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Friday Night Thread

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StarlightMcKenzie · 08/02/2013 17:13

Interesting week.

Got an absolute pasting on AIBU.

Got an independent expert in to see ds who confirmed he is in the right placement (after a year of him being there). Not perfect and room for improvement, but generally a good place full of kind, caring and keen staff who are open and non-defensive.

DS had a grommet operation on Monday, DD finally got her ENT appointment through for in a couple of weeks after I called and queried if they really meant April.

DH came home early with a sickness bug.

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moosemama · 08/02/2013 19:08

I'm in zzzz - but only if you have a huge supply of seasickness pills!

marchduck · 08/02/2013 19:08

zzzzz, I will join you in getting a drink. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

EllenJaneisstillnotmyname · 08/02/2013 19:16

I'm in the SW!

Would it be really awful not to tell ex about the Disney exit passes? It would, wouldn't it?

silverfrog · 08/02/2013 19:19

As I was typing it, I did wonder myself

but it would mean ds2 had a much better time... and tbh, you ex is going ot have his work cutout regardless - Disney is a punishing holiday, seriously. you need a good month to recover from ti anyway, let alone with 3 children and additional needs.

in your place, I'd buy all the guide books, and plan everything with your boys - make sure they need to see and do everything. it'll virtually kill your ex

signandsmile · 08/02/2013 19:24

Hi all, head too blown away to sort out what happened to who, sorry to hear about crappy weeks with illness and rogue threads...

ds is now off for half term... ahhhhh (sigh of relief) he has been so stressed the last 10 days or so, we can finally flop.

am with zzzz getting to meet up, I will def need to get my finger out for the SW meet up.

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MummytoMog · 08/02/2013 19:50

Star, I can't remember if I did post to say you weren't being unreasonable, but i meant to. Then I ran away...

We had the EYASS people round, they managed to enrage DD, piss off DS and irritate the fuck out of me, despite being terribly well-intentioned and nice. Fuckwits. DD followed a new instruction this week with no real prep - just for fun I asked her to pick up DS's dressing gown and put it on his bed. And she did :) she is a bit obsessed with dressing gowns though, probably because our heating sucks.

StarlightMcKenzie · 08/02/2013 19:52

Thanks Mummy I appreciated it. I hid the thread in the end. It wasn't about the OP, it was some kind of gang up!

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ouryve · 08/02/2013 20:03

I've had DS1 off for 3 days this week, full of cold. I'll be opening the in an hour, once both the boys are in bed. He truly got out of the wrong side of bed, this morning and ended up having a meltdown when I insisted on walking on the less slippery side of the road while we were taking DS2 to school. He would have been well enough to go back, himself, today, but being DS1, that was not going to happen.

DS2's coming on in leaps and bounds, watching and learning things. He's learnt how to put the plug in the sink and fill it so his toy fish can go for a swim!

Bluebirdonmyshoulder · 08/02/2013 20:05

Ooh can I join in...

Star you're brilliant and anyone who says otherwise can go fuck themselves. No idea what your thread was about but YANBU!!!!

I'm relatively new to MN but have lurked a bit on AIBU and it seems a very odd place, beset with strange rules that change on a whim depending on who's posting. Some of the regulars just seem to get a kick out of being intentionally confrontational. It's the Internet forum equivalent of the sort of 'frenemy' psyche typified by Heathers. I don't like it and don't get the mindset. Some people forget that there are real people behind the MN names and the posts.

Anyway, have a few drinks and don't worry. We love you. HONK

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EllenJaneisstillnotmyname · 08/02/2013 20:11

I had a look at your thread, Star. Seemed to get heated for no apparent reason? FWIW, DS1 had an umbilical hernia op when DS2 was 6 months old, DS2 stayed on the ward with me in his car seat and occasional BF for 6 hours.

Ex H is taking the OW and her DS to Disney, too. I'm sure it will be hard work with DS2 even with exit passes, so I probably will swallow my bitterness and tell him.

EllenJaneisstillnotmyname · 08/02/2013 20:13

I'm definitely up for a SW meet!

NoHaudinMaWheest · 08/02/2013 20:15

Hi all!
Polter glad you have SENCO on your side - I hope she can make CT see sense.

ZZZZZ sorry things are no better at school. How is youngest DD this week?

Star was at the reactions you got in AIBU but I didn't post as I have made myself a rule NEVER to post in AIBU.

Sign looking forward to another meet up.

Not a brilliant week here. After making some progress Ds's OCD seems to be going backward again. However he is out tonight with DH to see a Radio 4 comedian in a live show. He is a really Radio 4 comedy fan. The show is called 7 Years in the Bathroom which if you know my DS is richly ironic.
Another week until half term here. I think we will all survive though I am having lots of weird right sided neuro symptoms this week.

Honks for all those having a hard time.

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StarlightMcKenzie · 08/02/2013 20:55

Well, we'll be camping just as soon as the temperatures rise. It will often be fairly short notice and a weekend but happy to just post on here and if anyone lives nearby who wants to toast their marshmallows on our bbq, or camp too, then that would be very lovely.

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NoHaudinMaWheest · 08/02/2013 21:23

Thanks Polter.
Dd is much the same. Have 2nd paed appointment in half term.

moosemama · 08/02/2013 21:40

No Haudin, between us we could make a good one - all my symptoms are on the left!

Sorry ds's OCD seems to be going backwards, hope it's just a blip. How is dd doing, is her joint pain improving at all?

zzzzz, I'd love to do a camp, but know how monumentally crap I am at being brave enough to show my face at these things. Maybe if you give me regular kicks up the backside between now and then?

moosemama · 08/02/2013 21:41

Missed your last post NoHaudin.

Sorry to hear dd is no better.

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StarlightMcKenzie · 08/02/2013 21:44

moose, I'm really ugly, overweight and own no clothes bought within the last 6 years when I was slimmer, have a squeky voice, look too serious and stressed and CBA to apply make up.

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StarlightMcKenzie · 08/02/2013 21:45

I think we should meet.........

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moosemama · 08/02/2013 21:51

Star - I don't believe a word of it.

It's not so much how I look - although I will admit to that being part of it - it's more social nervousness. Traits? Moi ... well ...

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