Week 9

Had a much better start to the week this week.

On Saturday we went to Ruby's 4th birthday party over in Syston. Stefan had a great time with the other children, although they were a little bit too old for him to join them on the bouncy castle!

We drove over to my Mum and Dad's on Saturday afternoon and spent the rest of the weekend with them. Sunday was lovely. We all went to Warley Woods, and walked through to Lightwoods Park. The fresh air was just what I needed to ease the sick feelings and Stefan loved walking through the trees and sitting on Dad's shoulders. I was able to rest a lot and have a couple of catnaps throughout the day. Mum really looked after us with helping out with Stefan and cooking a beautiful Sunday lunch - yum!

It was my first week back at work this week. I'm now a week behind as the first week of term was last week. I had to fly by the seat of my pants for all of the sessions this week. Nothing was put in place, I'd had no time to prepare and I really had no idea what I was teaching on what day. Still - it was OK in the end.

I'd forgotten how hard it is to get both Stefan and myself ready and get out in the morning on time. By the time I'd got to work at 8.30am, I felt like I'd done half a day's work already. What's it going to be like when there's two children to see to!?!?! Think I need an easier job. Or to win the lottery.

The sickness is relentless. I think this is why my throat isn't getting any better. I'm either retching or being sick, so the strain on my throat is making it hard for it to heal and my voice is still not back properly. I think I've learned to live with this illness now.

There's been lots of invites recently that I've had to turn down with one thing and another. The lastest was a gig at the Y Theatre to see T-Rextasy. We were going with Freda and Simon, but I had to bow out at the last minute. Illness and pregnancy got the better of me. Darren went alone in the end. I've also missed Rachel and Chris' birthday celebrations. I'm looking forward to the end of these early pregnancy weeks when hopefully my body will settle down and I'll be able to have some sort of social life again.