As an only child I never grew up with the expectation of being an aunty and despite being married twice now I'm still not really one.
So, when my best friend from school told me she was expecting her first baby I was really pleased for her. Now, said best friend and I have had our differences along the way - mostly caused by our mutual stubbornness and different stages in life, and have had patches where we've not spoken to each other. But when all is said and done she's someone I still consider to be a good friend.
So, for a while now I've been knitting baby bits for her and waiting .... she's now two weeks late and due to be induced any time now, so hopefully the baby will arrive safely in the next 24 hours or so. .. and I'm so excited :)
My girls are past babyhood by a long way now - the eldest turned 12 recently, so all things baby have been banished from our house. We now have raging pre-teen hormones to contend with, but I still look at all the little clothes on sale in Tesco and think how cute the accessories for babies are. Don't get me wrong, I'm not broody and don't want another one thank you, but I do like some of the nifty things that have come out since my girls were tiny. This impending birth is bringing back many memories of my own girls babyhood - some of which I'd blanked out in the horror of those early years and the difficult marriage, but on the whole, it's been a nice trip down memory lane.
And as for my friends baby - it's still hanging in there and I'm dying to know what colour yarn to knit with!
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Thursday, 30 October 2008
All change....again
Well, where to start really? On the job front I've been doing a maternity cover back in the same office at the University where I was last year. I really enjoyed working there last year (a different maternity cover) and this year has been a similarly good experience. But I'm down to my last week next week and it's time to move on again.
The good news is that the University has a re-deployment list (which I'm on) and for the short term I've got an extension of sorts to work in a slightly different department but still reporting for the same person I'm working for at the moment. There's a permanent position coming up in the same department I'm covering in so I'm applying and fingers crossed I might even get an interview!
I know that I do have the skills for the job and I've got the qualifications.... it's just that it's a few grades above the one I'm on at the moment, so the trick will be to convince those interviewing that I can do it.
However, not one to have all my eggs in one basket, I've been applying for other jobs at the University too. I've got an interview next week in the Business School there but I'm not sure how I feel about the position. I'll go and do my best at interview and see what happens from there. I've also applied for a job in HR which might lead to other things but given that the HR department is notoriously incompetent I'm not sure I really want to work in it!
So that's three jobs in the fire which is all good, I trust in God that the right one for me and the family will happen, so I'll go in and do my best for all three and see what transpires.
On a domestic front Hubby's latest contract finishes in two weeks after some pretty nasty office politics and backstabbing directed at him. Shades of when he worked at Cattles which is a bit worrying as Cattles left him in a bad state mentally. The good thing is that this time he's got me to support me and its been over and done with in a short space of time. Working his 4 week notice is proving to be a bit of a trial though and I'm really proud of him for sticking it out.
I watched a Baptism at church the other Sunday and was surprisingly moved by it. It was the first one I'd seen since I was Baptised myself back on Mothering Sunday. The testimony was simple and 'ordinary' - no blinding road to Damascus conversion. But it was immensly reassuring for all of that. I pray that the Baptism may be a real blessing for the family involved.
I've not been to church myself for a couple of weeks for fairly valid reasons - not being a home being the main one - and I'm finding myself missing it. Nice as it was to have a bit of a lay in on a Sunday morning and a leisurely read of the papers... something was missing. So this Sunday I'll be back in church and I'm looking forward to it.
Well, that's all for now, although I've probably got more I can add. I hope someone's reading this! Let me know if you are and I'll try and write more.
The good news is that the University has a re-deployment list (which I'm on) and for the short term I've got an extension of sorts to work in a slightly different department but still reporting for the same person I'm working for at the moment. There's a permanent position coming up in the same department I'm covering in so I'm applying and fingers crossed I might even get an interview!
I know that I do have the skills for the job and I've got the qualifications.... it's just that it's a few grades above the one I'm on at the moment, so the trick will be to convince those interviewing that I can do it.
However, not one to have all my eggs in one basket, I've been applying for other jobs at the University too. I've got an interview next week in the Business School there but I'm not sure how I feel about the position. I'll go and do my best at interview and see what happens from there. I've also applied for a job in HR which might lead to other things but given that the HR department is notoriously incompetent I'm not sure I really want to work in it!
So that's three jobs in the fire which is all good, I trust in God that the right one for me and the family will happen, so I'll go in and do my best for all three and see what transpires.
On a domestic front Hubby's latest contract finishes in two weeks after some pretty nasty office politics and backstabbing directed at him. Shades of when he worked at Cattles which is a bit worrying as Cattles left him in a bad state mentally. The good thing is that this time he's got me to support me and its been over and done with in a short space of time. Working his 4 week notice is proving to be a bit of a trial though and I'm really proud of him for sticking it out.
I watched a Baptism at church the other Sunday and was surprisingly moved by it. It was the first one I'd seen since I was Baptised myself back on Mothering Sunday. The testimony was simple and 'ordinary' - no blinding road to Damascus conversion. But it was immensly reassuring for all of that. I pray that the Baptism may be a real blessing for the family involved.
I've not been to church myself for a couple of weeks for fairly valid reasons - not being a home being the main one - and I'm finding myself missing it. Nice as it was to have a bit of a lay in on a Sunday morning and a leisurely read of the papers... something was missing. So this Sunday I'll be back in church and I'm looking forward to it.
Well, that's all for now, although I've probably got more I can add. I hope someone's reading this! Let me know if you are and I'll try and write more.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Summer Holidays
Well.. the dust has settled and the course is complete and the children have finished school for the summer... but somehow I've still not managed to find time for writing.
Part of me feels like my whole life is one long list of 'when XXX is done with I'll do YYYY' but really and truly, deep down I have to wonder if they are not just excuses.
I do know that I'm tired, bone achingly tired. I've been working full time now for 9 months and I've not really had a good break. Thankfully I've only got tomorrow at work and then I've got 10 days off followed by a few days working but on my own, then a weekend with hubby before the children come back from their visit to Granny's. What I'm hoping is that I'm going to be refreshed and relaxed by the end of it all... just in time for September and the new school year.
I have also been looking at my bible more... and looking forward to Spring Harvest next year which I've decided to take the children to. I think they're old enough to get a good deal out of it now and I certainly need a booster on the spiritual front.
Oh well... suppose I'd best head to bed, last day for a bit tomorrow!
Part of me feels like my whole life is one long list of 'when XXX is done with I'll do YYYY' but really and truly, deep down I have to wonder if they are not just excuses.
I do know that I'm tired, bone achingly tired. I've been working full time now for 9 months and I've not really had a good break. Thankfully I've only got tomorrow at work and then I've got 10 days off followed by a few days working but on my own, then a weekend with hubby before the children come back from their visit to Granny's. What I'm hoping is that I'm going to be refreshed and relaxed by the end of it all... just in time for September and the new school year.
I have also been looking at my bible more... and looking forward to Spring Harvest next year which I've decided to take the children to. I think they're old enough to get a good deal out of it now and I certainly need a booster on the spiritual front.
Oh well... suppose I'd best head to bed, last day for a bit tomorrow!
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Finally published
So this week I finally got my work published... Ok so its in an anthology of writing that my University creative writing course has had published, but it's still my work in print. Lets just hope that it's not the last time I get something published. And of course the next time it would be great to be paid for it!
I'll write more but for now I need to go and see why dd2 is upset on her return from Guides.
I'll write more but for now I need to go and see why dd2 is upset on her return from Guides.
Monday, 5 May 2008
Beginnings
Well, a new blog, a blank page, a new beginning.... so where to start? Feeling a bit woozy today as I was up late last night but at least its a bank holiday!
I thought I'd share with you a piece of writing I wrote a little while ago when I was struggling to think of something to write.
Writers Block
I sit here and listen to those all around,
Whose words captivate, completely profound.
A profusion of prose all written and rounded,
Like nothing before has ever been sounded.
And yet in my corner no words outpour
Feels like I’ve never done this before.
Some years ago my family I astounded,
The long-standing critics I completely confounded.
I passed my ‘A’ levels with a ‘B’,
Then went on to complete an Honours Degree.
Rich words were tucked under my belt
Enough to write prose till the arctic melt.
Strange it is then, that I find,
No words at all spring to mind.
Yet when I glance down at the paper,
My mind has been on its own jolly caper.
A complete poem has simply appeared
No block for me, as I’d long feared.
So... let me know what you think, polite answers only. I'm off out now to do some shopping for a birthday pressie and enjoy the remainder of the Bank Holiday which looks to be quite sunny out there.
I thought I'd share with you a piece of writing I wrote a little while ago when I was struggling to think of something to write.
Writers Block
I sit here and listen to those all around,
Whose words captivate, completely profound.
A profusion of prose all written and rounded,
Like nothing before has ever been sounded.
And yet in my corner no words outpour
Feels like I’ve never done this before.
Some years ago my family I astounded,
The long-standing critics I completely confounded.
I passed my ‘A’ levels with a ‘B’,
Then went on to complete an Honours Degree.
Rich words were tucked under my belt
Enough to write prose till the arctic melt.
Strange it is then, that I find,
No words at all spring to mind.
Yet when I glance down at the paper,
My mind has been on its own jolly caper.
A complete poem has simply appeared
No block for me, as I’d long feared.
So... let me know what you think, polite answers only. I'm off out now to do some shopping for a birthday pressie and enjoy the remainder of the Bank Holiday which looks to be quite sunny out there.
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