Hello
I hope you are all well ? I have skimmed through to catch up but don?t think I can respond to everything!
Boff ? every idiot and his tamagotchi has a degree these days, it may be neither here nor there for your dd as having one does nothing to differentiate one 22 year old from another. I would argue that doing something she is passionate about is far more likely to be the making of her than half-arsedly ?finishing? a degree with poor grades, even if she doesn?t fail. And anyway ? it?s her life.
Fei ? what do you care if the house seller hasn?t cleaned? Be the clever one who can see past the cat shit and put in canny low offer. Honestly, the less they care about superficial crap, the better, if you have any sense.
Bronze, good luck with your house selling. Have you seen a place you want?
Best wishes to WFH and her mother.
Auld ? what is happening about your temporary house move? I think you need to tell your husband to pull his finger out on this one, force him to book a week off and pack, or tell him to hire people and supervise it.
Bicnod, glad the sleeping is improving. There?s nothing like it?
Well I am back at work (4 days) and it is surprisingly ok. V is fine between the childminder, me, and DP, and is not as sick or tired as the other babies I know who have been going to nursery. She still breastfeeds morning and evening, although I can?t tell anyone else about this as everyone else I know who has babies has been obsessed with getting them off the breast since the second they turned 6 months and they will think I am a weirdo. It?s fun going somewhere that I don?t have to clean in nice clothes. And work is essentially really easy, and doesn?t matter all that much, and you can read on the train. It?s an unstable industry and my job is far from safe, so I it?s important to enjoy it while it lasts, I might be job hunting tomorrow. It?s nice to feel active and slim again now that I can walk properly. One day I got stuck at a meeting and didn?t make it back in time to see V and I felt broken hearted. But that was just one day.
V is trying to walk, doesn?t see the point of crawling and rarely bothers trying ? when she does, she goes backwards ? still loves clapping and will give spontaneous rounds of applause to anything that amuses her, eats everything in the world, pulls strange little girls? hair and still somehow manages to make friends after what you would think would not be an inauspicious start.