Thank you for all the comments congratulating me on getting the Deputy Coach job. It’s going really well, and with Xmas coming up I’m able to do more hours and overtime. I’m on the early shift now until Xmas and it’s great. I wish it was permanent It’s taken me a while to get used to going to bed so early. I find it really hard to sleep if I know I’ve got to be up at a certain time, and keep waking up to check the time. After doing that for most of the night, when I see that it’s 3.30am I just give up on sleeping and roll down the stairs. Ah well, at least it gives me the chance to catch up on my favourite shows on Hulu (especially Heroes Season 3. Hahaha, that show is totally nuts now. I can’t stop watching).

Lydia’s doing really well. She’s been ill with a stomach bug over the last couple of days, but she’s a lot better now. She’s been in such a lovely mood recently too. We sometimes have to remind her to use her manners with us (she’s great with other people though), but she’s been absolutely perfect and is really helpful too. When I was carrying a load of washing upstairs, she opened the door for me, switched the stairs light on and told me to be careful! How cute is that? She loves washing dishes and dusting….I’m just going to enjoy it while it lasts!

She acts like a parent herself sometimes, especially with other children at the park. One little boy was throwing a tantrum because he didn’t want to leave, so his Mum started to slowly walk off without him. Lydia was in total shock at this and ran after his Mum shouting “What are you doing?! Where are you going?!”. She then pointed at the boy, ran up to him and started pulling him screaming “Come on! Your Mum’s going away! Come onnnnnn!”. Oh god, it was hilarious!

So what’s the latest gossip from the internet? I definitely need to do some catching up on various sites. Can anyone recommend some linkage for me, please? My bookmarks folder is a little bare

I’m more or less recovered from my operation now. I’ve just got a low-level ache in my ears. I’m trying to avoid taking the painkillers that they gave me until night time as they make me feel all groggy and weird. I’m back at work tomorrow, so I’ll definitely wait until afterwards to take them. I don’t want to start tripping at my desk I already practically piss myself if I have to type ‘Cockermouth’ for a city, never mind if those painkillers make me all giggly too! There’d be a howl of laughter, then a huge crash as I fall to the floor giggling. I’d probably still keep mis-typing Dartmouth as Fartmouth too *clutches tummy*. My humour is not the most sophisticated in the world.

I think I’ll pop up to town soon to see if I can actually get a coffee from Starbucks within an hour. I can’t believe how busy it is in there. It’s not like any of the other coffee shops are losing business either because they’re all packed too. I doubt that I’ll go very often though as I just can’t relax there. It’s in the busiest part of the shopping centre and has huge glass windows too. I just feel as though I’m constantly on display. The service is much better at Nero’s too. You don’t feel as though you’re on a conveyor belt and you actually get some privacy from the outside world too.

Mmm…coffee

Lydia will be starting Nursery in a couple of weeks. I honestly have no idea where all that time has gone. She’ll be going to Playgroup next week just to ease her back into the swing of things, but it’ll be at least a week of 2hr days at Nursery to get all the children used to being in a different place too. Hopefully, once she starts Nursery properly, she’ll get used to the fact that if she refuses to go to sleep at night or keeps waking up at 1am every night because she wants to go play downstairs, that if she’s tired during the day….well that’s her problem.

In other stuff, I’ve applied for a new position at work. I’ve given in my CV for a Deputy Coach vacancy (if any Coaches are off, I cover for them), so now we play the waiting game. I’m dreading the interview (if I get that far!). I stutter and trip up over my words and oh god help me

Once everything has settled down I’m planning on making some more pixelly stuff for people to snag. I’ve got a few ideas, but I don’t like starting stuff like that unless I know I’m going to have a few hours free, which is usually very late at night. I’ve been much too sleepy though.

Time to get ready for work!

She’s just got to get used to going on toilets other than ours. She’ll use the potty at Playgroup, but she’s not happy about using the toilet. She’s got a miniature, pink toilet seat which we take everywhere with us, but she won’t go on any other toilet outside the house. We went for a meal last weekend for my Uncles birthday and she wanted to go to the bathroom. We took her but she refused to do anything, but continued whinging because she was obviously uncomfortable. Dave had to take her home in the end, and she waited all that time to go. At least we know she can hold it if she wants to

I managed to get a cool video of her being tickled by Dave and I’ve uploaded it for your viewing pleasure. I must have watched it over a hundred times, especially after Lydia worked out how to press play on the camera. She’d run into the kitchen with the video constantly playing. We would be watching something on the TV with the constant sound of Lydia laughing as the soundtrack I still laugh every time I hear it. There’s also the added bonus of seeing Dave’s legs! He’s mine, ladies

We went to a friends wedding anniversary party at the weekend and it was great. Lydia didn’t sit down for the whole time we were there! She was on the dancefloor for hours having a boogy and dragging everyone up with her. They even had a bubble machine by the stage, which Lydia went nuts over

Here are some pics of Lydia!

This one was taken today. Dave found this inflatable, remote-controlled robot that was half price in the shops. How could he resist?! Lydia absolutely loves it, but it’s almost as big as she is!

I ordered some stuff from Amazon and Lydia /had/ to have the envelope. To put on her head. See the look on her face? That’s victory.

This next picture was taken at the party. She’s dancing with my ickle blister, Laura, or Aunty Lala, as Lydia calls her

This is another picture of Laura. One of my favourites Alone on the dancefloor with glowing eyes and a child running screaming from her. Roffle.

Ahahaha, I love those pics!