Hi all
Loads to read through and catch up on - haven't been posting too much as I had people over on Sunday and then in the early hours of Monday I was struck down by a terrible d&v bug. Never had anything like it before - for 8 hours I felt continually sick and made more bathroom trips than I could count - made me appreciate our en-suite I can tell you. So I've had two days of work - which is unheard of for me. Symptoms stopped by lunchtime on Monday but you are supposed to stay off for 48 hours (hospital rules) and actually I felt so washed out and dizzy yesterday I couldn't have worked anyway. All well today though.
The other news - as I see some of you sweet people have spotted - is that we didn't get dd1's first choice school. We got our catchment school which is fine - but not as good iyswim. It's also further away from us so she will need to take the bus. Thanks for the suggestion guys but I don't think transport will make any odds as being a city school it is quite easy to get to - and anyway even if I could drive I wouldn't be! I have heard she is currently number 1 on the waiting list though - which is really good but also makes me furious about how close we've come Dd1 has been very sensible and calm about it (she is so not her mother's daughter!) but I can tell she is a bit disappointed. I don't really want to appeal as it all sounds very stressful and I can't think of any grounds to do so - but I think dd1 expects me to Ho hum - ok on with the catch up....
Leaky - how can you have 9 weeks left?? You only get pregnant five minutes ago and we all had our April babies a week last Thursday wasn't it? Nobody mention 2 years around here please!! Hope things work out for you and your dh - easy to say but try not to worry - we've been through redundancy twice - the first time the company went bust and we left without any notice pay or indeed salary! You get through though - don't know how but you do
SPB - good luck with ENT - definately good to get in the system now so you can act promptly if you need to.
Oooggs - cannot believe you can get you twins to sit still for haircuts. B would raise the roof if I tried that!
Re buggies - I have a friend who had twins under two and a new baby. She had a triple (which she bought new -ooooouch!) for a few weeks then went back to her double/a sling and a buggy board combination. Have you tried yours on a board - might they go for that?
Elkie - sorry to hear about your friend. You might be interested - or to hear that I managed to be well enough last night to go to a talk given by Lindsay Davis as part of the literature festival here. She was very good - and very funny! How is C's weight doing now?
Runny - dh's new job sounds great - well done him! Hope your job continues ok - at least your boosting your cv with the new responsibility if nothing else? How do you feel about the asthma news? I've no idea how you get him to take the inhaler - is there an asthma nurse who could advise?
Canyouetc - your new childcare plan sounds good - hope your appointment goes well on Friday.
SOL - don't stress about the meeting - you've arranged your hours and this wasn't part of them was it? So - you can't do the meeting but you can come up with a brilliant way to feed into it and get actions back. Remember - this is a part time post - not full time in disguise right?
MJ - B is a dawdler too. Apart from when she's running off of course - I always knew with the other two that they wouldn't actually 'go' as it were - but little miss independant would take herself wherever she wants to go! Can't believe how early F can start school! B isn't going till January 2012 - by which time dd2 will be in year 6 and dd1 will be in year 10!!!!! (NL passes out in horror)
Dooby - hope dh gets on well with the interview - any chance of them refunding some of his expenses? Might be worth asking - especially if he doesn't get the job - you've nothing to lose then. Re your nursing - from what I've seen of recruitment to our unit EXPERIENCE is worth it's weight in gold. Once you've done your course you will be running rings round the newly qualified nurses! Will it be paeds you're looking at or more general?
Ange - can't believe you can put bunches on Izzy. B doesn't really have enough hair for that and anyway she is very anti having her head touched
Hi to Dippy, GMM, Bramshott and everyone else
weeonion, IDOC and anybody else in there - report in asap - unless you've been eaten by your demanding lovely toddlers???