This is not a good day - and it is purely down to the weather. I sometimes wonder if I am a victim of SAD as when it is grey and horrible like today I feel awful. Although my gorgeous little boy did make me laugh this morning - I'd tried my best to make sure he was protected against the deluge that was underway outside - but he was adamant that he wasn't having either hid sweatshirt hood or coat hood up. As we stepped outside the back door (well I stepped, he was carried) all IO could hear was a very loud 'UCK' and you just knew what sort of feeling he was trying to convey! So I am assuming that Uck in Mikey translates to Yuk! He was then silent for the whole trip to the childminder, no singing or anything - I have a feeling he was in sulk mode! And I know I shouldn't project what I think he is thinking but this morning it was just too easy and it cheered me up!!
I think Mikey was slightly disconcerted this morning as he is the only child there today…he was trying to look around the door into the lounge to see if anyone was there! I assume the Jack will be around so Mikey will get to try to turn off his PS whilst he's playing again! And also get lots of attention - which will suit him down to the ground after having had Nanny and Grandad running around after him yesterday! Apparently at one point Grandad was pretending to be a Giraffe…but seeing as Grandad tries to convince Mikey that his cow is a horse I'm not sure if he was really being a giraffe or maybe he was a panda….your guess is as good as mine!
My main problem today is actually getting inspired to do anything…I'm also shivering, probably due to this horrific weather! I'[m sure the office isn't actually as cold as I seem to think it is. My fingers are so cold that typing hurts and my spelling is unbelievably bad (not that it is ever good…thank goodness for spell check!) But my atrocious spelling doesn't slow the system down - it seems to be doing that for no reason at all , all by itself!
I am also sulking that my tube of Smarties seems to be missing the orange ones. At one point you could buy tubes of just orange Smarties….why did they stop doing that?? I like the orange ones far more than the others, the chocolate in them seems to be really grainy and the flavour isn't nice :-(
My nemesis is driving me up the wall as well today…the photocopier has dared to go wrong and the nice engineer has been out and fixed it - but it isn't good enough! As the poor man has pointed out the machine is old and basically wearing out so he can't get the resolution any better…Cue major sighing and whinging. I have been plugged into my Ipod trying to block some of the noise out but I failed miserable and I really can't take much more of this. He gives old women a bad name! And I can't even move around the desk and use Alan's desk as he has a laptop docking station and I have a PC :-( Although there is a strong chance I will move my PC around there so I can escape for a while….
My other problem during the day today has been shivering…I don't think the office has been cold - just me! I think whatever bug I've had over the last few days is still lurking and tomorrow I'm seriously considering wearing a nice warm jumper (do I sound really old now?!?!?!?) Although the forecast tomorrow is at least dry…I'd really like to see that big yellow thing that makes you feel warm if at all possible please!
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Time Travel???
Well I currently feel as thought I've time travelled backwards to 2009…my infamous headache is back and making my life miserable right now (especially as Mikey has discovered that the table flap on the dining table makes a fantastic drum by either banging it or head butting it - bless him) It must be bad as I've even been to see a Dr… It's safe to assume I'll never see him again due to the wonders of my GP Surgery! They seem to get through Drs faster than I get through painkillers at the moment…heaven knows when this much heralded management change will happen, so for the moment they are happily bumbling along and making life as difficult for patients as they can! I was sat in the waiting room for nearly an hour on Monday and saw how rude the receptionists were to the people who came in. There was absolutely no need for the way they reacted to some people and I can quite understand why some people get so angry and upset, they aren't treated like human beings, just imbecilic beings who happen to have wandered in to make the receptionists like hell…
Not much has really happened recently … Mikey is still eating like a pig if we let him! He really is a bottomless pit in his head, and his cruel mother simply doesn't understand his need for constant refuelling! But if he slowed down the speed crawling a little life may become less focussed on where his next meal/snack etc will appear from! I'm not sure the pasta sandwiches he got on Monday helped and they are not something I'm planning to repeat any time soon! He did try raspberries again on Saturday…from the look on his face I think they may have been a little sharp! I was laughing too much to take a photo but a magic star soon helped to take his mind off it! He does like strawberries though… and raisins are almost as good as buttons, but the resulting nappies are not fun!!
Andy is currently redoing the Murder Mystery Party from last year for work, he did an article for an in-house e-mag about a hobby when he referred to it, next thing is he's re-doing it for his work colleagues…I only hope Dr Plum lives up to my original portrayal of her!
At work the system is on a major go slow…maybe we need new hamsters or even feed those we already have so they have a little more energy…Does Red Bull work on rodents??? My nemesis is also back from his holiday so the noise in my bit of the office has increased 10000000 fold… not helping my poor old head and retreating into the world of my Ipod isn't helping either - and if I listen to Paul McKenna I'll fall asleep! Not ideal (but very tempting!)
Not much has really happened recently … Mikey is still eating like a pig if we let him! He really is a bottomless pit in his head, and his cruel mother simply doesn't understand his need for constant refuelling! But if he slowed down the speed crawling a little life may become less focussed on where his next meal/snack etc will appear from! I'm not sure the pasta sandwiches he got on Monday helped and they are not something I'm planning to repeat any time soon! He did try raspberries again on Saturday…from the look on his face I think they may have been a little sharp! I was laughing too much to take a photo but a magic star soon helped to take his mind off it! He does like strawberries though… and raisins are almost as good as buttons, but the resulting nappies are not fun!!
Andy is currently redoing the Murder Mystery Party from last year for work, he did an article for an in-house e-mag about a hobby when he referred to it, next thing is he's re-doing it for his work colleagues…I only hope Dr Plum lives up to my original portrayal of her!
At work the system is on a major go slow…maybe we need new hamsters or even feed those we already have so they have a little more energy…Does Red Bull work on rodents??? My nemesis is also back from his holiday so the noise in my bit of the office has increased 10000000 fold… not helping my poor old head and retreating into the world of my Ipod isn't helping either - and if I listen to Paul McKenna I'll fall asleep! Not ideal (but very tempting!)
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
2012...welcome World to the UK
London riots: Man, 26, shot in Croydon dies in hospital
A 26-year-old man shot in a car during riots in Croydon has died in hospital.
The Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident launched an investigation after the man was found with gunshot wounds in his car on Monday night.
Why am I now worried this will spark off yet more imbecilic behaviour tonight? BBC News this morning had audio of a couple of youths trying to decide it they should go and loot Dagenham's to 'get some watches' and I'm not being racist, but the language and the sound of their voices implied they were black. I am sorry that the 29 year old was shot on Thursday - but whatever the circumstances surrounding that shooting it really can't ever justify the violence and criminal behaviour that has spread across London and other parts of the UK over the last few nights. There was even a mini riot in Medway last night with cars and rubbish bins being set alight - but apparently those responsible arrived in the area by train, so weren't even local scum.
I have read peoples views that the police haven't don enough…Just what do they expect them to do? If they go in heavy handed (which I feel they should ) then there would be loads of wailing about Police Brutality, and when they don't they aren't doing enough. I'm sorry, but the commanders should now be given a loose rein and allowed to do whatever they feel is needed to regain control - so long as they also provide security for the hospital staff who will be expected to provide sympathy and patch up anyone who gets caught by a copper having a bad evening.
Next year we are hosting the Olympic Games - famously about sporting behaviour and doing the best that you can. So far as I know looting is not yet an Olympic Sport so we don't need the trails the yobs are currently taking part in… They'd only try to nick the medals anyway.
I'm also worried about my sister's brother-in-law…he's in the Met and I'm sure was sent in over the weekend…OK, he is up on a horse, but that makes him a more obvious target and those morons won't even think he may have a family who love him and really don't want him getting pulled off his horse and injured as he tries to stop them pinching a mobile from a phone shop. There are far more important things happening in the world right now… Although being very selfish it is nice that the US and their credit rating has been knocked off the news for a day or so, but I'd rather not see the future of England behaving like idiots and being brainwashed by Mob Rule.
I also was shocked that an 11 year old was arrested over the weekend…maybe I'm old fashioned but what was an 11 year old doing out in the early hours anyway? I am going to be an over protective mother I feel - no way will Mikey be anywhere I don't know about when he is 11. I don't care about giving him his freedom, I'm more concerned about his safety. And what sort of parent would let a child go out when all 'that' was going on anyway? Maybe the parents should be arrested as well and made to explain how they let their child get into a situation where he could have been killed. Maybe that should also be a criminal offence too… I feel that I should be running the country -at least that way I could get my hands on a tank or 50! That would soon stop the riots and reduce the number of people claiming benefit as well…..
Right - that is civil unrest and the welfare money problem sorted….what next?!?!? (I think I may need a campaign manager to stop me wanting to drive over potential voters in my tank….)
A 26-year-old man shot in a car during riots in Croydon has died in hospital.
The Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident launched an investigation after the man was found with gunshot wounds in his car on Monday night.
Why am I now worried this will spark off yet more imbecilic behaviour tonight? BBC News this morning had audio of a couple of youths trying to decide it they should go and loot Dagenham's to 'get some watches' and I'm not being racist, but the language and the sound of their voices implied they were black. I am sorry that the 29 year old was shot on Thursday - but whatever the circumstances surrounding that shooting it really can't ever justify the violence and criminal behaviour that has spread across London and other parts of the UK over the last few nights. There was even a mini riot in Medway last night with cars and rubbish bins being set alight - but apparently those responsible arrived in the area by train, so weren't even local scum.
I have read peoples views that the police haven't don enough…Just what do they expect them to do? If they go in heavy handed (which I feel they should ) then there would be loads of wailing about Police Brutality, and when they don't they aren't doing enough. I'm sorry, but the commanders should now be given a loose rein and allowed to do whatever they feel is needed to regain control - so long as they also provide security for the hospital staff who will be expected to provide sympathy and patch up anyone who gets caught by a copper having a bad evening.
Next year we are hosting the Olympic Games - famously about sporting behaviour and doing the best that you can. So far as I know looting is not yet an Olympic Sport so we don't need the trails the yobs are currently taking part in… They'd only try to nick the medals anyway.
I'm also worried about my sister's brother-in-law…he's in the Met and I'm sure was sent in over the weekend…OK, he is up on a horse, but that makes him a more obvious target and those morons won't even think he may have a family who love him and really don't want him getting pulled off his horse and injured as he tries to stop them pinching a mobile from a phone shop. There are far more important things happening in the world right now… Although being very selfish it is nice that the US and their credit rating has been knocked off the news for a day or so, but I'd rather not see the future of England behaving like idiots and being brainwashed by Mob Rule.
I also was shocked that an 11 year old was arrested over the weekend…maybe I'm old fashioned but what was an 11 year old doing out in the early hours anyway? I am going to be an over protective mother I feel - no way will Mikey be anywhere I don't know about when he is 11. I don't care about giving him his freedom, I'm more concerned about his safety. And what sort of parent would let a child go out when all 'that' was going on anyway? Maybe the parents should be arrested as well and made to explain how they let their child get into a situation where he could have been killed. Maybe that should also be a criminal offence too… I feel that I should be running the country -at least that way I could get my hands on a tank or 50! That would soon stop the riots and reduce the number of people claiming benefit as well…..
Right - that is civil unrest and the welfare money problem sorted….what next?!?!? (I think I may need a campaign manager to stop me wanting to drive over potential voters in my tank….)
Monday, 8 August 2011
Monday....Urgh
New week again! I know weekends can go fast but why do mine seem to last for a couple of seconds and are them over and it's Monday morning again? This morning wasn't helped by my alarm clock playing up yet again! My alarm went off at 6.30 (as normal) and I went into snooze mode (again as normal) until it said 7.02 when I thumped the sleeping man beside me and asked if he was going to get up this morning! The response I got was 'Have you checked the time on your phone?' and when I did it was only 6.21am! 'm not sure why my alarm clock is not running 40 minutes ahead of itself as it is supposedly set by the atomic clock and is completely accurate!!! I guess this evening it'll be battery out and re-set time! I really don't want to be woken up 40 minutes early again tomorrow! (Thinking back Mikey was being very quiet whilst I was snoozing…..)
One thing I did have time for over the weekend was a quick hair colour change! I had noticed far too many grey hairs last week whilst it was being chopped, so I decided to do some cover up action! It is now allegedly mid auburn… as I dried it yesterday morning it started to look pink!! That led to a minor panic, but as I dried the rest it looked slightly more normal (well for me anyway!!) Not sure I'll try this colour again…maybe next time I'll do for brown again as my hair is far too good at going red… I think it's a genetic thing as my Grandmother and Uncle were both red heads!
My original plan of having a photography session didn't happen. Probably mainly due to the weather - everytime I stepped outside I got rained on and after the 1st couple of times it gets decidedly boring and I take steps to avoid the dampness as much as I can! I did get some photos back that I've had printed, but I've bought a new album as the 2nd Mikey album is nearly full now, but Mikey kept 'helping' which mainly involves folding pages up so I didn’t get the photos sorted or slotted into their new homes - maybe I'll make a start on them this evening!
One other think I need to do this week is make a Drs appointment. I took my prescription application form into the GP surgery about 3 weeks ago and haven't heard anything since. Based on their normal 'helpfulness' I would imagine they have lost this as well as the original one I took in just before I found out I was pregnant. They would be totally unable to arrange the proverbial in a brewery without someone telling them what to do. The sooner the new management team are put in the better…but all that seems to have gone quiet again although the girls in the pharmacy did tell me they have now managed to get a few more permanent Drs now….
And seeing how many different things they seem to think I need to take to keep going I would quite like some help paying for it all as at £7.60 (I think) per item it all mounts up scarily fast…Or they can just give me more per prescription so I don't have to get it all renewed so often. It isn't as if any of it is exactly dangerous….I stopped taking all that stuff when I first found out Mikey was on the way and haven't had any of it since (and don't intend to) so I'm hardly likely to try and deal in any of the stuff I'm on! None of it gives an artificial high…mainly it keeps my blood pressure, uric acid and cholesterol levels down and keeps my blood sugar on an even keel… nothing earth shatteringly desirable there really!
Mikey is now really into speed crawling - and I am going to have to get him a baby crash helmet! He simply doesn't look where he is going and seems to know no fear right now (and no - that does not mean you can fly him from a kite….) This weekend he has crawled…at speed…. into the sofa (again) the dining table and Daddy and Mummy. What I find totally hilarious is the fact he doesn't stop when he hits something, just keeps going as if he will simply go straight through whatever the obstacle is! He has also started trying to work out how to climb over Daddy…I think wrestling may commence soon and my money is no Mikey! For one thing I doubt he’ll be very sporting…and he has nails!
One thing I did have time for over the weekend was a quick hair colour change! I had noticed far too many grey hairs last week whilst it was being chopped, so I decided to do some cover up action! It is now allegedly mid auburn… as I dried it yesterday morning it started to look pink!! That led to a minor panic, but as I dried the rest it looked slightly more normal (well for me anyway!!) Not sure I'll try this colour again…maybe next time I'll do for brown again as my hair is far too good at going red… I think it's a genetic thing as my Grandmother and Uncle were both red heads!
My original plan of having a photography session didn't happen. Probably mainly due to the weather - everytime I stepped outside I got rained on and after the 1st couple of times it gets decidedly boring and I take steps to avoid the dampness as much as I can! I did get some photos back that I've had printed, but I've bought a new album as the 2nd Mikey album is nearly full now, but Mikey kept 'helping' which mainly involves folding pages up so I didn’t get the photos sorted or slotted into their new homes - maybe I'll make a start on them this evening!
One other think I need to do this week is make a Drs appointment. I took my prescription application form into the GP surgery about 3 weeks ago and haven't heard anything since. Based on their normal 'helpfulness' I would imagine they have lost this as well as the original one I took in just before I found out I was pregnant. They would be totally unable to arrange the proverbial in a brewery without someone telling them what to do. The sooner the new management team are put in the better…but all that seems to have gone quiet again although the girls in the pharmacy did tell me they have now managed to get a few more permanent Drs now….
And seeing how many different things they seem to think I need to take to keep going I would quite like some help paying for it all as at £7.60 (I think) per item it all mounts up scarily fast…Or they can just give me more per prescription so I don't have to get it all renewed so often. It isn't as if any of it is exactly dangerous….I stopped taking all that stuff when I first found out Mikey was on the way and haven't had any of it since (and don't intend to) so I'm hardly likely to try and deal in any of the stuff I'm on! None of it gives an artificial high…mainly it keeps my blood pressure, uric acid and cholesterol levels down and keeps my blood sugar on an even keel… nothing earth shatteringly desirable there really!
Mikey is now really into speed crawling - and I am going to have to get him a baby crash helmet! He simply doesn't look where he is going and seems to know no fear right now (and no - that does not mean you can fly him from a kite….) This weekend he has crawled…at speed…. into the sofa (again) the dining table and Daddy and Mummy. What I find totally hilarious is the fact he doesn't stop when he hits something, just keeps going as if he will simply go straight through whatever the obstacle is! He has also started trying to work out how to climb over Daddy…I think wrestling may commence soon and my money is no Mikey! For one thing I doubt he’ll be very sporting…and he has nails!
Friday, 5 August 2011
Am I glad it's Friday!
The first disaster was a husband with toothache - never a fun experience and I'm afraid I wasn't exactly sympathetic as it's been going on for weeks (possibly months) and he hasn't bothered to go to the dentist (which is within walking distance) He finally booked an appointment for Wednesday evening which meant he was miserable for Tina's Birthday evening (sorry about that) and didn't make it to work on Wednesday as he was dizzy from the pain killers he was taking and it was hurting (his sympathetic wife just said to phone the dentist and see if they had any cancellations to get in earlier)
Thursday didn't start any better - even after his treatment he was still in pain (so I didn't get much rest as he was up and down during the night) and then Mikey decided to fall over and bump his head. He stopped screaming as soon as breakfast was shovelled into his mouth and by the time I delivered him to the childminder he was totally fine, although he did have the start of a nice egg/bruise on his forehead poor little mite. Wonderful Debbie kept a close eye on him all day for me but he ate all his lunch (plus some of the other Kids lunches as well) and had a nice nap before being educated in the joys of skateboarding….He is not having one of those until he is old enough to leave home!
Debbie also pointed out once he is walking he will get even more bumps and bruises…but it didn't stop me pretty much going into shock and by the time I got to work I was a wreck and had to have a bloody good cry. (and get some reassurance from my Mum and Dad….) Yesterday evening Andy was out and I was so scared about changing Mikey I insisted on getting him ready for bed in his cot - talk about a confused little boy who really didn't want to be helpful…he was also confused this morning when after changing his nappy on his changing mat we moved back to his cot to get dressed - but it was better for mummy's sanity as she couldn't let him fall when he's sat on his mattress!
Andy has gone back to work today, although I think he had less sleep than me last night, and Mikey has gone to Nanny and Grandad so is probably having a wonderful day, I know he was going to the supermarket which he loves as there is so much to see, loads of colour and plenty of people who are likely to make a fuss of him (my son can be such a tart!) The only thing you have to do is watch what he puts into the trolley! If something catches his eye he grabs it…or makes a good try and can get ratty if he can't get hold of it! I think he is close to having a shopping addiction at 1!! We may have created a monster….
Not much planned for the weekend…I may try to catch up on some sleep which is a bit of a waste of the weekend but I am just feeling a bit drained and this morning the nicest description I could come up with for my complexion was grey and washed out… or I find somewhere comfortable and sit and soak up some sun trying to change colour!! And with the amount of painkillers my husband has managed to get through he’ll probably be asleep too (no change there really!!!) Or I may try to get a few more photos of Mikey (it isn't like I haven't already taken 100's…) especially as it gives me an excuse to play around with the black and white setting - I know colour is good, but there is just something about black and white that I love! Plus being a proud Mum I quite like taking photos of my little monster, especially as he is changing so fast and growing up so quickly, I was looking at some 24 hour old photos last night and I could hardly recognise him as the same little boy. He really won't be my baby in looks at least for much longer!! I can be an embarrassing mother and call him my baby for the rest of his life though - And believe me, I will!!!
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