@matigo Yep! Spoke to Em this morning, she sounds like she's doing fine. I'll be able to see her for myself after work though. I'll share a photo in a sec!
Well, I just got the call that Max1 arrived around 11pm last night. Missed Annabel's birthday by that much … ah well, consecutive birthdays are just as nice I guess.
I'll find out his real name soon!
@matigo My sister used to call me 'stinky' for the longest time when we were kids. Of course now we're adults we just stick to our short names.
// @jws
@jws there's about 18 months between me and my sister (she's older of course). We also have nicknames that are short versions of our names (I'm either Shell, or Shelby - my niece calls me Shaa, god knows where she got that from). I'm sure Max will get the same, once we find out his real name of course.
@kdfrawg I feel like that's all it's been like lately. So many conflicting priorities and fixing other people's issues that I can't get back to the nitty gritty of my own job. Add to that the stress that comes with having to apply for your own job and I'm surprised I'm still standing.
@kdfrawg hahahaha, yeah probably! It's amazing what you can do when you stick your playlist on and just knuckle down. I've been wanting to get back to that for weeks now.
@kdfrawg Definitely! It'll be interesting how much I get done at work tomorrow though, first day with no team leader … again! Should be a good day.
@jws Oh that's awesome! If it does happen the way we think it will, Annabel (my niece) and Max will be 4 years apart. I dunno how the nickname came about, I guess as the months went by my sister started calling him Max and it stuck with all of us.
@kdfrawg I'm always like that … whether it be at home or at work. I'll be happy to get past tomorrow already so I can have some downtime on Tuesday to play Zelda all day!
For the first time this week I'm actually feeling ok. I've had this gurgly feeling in my belly all week so have had to play it safe food-wise.
I need to get back into playing Zelda, I feel like it's the only other thing (apart from being sociable here) keeping me sane.
Work is ok although all I feel like I'm doing is finding solutions to issues that aren't necessarily mine to deal with. My job hasn't started shortlisting yet although I did see a meeting with HR this Friday to determine interviews. This waiting game is killing me.
We are still on baby watch. I was tipping an Easter baby but now that's come and gone. My niece's birthday is this Monday - wouldn't it be funny if Max1 had the same birthday as my niece? Just an interesting thought that crossed my mind.
I spoke to my father last night for the first time since Easter Sunday. He said he'd sorted things with my sister but it still leaves me questioning how "sorted" things are. There is no denying he will continue to behave the same as he always has.
that's his nickname at this stage