Learning to walk before I run

Suffolk_lass

Opt for the nowt. You need the r&r. You said so yourself, yesterday. Or maybe potter and make soup while listening to a podcast x

Me? I'm off to get my second coffee, noisy dog and get out and water the garden and start picking

KajiKita

I agree, take the downtime! Do something fun, for you! 😊

KK

themadvix

Thirded! The internet has said it must be so (did you see we decided where Cheery and Mr Cheery were going for their holiday yesterday?!).

debtfreewannabe321

Morning Ed I've read your whole diary over the last week (sat nursing a knee injury) and I've seen you come through your ups and downs and I have to agree with the above - nowt is the way forward 😉. 


(Ps your diary gave me some hope that there is an end in sight - we've got builders in at the moment and it feels like it's been neverending for two months 🙈.)

greent

Definitely agree on downtime - although I'd probably go for pottering than doing absolutely nothing (unless it's reading - but reading doesn't count as doing nothing, imo! 😁😁)

I'm off to do some ironing whilst watching some easy catch up tv 😊

Cheery_Daff

themadvix said:

Thirded! The internet has said it must be so (did you see we decided where Cheery and Mr Cheery were going for their holiday yesterday?!).

Ha, yes quite - and I too vote for you having some rest instead of yet more work, and after my holiday was basically decided by committee, you HAVE to go along with it 😂

badmemory

On the subject of younger sisters.  I am the elder with about the same age gap as yours just 70 years older.  At one point in my teens I overheard my mother mutter something along the lines of she would never have had a second one if she had known at the time.  My sister did however turn out very well despite still being a PITA.

edinburgher

Thank you all for the positive reinforcement

I had accomplished the best of both worlds, I think. An hour of overtime accomplished (well, it will be in 10 minutes), with a relaxing bath running for after. 

@debtfreewannabe321 - builders can be the worst! I still remember that summer heatwave when we were staying with the inlaws with a baby and our builders were taking an age to finish. The irony is that we'll probably have the house full of builders again soon, we've been in our home for a decade now and the first renovations (bathroom etc.) are now needing refurbished or replaced

greent

DD was a very easy baby (other than a tendency to projectile vomit everywhere for the first few months - I had a HV tell me I was overreacting and that it wasn't PV - and then DD promptly PV'd all over her (and the sofa and carpet) about 5 mins later 😂) DS1 (2y 4m younger) was really hard work. It took me until he was coming up 2yo to look at him and realise that yes, I did love him - I'd just been looking after him before then and going through the motions ( I did have PND, which didn't help!) He is now a very chilled and caring 25yo. I was quite happy to stick with 2 children but life happens!

Thankfully, DS2 (almost 6 years younger than DS1) was such a cute baby and toddler - he was fun - with the older 2 being at school it was like having just 1 child a lot of the time - but with knowledge and experience! Ds3 (3y 4.5m younger than DS2) just had to fit in - life was very busy with the oldest 2 at 2 different schools and #3 at playgroup several mornings a week and DH working away Mon-Fri! 😁

rtandon27

If we are voting, I say NOWT - best thing to do on a Saturday morning!