Hi everyone.
Happy 3rd Birthday to Jess. What did you get her in the end Rodeo?
I'm probably goin to cheat for Sean this year. Owen had the new Pompey kit for his birthday, but there's no way I'm spending out £40 on one for Sean until he starts going to the games, plus I have all of Owens old ones, so I'm just going to wrap one of those up for him I think and throw some kind of toy in. And Christmas for him is sorted too, as Owens old bike will fit him now, so just going to respray that so that Owen doesn't realise it's his old one and give that to him forChristmas, plus I'll start getting my staff discount next month and I also have £100 of Argos vouchers, so all in all I should be OK this year.
ChaCha, sounds like you've really enjoyed having your Dad around, (although I'm sure of course that you've missed DH), and looks like you've had a good time too looking at your pics on facebook. Good luck with the driving lessons. I really don't know how those of you without a licence cope. I've been without a car since Monday, and it was heaven today picking her up it really was. I've been spending well over £10 a day on buses, trains & taxis getting to work, school & nursery. The bus service round here is so dire to get to Seans nursery from here I have to catch 3 buses, or 2 buses and walk in between. My usual travelling would be:
-drop Owen at school, go home, jump in car, 10 mins to nursery, 5 mins to work, get to work 35 mins early to have breakfast.
-leave work, 10 mins home, get changed, have a bite to eat, collect Owen
-40 mins later, go to nursery, traffic a bit busier so 15 mins drive
-15 mins drive home
-hurrah, home by 4.20 at the latest!
-total travelling time - 50mins
-total cost £20 petrol per week
This week:
-drop Owen at school, straight to bus stop, 10 mins wait for bus, 15-20 mins bus journey (£4 day ticket)
-20 mins walk as next bus is useless, 5 mins wait for bus
-5-10 mins bus journey, drop Sean at nursery
-35-40 mins walk to work as buses don't run at the times I need, arrive at work 5 mins late
-leave work on time, miss both buses to mine, go to blokeys (the only bonus of the week!) call a taxi as I wouldn't get to school in time waiting for next buses, (£6.50 taxi fare)
-get home, throw some clothes on, collect Owen
-straight to bus stop, 15 mins wait for bus, get on bus for 25-30 mins bus journey (managed to get one that takes us a bit further) (£1.20 for Owen ('1/2' fares are actually nearer 2/3 fares!!!))
-20 mins walk to nursery (can't be bothered waiting for the bloody bus)
-15 mins walk to train station as don't want to have to deal with more buses and more waiting
-5mins wait for train
-5 mins train journey (£3(cheaper than the bus!!!))
-10-15 mins walk home
-arrive home about 5pm
-total travelling time - 4hours
-total cost £14.70 per day
And to top it off I wore my new boots yesterday, so have the hugest blisters I've ever had!
Had my 2nd scan yesterday, and have the op booked for the 21st. I'm absolutely fine, after te mess I was last time I'm so pleased, plus it confirms that it's the right decision for me now as I'm absolutely fine with it, there was no overwhelming emotions, it was just another appointment. I can deal witht he waiting too now which was hte main issue really, but after a good chat with Beks last week I've been cool with that too. It's obviously not somehting that I ever expected to happen, lets face it, no-one actually plans for this to happen, but at the end of the day accidents happen, you can only try your best to prevent it and if it happens you deal with it int he best way for you, and this happens to be the best way for me right now, so I'm sorted.
Am off to hunt the internet to try and find out about a new film that's being filmed in Portsmouth next month, that I believe (hope) will have Danny Dyer in, and try and find out where/when etc so I can go and try and catch a glimpse of him.