Catching Up

So I'm in the new job, which is ticking over nicely and is about as much of a skive as I expectred it to be. The folk are pretty nice the customers are fine and the troubles from the neds arent' too terrible so far. That last includes being water-bombed towards the close of business the other day. Too stupid to realise that we were watching him & that he'd been logged into a PC immediately beforehand so bye-bye internet access. Chump!

I'm heartened to see how many people actually use the place, although a very high proportion are only there for internut access. Two stories, both sad in their own way.

One wee boy came in, sat quietly readin in the corner until closing and then asked us to keep the book behind the counter for him. "Why not take it home?" I asked. "Because my dad slags me off for being a geek if I take books home." says he.
Community police officers came in. Not to see us, so one of them could use the internet to book his holidays. Yep, whilst on duty. During the conversation at the counter about why he needed a membership to get on the computers he announces -proudly- that he "...tried to read a book once about fifteen years ago. Got about three words into it and that was enough." Makes you weep for the state of our polis, doesn't it?
Oh yeah! Before I forget. Typically, I've had more auditions & work since I semi-retired that I have in the past year.
Aeryn's doing really well. Had her first innoculations - a month late - and her six-week checkup - six weeks late. The joys of centralised organisation!
She's trying to sit up, is grasping & reaching for things and beginning to 'talk' and laugh. She has a smile that could melt the heart of a Thatcherite, too. Whatever the day's been like being greeted with the radiance of her biggest, cheesiest grins makes the world just disappear.

Finally!

I started at the library last week.

Only three months after being offered the post.

Yes, it is about as big a skive as I imagined it would be, and I've laready threatened a ned with being booted out.

Quick Update (again)

It's amazing how little time I'm spending online these days. True, it's not all Aeryn's fault but it is mostly due to just not getting time to sit & do stuff. You should see how much TV is on the HDD recorder. Something tells me we're never going to get through the backlog of DVDs, either.

So what's new? Frankly, nothing. Still waiting to start at the library, although it has been confirmed that I'll be at Elderpark. If I ever start.

Aeryn broke the 12lb mark this week and has figured out how to roll over. She doesn't do it much so far, but can do it when she wants. She's still both colicky & a bit congested, but taking her in to a steamy bathroom is helping with that. The doc wants us to give her amoxycillin for it, but I think we'll give her a few days longer with the steam. Last thing I want is to discover she has an allergy now. At least I know what to look for having spent the past week doing the medical roleplay concerning it. Our doc failed the test as he didn't mention any potential side-effects of the drug. Since teeny-bash already has a bit of a rash just now we'd have a hard time telling what was causing it if she did have trouble with the drug.

New pics should be on Flickr soon.

Quick update

I've just not had a moment to sit down & post properly of late. I've been going days without hitting the power-switch on the PC. Then when I do my inbox is full of clutter I have to wade through to get to the good stuff. Anyway, a quick note to say all's well. Aeryn's not as perfect as before, but I reckon that's down to us still trying to figure out her needs and get the right routine for her. Mind you, by anyone's standards one feed per night is pretty good.

I've set up a Picassa web album alongside the Flickr one, because Picassa works better off the desktop.

Still waiting for the library to start, but got a few days on River City in the meantime. Which I'm off to now...

Still waiting

No sign of the baby yet.

Fortunately the senior midwfe came into our 'consultant' appointment today & stopped the Student from giving Abby a Membrane Sweep. Essentially, they swirl a finger around the neck of the womb in the hope that it mixes up some hormones and stimulates labour. Except that you're only supposed to do it if the baby's head's engaged. Doing it now could have encouraged a breach birth.



Also, there's no sign of a start-date for the library, either. I'm getting rather pissed off now, especially having been summoned to fill in forms for an 'accelerated start'. Seems they can't do anything until they receive a copy of my new Disclosure form. I've had mine for a fortnight, so I don't know what's happened to theirs!