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Mrs_Money_Penny

Bless you sending a virtual hug to you both xx

Four_Seasons

You are an amazing mom, sending you another virtual hug to you both xx

badmemory

It is really awful when the realities of life truly hit them.  It dawned on my DS (much older than yours) soon after my mother fell & it was the beginning of the 3 year end.  I'll swear if he could find enough bubble wrap he would have me wrapped in it!  With his issues I cannot allow myself to be ill, so that is fun!! Well not actually.  If I didn't have here to hold forth I'm not sure what I would do.  If I didn't have my "friend's " step son for support I sometimes think I would sink.  Dealing with 2 with issues can make life interesting.  Still only another 15 years to make 90 (from next monday anyway).  If my eyesight holds up then see you all for the celebration on 15/3/36, drinks will definitely be on me!  Hopefully most of you will be long gone by then - in the nicest possible way obviously - retired in the lap of luxury.

MeandO

So it seems DS has grown out of most of his school trousers, shorts, pants and even socks more or less overnight.  I've just spent over £50 on ordering new stuff for him, but it seems finding school trousers in stock online is like finding rocking horse poop atm. I managed to find two pairs, hopefully they fit him ok.
Last night was my third night of only a couple of hours of sleep. I'm so tired that I'm finding it hard to function. DS wanted to sleep in my bed last night as he was frightened of the wind lashing the windows on his side of the house, it was quite extreme, so I didn't get a lot of bed or a lot of sleep.  I really hope tonight brings more rest.
Still no sign of any suitable houses...  

MeandO

I’ve had a bit more sleep since I last posted but am still feeling really tired, not sure if that feeling will ever leave me now! 

Still no sign of any suitable houses on the market. I am viewing a house tomorrow - one the nice estate agent office are letting me see first before the mass viewing start - but I don’t have my hopes up. I did, but upon walking around the area over the weekend to check it out I realised there is a lot of traffic noise from a main road which is around 100m away from the back of the house. The house is lower down than the road and the road can’t be seen from the area, but it can definitely be heard from the garden. It’s not a dual carriageway or anything, but it is national speed limit there and can be quite noisy. It’s such a shame as the location otherwise is perfect and the house ticks nearly all the other boxes. I drove DS down there earlier to see what he thought and he said the noise didn’t bother him, but I imagine it would annoy us if we were there constantly. Saying that, I lived right next to the M25 for years when I was at uni (literally a wall between my flat and the motorway!) and it didn’t really bother me. If the house is right for us inside it will be a difficult decision as it’s also £60k cheaper than my house has sold for so would mean a huge reduction in my mortgage and I would be massively better off. Half of me wants the inside to be awful so it’s an easier decision to make.
Literally NOTHING else has come onto the market in my price bracket the past week or two, so choice is really limited and competition for houses is really intense.

My buyers visited again at the weekend to measure up and brought their parents to show them the house. They are overjoyed and very excited, I did explain again that I have to find somewhere first though and they said they understood. 

DS and I posted an eBay sale earlier using the postal locker things near a local supermarket so that’s today’s job done. He has come back from his Dad’s very tired (and in dirty clothes again) so it will be early nights for both of us tonight. 

MeandO

I had to take DS to A&E on NHS Direct's advice this morning. Worrying symptoms, probably related to his condition, he's been checked over and we've been sent home (mainly because there was no doctors available in A&E and a 9 hour plus wait ) and are no further enlightened yet. We have to await a phonecall from his specialist paediatrician this afternoon. 
Not knowing when we'd get out of the hospital, I had to postpone the house viewing until later today and now I think they may have fitted someone else in before me.
I hardly slept last night too, thinking about houses and what not. Shattered and stressed doesn't really cover it tbh.

Eager_Elephant

((MeandO)) I hope the paediatrician has called back and you know what you are dealing with.
Don't worry about the house, what is for you won't pass you by.

Aspiration

MeandO said:

I had to take DS to A&E on NHS Direct's advice this morning. Worrying symptoms, probably related to his condition, he's been checked over and we've been sent home (mainly because there was no doctors available in A&E and a 9 hour plus wait ) and are no further enlightened yet. We have to await a phonecall from his specialist paediatrician this afternoon. 
Not knowing when we'd get out of the hospital, I had to postpone the house viewing until later today and now I think they may have fitted someone else in before me.
I hardly slept last night too, thinking about houses and what not. Shattered and stressed doesn't really cover it tbh.

Really stressful, how’s your son now?? 

Sorry you’ve been going through it recently. 

Honeysucklelou2

Hope your DS is feeling better.

MeandO

Thank you everyone. Unfortunately the paediatrician didn’t call us, so I’m not amused. I will be on the phone to them first thing in the morning as this could be a potentially serious issue, although I am praying it is something less sinister. 

As for the house, the (lovely office of) estate agents were kind enough to let me bring DS with me to the viewing as he was not as school. Most agents won’t allow children to viewings because of COVID atm and this agency aren’t supposed to. I’m glad he came as I was able to see what he thought of it and he was quite taken with it. He loves the location and the house too and has already planned his playroom! 

It needs some work; some I can do, some I would have to pay someone to do. It also needs new flooring through several rooms, but the features of the house are beautiful and there is a newish kitchen and extension which is stunning. The garden needs starting from scratch too. I have put an offer in of £5k below asking price and haven’t heard back yet. I will offer asking price if I have to but £5k probably won’t cover all of the work needed so I think it’s a fair offer. I’m eagerly awaiting news tomorrow now.