June 07 - Do we smell? Yes bumper, I'm talking to YOU!!!!

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Jammy I think that's all the excuse you need is to put your feet up and be waited on

Well I have just sent him off to serve up dinner as I had to sit down

its frustrating isnt it? when you have a painful problem that is stopping you getting on?
i was wondering whether something was wrong with my back or pelvis as i have been so so so uncomfortable. but since DH has started doing more i have found that i dont hurt as much, so it seems i was over doing it.

wouldnt mind if i had a spotless house and children that behaved.. but to be over doing it when i do the bare minimum??

Hello all

Fury, sorry you are having a shit time. I thought things were meant to be better now you are no longer a contractor?

I can empathise with no sleeps. DD refused to sleep at nursery and therefore spent 5.30 till 7 saying 'Baby tired' while mean ol' mummy tried to make her last as long as possible before bed (she usually goes at 8 so even 7 was early). Either way, she is now awake and watching Winnie the Pooh with DH. And I am crocheting.

I had a very interesting meeting at work with the Psychologist/Disabilities advisor as I requested some help from HR as I was having so many problems at work. Part of the problem is with a colleague who is making me very anxious by being patronising and obtuse, but apparently a huge part of it may be my underactive thyroid. Apparently it can cause all kinds of cognitive problems, distractibility, inability to concentrate, poor memory, poor attention to detail, and is apparently so serious that it is covered by the Disabilities Discrimination Act. She was lovely and told me that despite what I have been thinking recently I am clearly not stupid, I am not lazy and and I should know better as I am a psychologist by training, and not to underestimate the effect of having a baby on your brain chemistry. So she is going to sort things out for me, speak to my line manager and talk to him about my colleague and they have to make allowances for me. Weird huh? I never thought it was that serious an issue. I was just convinced I was stupid and not trying hard enough. I don't want to use it as an excuse but it is nice to have an explanation. I was convinced I might even be dyslexic, though I'm sure I wouldn't have got through 5 years in a psych dept without them noticing.

AIBU in that I can't face the effort required to get my kids to sleep?

AIBU to think that when DH drops us off at my parents and says he'll put the shopping away that he might actually do it, rather than leave a box-full for me because "he didn't know where to put it"? We've only lived here 10 fecking years, we only have one reasonable sized kitchen. If you don't know use your fecking eyes!

oh daisy just wanted to thank you for the sainsburys vouchers (it was you right??)
cos we got that money right after i put them away and used them this week. if it wasnt for them we would be a bit stuffed for food as well as electric this week.

luckly we dont need the heating as its not super cold anymore. we ran outta gas this morning.

yay for cold showers till thursday

that's all good news bumper. although we would all have told you you aren't stupid Hope they can sort out the colleague.

My mum watched something the other night about Jackie Stewart not being found to be dyslexic until he was in his 40s though, it worries me a lot RE DS1.

baggins is watching Miss Potter and shouting biabiabia (which means rabbit)

oh ria

everyone having shit days then

drinks all round!

is your DH on jobseekers now Natty? can you get a crisis payment?

nope thats a whole new story..

guess who is on jobseekers... me...

for 2 weeks

then i can claim income support..
but big fat pregnant me has to waddle down to the job center (a mile each way) to sign on in the mean time

DH is not eligable to claim for it, as he is a full time student.

...

and a crisis loan would have to be done monday, and would prob take till thursday

and my jobseekers claim hasnt gone thru yet anyway, i wont get it for at least a month as they are backed up

sorry for all the shitty days. fury, I thought parental leave was a statutory thing now?

bumper, good to "see" you. I'm glad work are being good about the thyroid thing; I just hope that it doesn't breed resentment in the colleague who is going to get an earbashing.

natty, glad those vouchers are coming in useful

Nearly had another trip to A&E tonight after DD stuck a flat heart shaped bead up her nose so far I couldn't even see it. thankfully she managed to snort it out after about 10 minutes. One trip to A&E in a week is careless, two is out and out neglect!! she did it when I was feeding bumble....her new trick is to do all she can to get my attention when I'm dealing with him....10/10 for effort tonight baby!!

I'm struggling to keep up at the minute; am reading though.

lmao daisy thomas was so like ur DD when he was that age!

I would give them a call anyway natty. we had to get one when DH first lost his job when baggins was born - cos his ex-employers were arses about providing information and didn't pay his final wage we had nothing coming in for about 6 weeks. If you ring our jobcentre first thing in the morning, you usually get an answer by 11am-ish and then they pay out same day in the afternoon 2.15 and 3.15 I think it is. If they are backed up with your JS claim they might help you out at least with some gas so you can have hot water, pregnant woman with 2 DCs and all. Doesn't it have to be that your quality of life is seriously affected by having no money? I would have said no hot water qualifies (but of course it's a good thing I don't work for the JC as I would be handing out cash left, right and centre!)

oh dear daisy. little monkey. baggins will not stop climbing onto the computer desk to get at the new shelf. He has started napping again though. DS2 thought he'd disappeared yesterday, he had climbed onto the sofa and gone to sleep

drumroll for bumble please.......

he slept from 8 till 6.30

I feel like a new woman today

well done bumble

....blimey Daisy . However I am, you do deserve it. I got 6 hours straight so can't complain! And DD slept from 7.15pm till 8.30am

DDs house being put up today and we've also bought a slide and a trike for the garden....so she'll be out there all day probably!

I'm also struggling to keep up atm....this morning I didn't have a single thread in my active bit.....have been lurking though.

Fairy, you did make me about DSs bare bum....

aw well done bumble

Well done Bumble

Jamlet slept until 7am, and then again from 8.30 - 10. And instead of getting dressed and doing chores I went back to sleep too

Leg sore today, especially now the ibuprofen are wearing off (roll on 1pm when I can have some more!) but can limp about the house a bit. No nice walk along the river today though

this is a really daft question, and shows my ignorance, but is there any reason why I can't plant "direct sow" seeds in a tray in the cold frame? They need to be in but he ground is too wet to get it ready.

Grr, DH is doing his play the Wii thing, until he has a bath. I know it's Saturday, but still...

°FOXY°!!!!!
What was the name of that site for appealing the school selection thingy? A friend on another thread needs help, TIA

Oh bugger, FOXY even

schoolsappeal.com

I'd link it but I appear to have a large limpet attached to me preventing me from doing anything I want/need to do

how was your trip to the north? welcome back

I am in denial about the fact that I need to think of something for tea as I forgot to cook the chicken due o gardening, and baggins has just gone to sleep on the sofa next to me (again)

Apart from FIL telling me my children need to be disciplined When we got back from our trip I found DS1 sobbing uncontrollably for a bollocking he got unfairly. But its OK, when FIL proceeded to tell me how undisciplined my kids were he got told his opinion didn't make stuff all difference. Not so good for family relations, I don't suppose!

Quite taken with the North actually. Found some nice places with good houses within price range, and really good schools most importantly. And the football was great!!!

Norty, you've got to go to a match! I understand it all now!

But they lost Foxy!