and as the third time round I'm sure your body knows what it is doing, but you can't always force your brain to be logical! When are you due again?

CSWS, glad you've got a date for your op. How are things going with sorting out stuff for the children while you are away?

Anyone got any plans for Valentines? We don't usually celebrate in any way but yesterday dh brought back a huge box of chocs. I'd intended to cook something nice for dinner tonight, but have just realised I don't have much useful stuff in the house (though plenty of stuff in the freezer) . Maybe I can convince him that takeaway is romantic?!?! Mind you, he's not back from work yet, so who knows whether he'll be back for dinner....

Right, off to put the kids to bed, they've finished watching the snowman for the 1000th time and dd has fallen asleep on the sofa, whilst ds is playing with the tv remotes and switching the dvd player on and off.........

DH is cooking venison pie, chocolate fondants and has just produced a large glass of champagne! So very romantic.
Mind you, he got appallingly drunk on sat night at a rare dinner party we went to, and slumped into his cheese plate so we had to come home early.
I had been having a lovely grown up time , and was intensely annoyed that people who had been chatting away happily and discussing proper subjects, suddenly all start looking at me pityingly cos I'm the woman with the drunk.
So he's putting in a lot of effort....

pepper. Glad your getting repayment.

I made a chicken pie for dh tonight. It was loads easier than I thought it would be! And it was edible! I refused the lard, but was just as good with thickened stock. Chicken ham peas carrots. No onions he doesn't like them either. And spices/herbs. Smelled good and he said it was "good for my first time making it".

I think he may actually also have gone and bought some lynx or some such
He is so not a man to wear any kind of smelly!!!
Bloody hell, he's hopeful

Lol at the lynx!

I am cheesy and enjoy holidays as a special time to celebrate whatever the holiday brings. So I do Valentine's day because I'm a cheeseball.

Pistachio I bet your baby will be just as healthy and beautiful as R and T :)

Thanks all. I've packed for a few days and DH will be back and forth every day (even tho 30 mins away) so can pick up anything else. I've just been watching One Born Every Minute, I'm finding that's really helping me to relax about the birth.

Just written my birth plan for my midwife appt tomorrow.

I got a dozen roses. Bless 'im

Right, better get to bed! Night all!

Ooh how lovely Myjob, where are u going?

I am in a garden centre cafe with a huge choc cake and my second glass of coke of the pregnancy (Junior will be beside himself) ... I'm stressed!

Can't be added to go into it cos typing on iPhone winds me up but had midwife appt and my BP has gone up so weekly spots from now on then another big row with DH on the way home plus another 300 quid on the cars today on top of a grand in the last 4 weeks ... Oh I thunk the coke's just kicked in, woah boy!

Arsed, not added

That will be lovely Myjob. I'd love a bit of time away at the moment. DP about to start a new job so we won't be able to do anything until he's been there a while.

Sorry to hear about BP and rows with DH, HMM.

Star - that must have been horribly stressful. Thank god the head was understanding. If it's caused your dh that much anxiety I bet he's learned from it and won't do it again!

I'm very tired and looking forward to half term. I'm determined to get my money's worth out of the nursery and have a day or so to myself (as well as getting loads of school work done, unfortunately).

CF - we have half term next week, and I've taken this week off to make the most of having somr time to myself! It will only actually be Thurs as boys have inset day Fri as well, I don't feel guilty at all, as I know I'll be nicer to them if I've had some space myself as well.
HMM, sorry to hear about your troubles - is it just the stress of being so close to having the new baby that's causing both issues? (not the car obv!!)
star - how's Q done with PT today???
myjob - have a lovely evening (or was it last night )
Pistachio - when I had DD I had exactly the same stress about if we would or could be lucky enough to have a healthy 3rd baby, it really really feels like pushing your luck. I think it's just one of those stresses you have to accept and try to come to terms with. You have done evrything you can to make sure your baby has a healthy start.
Ekka - was your DH convinced by a takeaway
Waves to CSWS

and anyone I've forgottten....

HMM I'm so sorry your dh and you have been having so many rows :( is it just stress?

Potty training is going well today, pepper :) but, I tried to get him on straight after nap because I read that's a good time to do it. But it really upset him a LOT..then he did a wee in his pants (had changed out of pull up). He cried and cried. Did a wee in his pants and then finally one on the toilet before his bath. I hope I haven't ruined him :( Advice? I'm just hoping for tomorrow being a new day and leaving that behind.

He has a pull up on for bedtime and he repeated over and over "just in case you do a wee in the bed".

Myjob enjoy your night away! What fun. I agree surprises are nice but nicer to be prepared.

Cf - A year 10 student told him he was transferring classes for GCSE and so he marked him present on his register as he was still on it even though he wasn't in his class... Dh trusted that the kid was in the new class because earlier in the year another student had transferred and just told him and she had remained on his register for 2 weeks. Well, this time dh went to the register people and asked to have his list corrected and they said he was still timetabled for dh's class. Dh was and couldn't believe he had marked him present.
As it turns out, just found out on Monday - kid has transferred but to a diff class than he had said.. and he wasn't on that register.... So that teacher wasn't accounting for him at all! Dh would look at the online system and see that he was present for all other lessons that day and assume he was just in new class (student is not the type to truant at all and he wasn't picked up on CCTV they have all over te school with someone constantly monitoring).

Ugh. Dh has learned from it and was kicking himself but feels better that he's been in a class all this time and not anywhere else.

I thought for sure that this would be cause for instant dismissal. I guess not. But dh will be more vigilant in the future that's for sure!

I'd forgotten that you were potty training Star. No tips here I'm afraid. I might be coming to you for advice soon though. Thinking we might attempt it over the Easter holidays.

I made a mistake at work once relating to a child's asthma pump and where it was supposed to be kept. Child had asthma attack and staff didn't know where his pump was. Fortunately it was all fine but I ended up crying in the head's office because I was so upset. The head was lovely about it and said it wasn't my fault and that we hadn't been given correct information about storage of medication and that the policy needed to be re-evaluated etc etc but I felt dreadful as it could have been so serious.

Pepper - Are you doing anything nice with your time off? I've got a facial booked for Monday (got vouchers for my birthday and hadn't got around to booking anything)!

Cf I remember you saying that. Very scary. Dh was lucky. I think I scared him when he told me on fri because I Sao - he could be anywhere! You marked him present and he wasn't. The student is your responsibility and you have no clue where he's been. He then went ghost White.

Yes it is good that bosses from all jobs are forgiving and realise we're human.
Good that the lady got to keep the extra money, pistachio! :)
Once I forgot an epipen on a school trip (years ago in the US) and I was so worried I rang someone to go to school, get it and bring it to us (drive fast and meet us there). It worked and I kept the child in the front of the bus touching absolutely nothing!