No, I don't want to return to work, I want to stay at home and watch my daughter grow up. The idea of having to leave her for 12 hours a day is heart wrenching and I would love more than anything to be able to be a full time Mum for longer ( Read more... )

Bloody hell, I've taken a look at this and I haven't posted anything here since four days after Tessa was born ( Read more... )

I can't remember what the anniversary of Owen and I getting together is, and often have trouble remembering how long we've been together. I stopped remembering the date of us getting together after the year when we both forgot our anniversary - we'd made plans to go to a tapas restaurant, but only remembered them a few days after our anniversary ( Read more... )

I've spent quite a lot of this week in hospital ( Read more... )

According to Facebook I have 235 "friends", I reckon I could cut a hundred off that number and not feel like I've missed out on anyone important. I just keep getting this urge to cull my friends list to people I actually give two shits about ( Read more... )

So, it's been a while since I posted anything here ( Read more... )

Today has been good ( Read more... )

My Grandma died today. It was not expected. Although she was in hospital, we were expecting her to come out again. She was not in hospital for anything serious, but while she was there she had a heart attack. It happened in front of a nurse, the doctors got to her in three minutes, at which point she had already stopped breathing and after half ( Read more... )

The party last night was amazing. Everyone looked fabulous and got along. There was dancing and chocolate fountain. Of particular note are Clara, Jonas, Martin, Han, Tom and Dave who got roped into setting up the hall by turning up early (or perhaps by Owen and I getting everything ready late). Maddy was a star for fruit preparation and Rikk ( Read more... )

It's over! My exam is over! I have no studying to do until at least February. I am a free agent ( Read more... )