Joseph and I went for a nice long walk down the beach from Durley Chine to the Pier and then around the fishes in the oceanarium with our nana and grandad. Much fun was had by all, especially Joseph who was permitted two rides on the amusements ( Read more... )

So people around me may have noticed this, but I have like an EPIC issue with crying... as far as my worldview goes, there's nothing more humiliating than crying in front of people... to this day I'm not entirely certain why but I have come to accept that crying happens and the best thing to do about it is let it happen ( Read more... )

In addition to working my way through the dystopian novels section on wikipedia (I have as long as I want... so there's no rush) I WILL read the following books ( Read more... )

Today I discovered several things. I guess I should begin at the start rather than the middle...
My day began at 6:15, when I went to bed because I was finally tired enough to actually sleep. I had set my alarm for 8:45 because I wanted to have sufficient snoozes to be able to get to the doctor for 10:10 and proceeded to sleep through the alarm ( Read more... )

Not only did I not stall once, I managed junctions and corners and main roads beautifully and then I DROVE MYSELF HOME ( Read more... )

Today was the first day that Joseph showed any promise whatsoever that he might be beginning to be ready for potty training... see, at my mum's he was willing to sit on the toilet for her when she asked him to but today he actually asked to do so, putting the seat thingy there himself and then sitting on it for a bit. Granted, he didn't do anything ( Read more... )

Well, today was the first of two days in which I'm babysitting a friend's child and I have to say that the chances of me ever giving my floofkin a sibling are looking ever slimmer. For starters, I both dislike feeding small children and cleaning up after their inevitable mess. The fact that they reach out and try to wipe their disgusting fingers ( Read more... )

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( Srsly, last chance to not care... )

So this week and last week I've been making regular trips to the outside world in order to find a DVD for Joseph that features both Spanish and English language options. Two trips in, my quest appears to be completely fruitless, unless I try and wangle it so that family in Spain receive the DVDs and then send them on to me or I order region 1 DVDs ( Read more... )