Hi ladies
Just catching up with a large glass of wine in hand - dh has been in London and is late coming home because he fancied a pint, so think I shall join in with the impromptu boozing. Not much to report here, having a lazy half term, dh has been off all week apart from today. We're doing Legoland tomorrow (have been promising ds all summer) so think of me queueing for rides in the drizzle.
Am trying to gear myself up to book a babysitter for next week. I signed up with Sitters again (we used them when ds was a baby before I joined a babysitting circle) and the registration has just come through - too late for our wedding anniversary, but an M&S ready meal did us nicely, how sad are we after 8 years. Am desperate for a night out with dh, but feeling very wobbly about leaving dd (ds I'm used to leaving behind for the evening, usually at an indecent speed as I leg it towards the booze...)
RHM, poor you - what a fright, are you OK this evening? Was she gone for long or don't you remember? It is the worst feeling in the world. I lost ds once in a leisure centre and they locked the centre down until he was found, I just ran around shouting Lost Child! which I remembered reading was the thing to do. He'd locked himself in the gents loo.
Katz, glad you had a good time, and that you're feeling 'up' for seeing your mum. Sorry to hear about your car though, not least the £750 part.
Charley, hope you're doing OK, are you going to see the HV tomorrow? They aren't always the most helpful I know, but sounds like you have an all right one.
Coop, good to see you back, hope you're doing OK at home alone. When is your dh likely to have to do another long stint away? Here's hoping it's penguin spotting in the Falklands or somewhere equally boring.
EYM, hope you get a new hospital appointment soon. THat's appalling, really. My mum works in a paediatric department and she is so frustrated by the way they are driven by waiting lists and targets etc, they are constantly under pressure to bring them down and frankly find ways to fiddle them. I gather that the current target is on referrals from outside the hospital, ie from GPs, so if you feel you're waiting too long again then get your GP back on the case. And complain officially, if they think you're likely to make a big stink they'll find a way to accommodate you.
Trib, your ds is clearly a genius. DD has not yet progressed beyond dribbling on the keyboard (and may or may not be responsible for the yellow stripe that now runs down one side of the screen...)
Right, well I have tried to scan the rest of the posts but I keep getting distracted by the words 'penis hoopla'. So I hope the rest of you are doing OK too. Off to sort out some supper before this wine goes to my head too much.