October 08 - Ooh fancy that!

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We filled up a thread without even noticing!

Primary school outcome for dd today . They say that the emails will be sent out by 6pm (though may take longer to get through to us).

Myjob I hope you feel better soon!! Poor you!

I have to be quick as my kiddos are on their way in from a flag raising that I got out of going to because of meeting with a very concerned parent, so please excuse typos and mispellings
Her employer won't let her go part time or take a break as she's relatively "new" so she also has no security for going back (this is what she tells me). Spoke to her last night and she said she has a few friends who are sahm and she really wants that "lifestyle". I just think she's seeing through rose tinted specs... ah well, she will have to live and learn.

I agree, pistachio and cf, teaching is much different from even a high powered busy office job. Especially primary school teaching. It's not just "teaching" but hands on nurturing, looking after, listening to, understanding each child as an individual, tying shoes, sometimes buttoning trousers... all that and teaching them. At least, that's what it's like at my school... then there are meetings and loads of paperwork - and then 3-4 hours full on with Q when I get home. yeah I get some breaks during the day, but I still find being at home much easier in my situation with just one toddler to look after. It's not as full on as school.

Having said that, my summer at home with Q and holiday weeks where it's just Q and I, while they are not as stressful and exhausting, they also aren't totally relaxing.

In my friend's situation, she's going from not being around kids all day to being around kids 24/7. I think she will find it very hard, considering she thinks it's going to be a "relaxing break from it all". But who knows, she may prove me wrong.
ok gotta go. whew! that was fast and furious!

for you pistachio.
it's silly how people expect you to just come up with childcare out of nowhere. Good for you saying you'll turn up with your kids and buggy

ffs. I have a big huge head cold now. I just spoke to a mother about her child's speech issues as I was becoming increasingly congested and difficult to understand. . We're having our place valued this afternoon (cancelled yesterday) and tomorrow by another estate agent... but I've realized I've set the ocado delivery for the same time. Dh does not want anything out of place or any piece of dirt left anywhere... he's going to be really ecstatic about the courgette van pulling up, isn't he.
he also had to rebuild part of a wall last night where he had hidden all of our cords and left access by a flap that we can take off the wall that blends in... but he left the broadband/phone filter thingy behind the plastered in bit, and our service all stopped last night and of course they had us check the filter, so he had to cut open part of the wall and then rebuild it and replaster, sand and paint it all last night.

Eating raisins for lunch right now while a child is finishing up a written assessment and coughing germs everywhere .
I think I got pistachio and myjob's colds via MN.

Oh how ridiculous pistachio. I absolutely think that you should turn up with both dc in tow. They call more than they need and dismiss some on the day normally anyway don't they, or is that only on big trials?

Star - why on earth would you/dh re plaster in the broadband filter, given that you have just experienced how it's something that you need to have access to?

little phone connector yes.
dh is an idiot.
he was angry that I said we needed it because he's never used it before right because I always sort it! But COME ON. he must have seen me and the repairman fiddling with it. ugh. anyway all fixednow

Bloody hell Pistachio - They really are obsessed with getting you down to the courts, aren't they. Don't they realise that your circumstances really can't have changed that much since the last time they asked you - it only seems like it was a couple of months ago.

How did the valuation go, Star?

I'm feeling like a right wally. I burst into tears at work - not in front of any children, thank the lord, but in front of the head. There was a horrible mix-up where a boy in my class had an asthma attack and the people who were looking after him at the time had to call an ambulance because they didn't think he had a pump on the premises. I had his pump in my (open) cupboard in the classroom but, because of a fault with our systems, I hadn't informed certain relevent people. I felt horribly responsible for him going to hospital and not being able to use his pump in time. I went to explain it all the head and burst into tears. What a prat! I blame it on being extremely overtired. S's sleep is bloody awful at the moment. She was very nice about it and assured me that I hadn't done anything wrong but I just feel ridiculous.

Bravo for your mil pistachio, but for still feeling so bad.

Awww don't beat yourself up cf (I am struggling with calling you cf you know, as it's a commonly used mathematical abbreviation for 'compared with') - the boy is fine and you have learned from the experience. Is it just tiredness causing you to be so emotional, or could there be another (very happy) reason?

And finally
(though shame that the inheritance tax threshold rise was one of the compromises that they had to make).

CSWS my news feed on fb is almost completely "we're doomed" but I'm quite pleased and actually cautiously optimistic about the whole coalition thing.
cf - hope you're feeling abit better about today, as CSWS said, the little boy's fine and everyone reacted fast to what they thought was going on. Don't blame yourself for Plan A not working, when Plan B worked fine.
pistachio - that you're not feeling better (did you do the double dose initial ABs?) But at least you have the cavalry coming!
I have yet to tell my MIL I need a small operation.... can I really bear her phoning every 20 minutes to see how I am and how the kids are coping...

I meant I would normally take a double dose myself to kick start the ABs - even if I collect them at 6pm I'd always fit a whole days dose in before bedtime... Not sure that's recommended practice but it's certainly common practice!

Glad your mil is coming to give you some support, Pistachio. I hope that means you can get some rest.

Thanks for kind words ladies. The head said that what happened had highlighted the fact that our systems wrt medication need clarification, so it's good that it's going to be sorted out. And he's fine, which is brilliant. I was at school with a boy who died from an asthma attack and I just kept thinking about him. I felt like such an idiot for losing that professional face IYSWIM.

at your suggestion CSWS. Unfortunately, I think I'm just knackered. Not only has S been waking repeatedly (teeth, I think) but he's also started shouting in his sleep. The other night it was "Eddie, Eddie, Eddie" (the elephant in the Maisie books), or "running!". You wait all this time for them to start talking but I'd really rather it only happened during the day!

Oh, don't worry about the tears, cf. I've done that in front of my principal, too... but it was when I was pg so don't rule it out!

The good thing is that the boy was taken care of and given treatment.

Hooray for your MIL pistachio!!

CSWS - that is exactly why I love writing cf! and not CF, but cf!

Valuation went well. They will put it on the market for around 190,000-195,000. Would be better in a better market, but hey ho. Hopefully if we move just a tiny bit further out (but still close to where I work... just further the other way, still in surrey) then we can get a 2 bed place for around that number. Just looks grim at the moment, but hopefully something will pop up!
We're having another valuation today by another estate agent so we'll see what they say.
Then we'll compare fees among the 6 most popular estate agents in our area and decide who does the best advertising...etc and pick one to go with.
Then we get to really truly hunt for a new place for us... we will actually be in a position to put in an offer. HIP pack done, conveyancing sorted, all set to go!

Q is "moo"ing in a weird way to every animal and it's so odd. He'll quack for a duck, though... and "bok" for a chicken . I downloaded loads of animal pics and printed them out and laminated them and cut them up and Q just loves carrying around his "goose". He calls it an "oose". So this morning it was "oose! oose! ooooooose! oosssssse! oose...... mooooooo!" Still not a lot of other words, though besides the ones he had before.
Oh! whenever he sees pizza, he smacks his lips together and apart twice. I said "what's this?" to the pizza in the shop and he did that! Such a strange child.

I've had Q in the crook of my arm for a while now, too. I was going to make him sleep on his own but I'm just not sure if it's worth the battle. Surely he won't do it forever???

Thanks myjob, I hope so, too I agree with pistachio, myjob that he will eventually just sleep it off. But, I'd be inclined to say "no more books, toys...etc after lights out just to set the expectation but I've not been to that bridge yet, so I can't say for sure.

Thanks pistachio, I agree. I've decided that I'm in no rush