Hello ladies, long time no chat! I haven't caught up at all, but think about you all regularly so I though I would drop by.
I have had some issues going on which have made me very anti-social, hence my disappearing act.
Basically I have been diagnosed with depression and have been on medication for the last two months. The up side is that I now feel much much better, and more like my normal self. I felt like I was living under a very black cloud, but now it has lifted.
I didn't really want to be on medication, but it has made the world of difference, so worth it in the long run. And both my kids would agree as I was shouting an awful lot, and now I don't! (well not so much anyway).
Ffion will start full time nursery from September, and Ethan is off to the juniors. They both break from school on Friday for seven (yes, seven) weeks! This is because they should go back on September 2nd (I think), but the schools are having inset days and so don't go back until Monday 6th.
I am actually really looking forward to the break from the rush of the school run, although I may need to remind myself of that thought in a few weeks time.
Ethan had a nasty accident a few weeks ago, lost control of his bike on a hill (in a field which has a bank on one side), and went straight into a steel post head first. Very scary with an ambulance called and a huge lump on his head. Typically the pole managed to hit him just under the helmet he was wearing. We went to A+E and although he had a very swollen eye with lots of bruising, there was no permanent damage done. I honestly don't know how, because he hit his head with such force, but thankfully all is fine.
I am still working some agency shifts at the weekends, and my regular job in the week, and life is generally pretty good.
We are going to the Isle of Wight in August for a week in a caravan and I can't wait as I am really looking forward to the break.
I really hope you are all doing ok. SOL and Elkie, how are your mums doing? I think about them from time to time, so just because I have been absent from the thread I am still here in some form or other!!!
Anyway, that is my news in brief, hopefully back in the not too distant future xxx