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1. Matt passed his driving test on Monday! First time! YAY! I am so proud and so delighted and so excited for him. I remember the way my life changed when I suddenly had independence and could go wherever I liked (very important when you live in a rural place with a rubbish bus service like my rock) without having to ask for a lift. Oh joy. It's going to change his life.
2. Baby is kicking like crazy, every four hours. Not sure what this means, but I'm hoping it's an indication she'll be easy to settle into a routine once she's out in the open air. Also, I suppose it means she's going to be one of those wriggly, active babies who don't like being held, ie. nothing like me. Oh well.
3. House continues to be an entertaining train wreck. We tried to get the chimneys swept last week, but the sweep couldn't do it because it turns out that the visible pots on the stack actually belong to our schizophrenic neighbour, and our flues have been capped with concrete paving slabs. I really wish I could go back in time to the 1970s to watch the crazy builders who did so many awful awful things to this house. They must've been easy-going, happy chaps, really.
4. I still have insomnia. Boo hiss.
5. Trying to do a bit of yoga every morning, which is fun and lovely. Matt joins in sometimes.
6. Might be moving into the house this weekend! Eeeeee! We've got a bed and everything (and by "everything" I mean "sofa and chest of drawers"). I shall post photos once the room is set up to my satisfaction.
7. My bump is impossible to ignore now. A photo will be forthcoming once I've stopped freaking out. :D
8. We've thought of names!
For the house: Withywindle (partly because the word itself makes me smile, partly because it's a happy nod of the head to mine and Matt's mutual enjoyment of SF and fantasy novels, partly because in LOTR Withywindle was a safe haven for the hobbits after their first scary encounter with the outside world, and I want our home to feel like a safe haven. Also, Matt loves Tom Bombadil.)
For the baby: River (obvious SF connections with Firefly and Doctor Who, but also connections with love of nature, with I-Ching (which Matt likes), and lots of potential for nicknames and pet names and so on.)
What do you think?
2. Baby is kicking like crazy, every four hours. Not sure what this means, but I'm hoping it's an indication she'll be easy to settle into a routine once she's out in the open air. Also, I suppose it means she's going to be one of those wriggly, active babies who don't like being held, ie. nothing like me. Oh well.
3. House continues to be an entertaining train wreck. We tried to get the chimneys swept last week, but the sweep couldn't do it because it turns out that the visible pots on the stack actually belong to our schizophrenic neighbour, and our flues have been capped with concrete paving slabs. I really wish I could go back in time to the 1970s to watch the crazy builders who did so many awful awful things to this house. They must've been easy-going, happy chaps, really.
4. I still have insomnia. Boo hiss.
5. Trying to do a bit of yoga every morning, which is fun and lovely. Matt joins in sometimes.
6. Might be moving into the house this weekend! Eeeeee! We've got a bed and everything (and by "everything" I mean "sofa and chest of drawers"). I shall post photos once the room is set up to my satisfaction.
7. My bump is impossible to ignore now. A photo will be forthcoming once I've stopped freaking out. :D
8. We've thought of names!
For the house: Withywindle (partly because the word itself makes me smile, partly because it's a happy nod of the head to mine and Matt's mutual enjoyment of SF and fantasy novels, partly because in LOTR Withywindle was a safe haven for the hobbits after their first scary encounter with the outside world, and I want our home to feel like a safe haven. Also, Matt loves Tom Bombadil.)
For the baby: River (obvious SF connections with Firefly and Doctor Who, but also connections with love of nature, with I-Ching (which Matt likes), and lots of potential for nicknames and pet names and so on.)
What do you think?
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