Well I'm sure you're all just DYING to know how all of my projects are going? No.... well i'm going to tell you anyway dear readers.... because that's just the kind of self-centred gal I am.... :)
1. Being a stay-at-home mum....this is going pretty well actually. Though I am a little bemused by the fact that my MIL tells me every time she looks after charlotte, that charli girl has 2 great long sleeps a day and she just {quote} lays down and goes to sleep {unquote}.... which is a far cry from the 1/2 hour sobbing I have to listen to before she goes to sleep.... so I ask you... just what drugs are they giving her ??? (and where do i get them..)
2. Working part-time (and hence my hubby's mum and dad looking after charli girl 2 days a week).... this too is going okay. I have returned from 6 months maternity leave to a completely different workplace to the one i left... oh sure, the building is still there... but the people have changed. some have started and left again and I've never even met them...there are new faces everywhere and there is a part of me that just cannot be bothered learning any more new names. seriously, my mind can take no more information in and therefore i regret to inform you that if i haven't met you by now, if i do meet you i will be unable to retain any information about you - and hence a friendship seems out of the question. But so as not to end up like a lovely lady in the US who was sacked for discussing her workplace on her blog I will refrain from discussing these matters any further.... those of you closest to me will know of the shenanigans that have preceded my return to the workplace...
3. The backyard.... i would post more photos but i'm embarrassed about the complete lack of progress since last time..... i'll get back to you on this one...
4. hmmm, what other projects... oh yes, the house renovations. we'll i'm just about to commit to a structural engineer to make up the plans for our building application process blah blah blah.... who knows - i just sign the things our architect sends us..... but that will have to wait until I have another $1500 to spend... sorry charlotte, no xmas presents for you this year..... maybe santa has a bigger budget than mummy
5. and finally, the phd. i know you think i left this until last because i haven't done anything but back up dear readers....i've got 8 pages of chapter 5 to 'clean up' and then there's another chapter ready for my supervisor...seriously, who would have thought that i'd be MORE productive when i had a child... hey maybe if i get pregnant and have another one i might actually finish this phd before my supervisor retires (i've been given a 2 year deadline and then finished or not she's dumping me!!)
So there you have it - an update on my 5 projects. Of course in amongst these are little extra projects (read: procrastination tools) such as cooking dinner next monday for a single mum with 5 foster kids to help ease her load, or offering to participate in a physical activity research experiment in which i get to be harassed by an alarm every hour of my waking day and prompted to report on my physical activity for the previous hour (more on that in the next post) or my favourite project of all... sitting at the computer while i'm meant to be thesis-writing googling holiday destinations and dreaming of one day being able to sit on a beach with a daquiri in one hand and a margherita in the other drinking myself into a stupor for seven child-free days................................
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sorry...where was I? oh yes, back in reality and about to go and change a dirty nappy. 'til next time.
