Abi: "Hey Louis" / Louis: "Whats up Abi!"
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Mum's: "Ahhh how cute"
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Barman: "Are that lot going to be here all day?"
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Other Patrons: "(Inward remark) oh b***er"
Well Maternity leave is going pretty well thanks, forget coffee culture, think pub culture, as I seem to spend most of my time in pubs with my mum friends, which is great as I don't get to go out drinking much in the evening anymore! In fact I took it a tad too far last week, and whilst meeting my bro in town, Abi actually got chucked out of an over 18s bar in Leicester Sq....oops! That's two pubs she's been chucked out of already, and at such a tender age, she is sooooo her daddy's girl!
Abi has had a cold recently, and has been up during the night so as I never did get into that time honoured tradition of listening to your mothers advice and sleeping when your baby did, I have been getting an average of five hours a night for about a week, and when at my nephews party on Sunday I was sitting across from one of the mums in attendance, it was a full minute or two of silence before I reaslised she had been waiting for me to respond to a question whilst I had been gazing into the distance thinking of goodness knows what whilst she patiently waited on, social etiquette, what's that all about again? Question: So, how long can you use your child as an excuse for all your inadequacies?
As I have not being all that great on the finance side of things, err....ever, I have only just finally bought into this whole, oh yeah I am not actually earning any money right now thing, and so in a fit of family solidarity decided to be mrs frugal and go onto ebay in search of some baby bargains. Matt was out, my first mistake (as he always sanity checks my online purchases), and off I went into eBay land. (Sorry if you've heard this already girls!) Anyway to cut a long story short, I managed to get myself a wow bargain, a lovely wooden highchair that turns into a seat/table thingy, all for the bargain price of £1.04! AND ..tadadada.....Free delivery! Too good to be true right? Yep...you would be right...as it was not till Matt got home to my loud cries of 'how clever am I, I have saved us so much money' etc etc, that he tiredly pointed out it was local pick up only, and the eBay seller lived north of Cambridge...Ooops! Poor Matt, so today he spent a full four and half hours driving up to collect it, costing him £30 in petrol, plus he felt a tad silly handing over the £1 and 4p so gave the chap a whole £2...Whilst I spent the afternoon, yep you've guessed it right again, in the pub with my mates! I ask you, do I deserve this amount of patience and agreeability from my long suffering hubby? (...Don't answer that!)
Abi has had a cold recently, and has been up during the night so as I never did get into that time honoured tradition of listening to your mothers advice and sleeping when your baby did, I have been getting an average of five hours a night for about a week, and when at my nephews party on Sunday I was sitting across from one of the mums in attendance, it was a full minute or two of silence before I reaslised she had been waiting for me to respond to a question whilst I had been gazing into the distance thinking of goodness knows what whilst she patiently waited on, social etiquette, what's that all about again? Question: So, how long can you use your child as an excuse for all your inadequacies?
As I have not being all that great on the finance side of things, err....ever, I have only just finally bought into this whole, oh yeah I am not actually earning any money right now thing, and so in a fit of family solidarity decided to be mrs frugal and go onto ebay in search of some baby bargains. Matt was out, my first mistake (as he always sanity checks my online purchases), and off I went into eBay land. (Sorry if you've heard this already girls!) Anyway to cut a long story short, I managed to get myself a wow bargain, a lovely wooden highchair that turns into a seat/table thingy, all for the bargain price of £1.04! AND ..tadadada.....Free delivery! Too good to be true right? Yep...you would be right...as it was not till Matt got home to my loud cries of 'how clever am I, I have saved us so much money' etc etc, that he tiredly pointed out it was local pick up only, and the eBay seller lived north of Cambridge...Ooops! Poor Matt, so today he spent a full four and half hours driving up to collect it, costing him £30 in petrol, plus he felt a tad silly handing over the £1 and 4p so gave the chap a whole £2...Whilst I spent the afternoon, yep you've guessed it right again, in the pub with my mates! I ask you, do I deserve this amount of patience and agreeability from my long suffering hubby? (...Don't answer that!)
To keep you up to date on more practical matters, we are no longer going down the childminder route, Matty decided he would rather stay at home and look after our bundle of lovliness than go out to earn a crust to ONLY just cover childcare costs (Who knew it was that expensive, well apart from all you long serving parents that is) Anyway...HURRAH! I am so happy it's hard to put into words, suffice to say, although I think leaving Abi to go back to work will still be hard, I will be able to cope a lot lot better knowing she is in the safe/capable and LOVING hands of her dad!
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