December 2011 - Attack of the Threenagers

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New fred

PTP ......Ow hope it has gone well.

northern we must have posted at same time didn't see your update. Yes I would be upset too and you have the right to be I have a DP who always wants to go on birding weekends which limits our ability to do things. We have had to agree compromises sounds like your OH needs to appreciate you need a break too. If he went and did the thing with his dad can he still have time to do something with you?

Didn't see your message PTP. Ouch! Hope has all gone well!

My first day back at work. Hated leaving Mopsyboy (although apparently he's happy as larry at nursery). But I'm doing better than I did with minimopsy-as I recall, I bawled most of the day her first day at nursery. This time is easier because I know all the girls at nursery now so I'm reassured that he will be well looked after, and they're all thrilled to have him. But it is still so hard. Not getting much work done. Also have a sore throat and earache and feel exhausted so I guess I've some sort of wee bug. Oh well. Tomorrow will be better hopefully! First day bound to be a bit shite!

ah hope you get to go and pick mopsy boy up soon My SIL has gone back to work this week too, so DS gets to see his cousin at nursery.

DP in theatre at the moment, am so bored! He was number 2 on the list when we got here at 8am but kept getting pushed back. It's supposed to be very quick so hopefully should be able to see him before I go and pick DS up from nursery.

Hope it all went well PTP....

Oh gawd PTP, and I bet it's somewhere 'sensitive' too ? Hope he's out of theatre and conscious now.

What's even worse is that I'm going to have to take three days off work to enable the holiday owing to the fact that DS's nursery is near where we used to live and where DP still works. That or do four hours travelling each day.

Am waiting til the weekend and then having 'the chat' about this and some loads of other ways DP is flying very close to the edge.....

And glad the settling in went so well mopsy, I do remember how upset you were last time!

All went well, quick and straight forward. Yes a bit of a sensitive area, he's come home in a rather fetching pair of mesh pants

Sounds like that conversation is well needed Northern. If he still doesn't get it and goes away maybe you should book a mini holiday for you and DS while he's away. It might make him realise what he's missing out on.

Ptp glad it went well northern did you and dh have the chat?

Just been to see besties new baby she's a week old as after a c section they were in hospital a few days then got transmitted due to weightloss when we were due to meet her at the weekend. She's only 6lbs!!! Ds was 9lb and a bit when born not used to teeny tinies. I didn't feel Broody strangely

Oooh, glamorous mesh pants! How's he doing PTP?

Had a good night out with colleagues last night for a leaving do. It was my lie in this morning (went to sleep about 1am) but still woke at bloody 6!
Not had the chat yet....

Sounds like fun Northern. Less fun 6am wake up. I was up at 4 to feed mopsyboy and then at 6 with minimopsy...

Just went for a run with a friend and managed 5k without stopping. Really pleased. Signed up for two 10ks in September and October so this is s good stsrt. Want to be able to do it more easily and faster though before I start doing longer runs. Good to see improvement though as so far I've had to stop and walk bits.

Strawberries, homemade rhubarb liqueur, prosecco, sunshine... Methinks a 'champagne' cocktail is needed ????????

Looovely weather!
Nice day to eat Sunday lunch outside, pootle in the garden/veg raised beds and watch the DC playing on the new tree-hung swing (Lidl-bargain-tastic this week, folks! Only £7, they do short easy-climbing ropes too).

dS has just conked halfway through his sandwich. Result!....

He's doing OK thanks Northern, having to go to get the wound dressed every day ( although I had to do it as the clinic was closed, not good, I'm far too squeamish) but he's going into work tomorrow so must be feeling better.

Went to hang the washing out earlier, could only find an empty peg bucket. Asked DS if he knew where mummy's pegs are, 'in the dark with the snails'. Not sure when he got out there to do it but all my pegs have been safely posted into the gaps in the decking, never to return! He did offer me his money box to buy new ones though

Sorry PTP but that made me lol! Kids are so funny the things they get up to!

Gah AF has started day fucking 23!!!!!! I'm going to have to go Dr this is 5th cycle of ttc with fuck all luck which I know is nothing but at 34 with cycle all over the place maybe I do need to speak to them?

Oh and if this continues it looks like AF will start bang on middle of first foreign holiday in 5 years brilliant!!!!!

I'm sad today

How annoying figgy Maybe talking to your GP would be a good plan.

Off to the GP figgy: up to a year is considered "normal", but it's well worth talking things over. They can prescribe something to delay AF til your holiday is done but you'd not be able to TTC that month: at least you'd enjoy the hol though!

A not-great day today, one of our re-enactment friends died suddenly (she was in her sixties but it was wothout warning). It's a known hazard of having a hobby that includes all ages, but still gutting when it happens .

In other less morbid news, Are any of you ladies growing veggies this year? We are trying!...

Sorry to hear that aethel.

Ds finally stopped crying at nursery drop off last week after 2 months

Been on the thinking chair 3 times this week.......won't listen, won't tidy

Here we go again the little bleeder

Sorry to hear about your friend aethel.

Ah all part of being 3 figster, DS has a thing against tidying up at nursery at the minute, a little group of them are going through a not listening phase. Good that has stopped crying at drop off though

We are currently having fun working out new arrangements for contact with DSS. He is moving with his mum next month. Currently lives 3 miles away, now will be 150. So that's 600 miles of driving in a weekend for DP to get him here and back. Manageable but a big change.

Minimopsy still sometimes cries after over 3 years Figgy, and she loves nursery. She's always fine after I leave and always happily playing when I pick her up.

More ds stress this morning I've then eaten pretty much a bag of haribo in response ........stress eating!!

For the first time since I started running again, I ran 5k comfortably this morning (ie without having to stop and walk, or else feel like dying!). Felt good the whole way. Really happy to see some progress. I'm still massively slow (35 mins ??) but hey you have to start somewhere!

Also been massively struggling with my mental health the past several weeks. Very convinced it was to do with the mirena coil I had put in a few months ago. At the check up a month after I had it put in I had already mentioned to my GP that I'd started feeling a bit low but there were external reasons eg being at home with small kid, contract ended August and no job to go to etc. but then after that it just totally spiralled to the point of me feeling so dreadful, overwhelmed, anxious, doomed. Feeling totally invisible like nobody cared if I was there or not, sitting athe crying all day. You know, like properly low. So I went and had the coil out during the week. I'm hoping I feel a lot better soon. All that to say thank goodness I took up running because it really has helped so much. Endorphins are really the only thing to make you feel slightly better when you feel so low. So anyway hopefully I'm on the up. I must be because I couldn't even talk about it before.

Oh and Mr Mopsy got me a CBT book with exercises and am going to work my way through it. Hopefully it will help too. He's being so supportive and lovely.

Sorry to hear things have been rough Mopsy, good that Mr Mopsy is being supportive and hopefully things will start to feel better soon. Great that you're trying the CBT book and congrats on the running. I tried to do couch to 5k a while back and never quite made it to the 5k.

Just got back from a birthday party with DS he is completely worn out and demanded to go to bed. I didn't argue