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this is what i was diagnosed with today
the day just gets better and better... firstly i end up in A&E/ER due to lung/chest pain - turns out i have a lung infection click to learn more
andrew had to take the baby to our GP to have her burns looked at - the doctor wants her to be seen in the paediatric A&E tomorrow as the burns are so severe he's not comfortable doing anything with them. lovely.
okay before my day gets truly started i just need to blow off some steam. life is annoying me right now. our washing machine is broken and the managing agent doesn't know when it will be replaced great mary catherine has a burned hand and has to go to the docotr today swell i'm coordinating the office move and i'm finding it stressful grand and to top it all off i woke up this morning at 4am to find that i look like i've been punched in the eye. red, swollen and droopy nice one
so you know what i'm pretty freaking grumpy right about now - so if you'd care to point out some positives, i'd certainly love to hear them. %@#&!
have burned child and bad attitude - not the nicest person today. :)
i feel so awful
i officially feel like the worst mother that ever walked the face of the planet.. today andrew had gone to the laundrette [our washing machine has bitten the big one] and i was home with mary catherine.. i went to get her lunch and microwaved the heck out of it - so i put it in the fridge to cool off a bit and went back to play with mc.
went back to the fridge to get it out 5 minutes later with mc on my hip and as i was walking out of the kitchen, she tried to grab the bowl. needless to say, the spaghetti was still too hot and burned her thumb and index finger. she screamed for 30 minutes while i called the after hours doctor and until andrew got home. we had to take her into the walk in clinic at the hospital for them to check it out.
2nd degree burns to her thumb and index finger.. they said it happens a lot and bandaged her more to prevent infection if the blisters burst than anything. she's wimpered a bit since then, but doesn't really seem to notice it now. i think that's how burns are - they hurt a LOT when you first do them, but then are pretty manageable.
she has to go to the doctor's on tuesday to have them checked over. man, i feel horrible about it! sigh
i can't believe i paid full price
this is that baby gap poncho that i wanted for mary catherine. it seems that england gets their stock two weeks after the states, so we were cruising past baby gap at bluewater and saw it in the window. well, needless to say i bought it... and i paid full price. no one pays full price at baby gap if they're sane. sigh
but on that note - she does look pretty ding dang cute in it!
what a week i've had... our office is moving and i'm in charge of getting everything done for the move - i'm pooped. to top it all off i've gotta go to ikea tomorrow to source crokery and whatnot for the office. bright spot in that dreary task is the prospect of ikea meatballs and the fact that they give away free baby organix baby food, which is the only jarred food i will feed mary catherine. last year about this time i went to ikea with mom and dad [during their surprise visit last october] and we had meatballs and got free baby food - but there was no mary catherine to eat it! well, she was there, she was just inside...
on an even higher note, my mom and dad arrive here in one week! i'm very much looking forward to their visit. our office move will happen while they're here, so i'll hopefully get a bit of comp time for the overnight move and be able to spend loads of time with them. can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!
have i ever told you how much i love my mac? seriously - i was speaking to a co-worker today about it and i have had my powerbook for almost 4 years without incident. 4 years. it's had one memory upgrade and that's it. and it works like a dream and i still love it very very very much.
man, am i sad? i just wrote about how much i love my computer! lordy lordy.
my ISP's FTP thingy has been down ... so almost a day without posting. hmph. glad it's fixed now, though.
you decide...
so i've made a new banner... and i can't really decide if it's better than the old one. any opinions? please?
a few photos...
because you can never really have enough of this adorable child [that and i'm so busy at work that i don't really have time to write - i hate that]
   
too dern funny..
oh my gosh - i was totally checking my webstats (because we nerds like to do that) and i noticed that someone went to google and found me by searching 'bunions fetish 2003' and 'bathing suit shopping in atlanta, ga' ....wtf?!
sometimes i scribble to be able to think...
and this is what happens
just now - i bought a homeless guy a sandwich and coke. i don't know why i did it - but before i could even think about it i just walked up to him and asked if he'd eaten and would he like a sandwich. he asked for the coke as well - and at 42p - it didn't kill me to get it for him. so i spent £2.42. on 3 sandwich portions and a coke. i spend more than that on a coffee every day. it didn't kill me to be nice.
have i ever told you how much i HATE homelessness? it scares me and i have respect for those who are going through it. it disturbs me to see people without shoes begging for spare change. it bothers me even more when they have animals with them. it bothers me even STILL to see people who pass by homeless people trying not to stare or make eye contact. i can't imagine being homeless. some links: crisis national law center on homelessness & poverty dc central kitchen
ps - pret a manger gives all its leftovers to crisis... so stop eating there! ;)
breastfeeding fun stuff
hey - yesterday i got [in the post] some stuff from the NHS for breastfeeding awareness. so i have three 2003-04 calendars (every month shows a different breastfeeding mom on it) and LOADS of 'breastfeeding welcome here' stickers if anyone would like them. we're about to be sporting a 'breastfeeding welcome' sticker on our window, just for the fun of it. :) heck - i'll even pick up the postage. anyone?
a day late
Saturday Scruples! A game of moral dilemmas!
1.) A good friend confesses he's HIV positive. He's terrified to tell his spouse. Do you?
My gosh no. But I would speak to him and be supportive enough that hopeully he'd realise that he must tell her.
2.) You need one number to win the jackpot at BINGO. The stranger beside you also needs one number and its been called. Do you tell her?
Uhhh..No. I feel guilty for my answer - but if I'm honest, I wouldn't tell, I'd pretend not to notice.
3.) The taxi driver you get at 2 a.m. is drunk and driving recklessly. After he gets you home shaken but in one piece, do you report him?
First of all, I wouldn't get in a taxi with a drunk driver. Secondly, the minute I noticed he was drunk I would get out of the car and call the police.
from today
today was my day off - mc and i had such a lovely day... we crashed musical bumps and thoroughly enjoyed our hour listening to songs and singing. mary catherine loved being set loose with a big floor to crawl around. we also enjoyed seeing a lot of our friends.
i'm so tired now - mary catherine was in bed by 725, bless her.. she's exhausted.. if i make it to 9 i'll be impressed. tomorrow is SPA DAY [a gift from A when i was pregnant] i'm really looking forward to it... if there was ever a week i could use some pampering - this has been it!
it's been a while
been a while since i posted some mary catherine photos for your enjoyment...
we took these yesterday whilst getting ready for the day ahead. mary catherine LOVES to crawl into our bathroom (baby proofing to be done this weekend) and sit in there attacking reading material. andrew says she comes by it honestly.
 
i just made this
aren't i witty?
they got it right today - all is right with the world.
well - except that i had a really awful day yesterday. floods of tears while pumping - i guess i just missed mary catherine. when i got out of the car yesterday, she craned her neck to catch a glimpse of me. no tears - just wanted to see me. sigh
and then at work i've been given more responsibility - flattered as i am - i feel a bit poor for doing so much work, if that makes sense. will i ask for a raise? no because i'm too nice and too wimpy.
anyway - i'm trying not to dwell on what a horrid day yesterday was - and instead focusing on what could be a very pleasant day today. yeah, that's it.
saturday scruples
saturday scruples[and yes, i know it's monday]
1. The pregnancy has been confirmed, but you're both single and in school. You're not ready to become parents. Do you arrange an abortion?
Personally i wouldn't. but i know people who have and i think they've made very responsible decisions. i believe in a woman's right to choose. it's not a choice i'd ever make for myself - but i think that every woman has a right to do what she likes with her own body and life.
2. You're playing badminton with a very competitive person. You discover s/he has a disability, a blind spot. Do you take advantage?
no - i don't really like badminton (yuk yuk) but seriously, i probably wouldn't be playing with a highly competitive person as i don't really have time for egos and/or power trips. life is too short and after all, it is just a game of badminton.
3. In the middle of your evaluation, your boss is called away. Your personnel file is left open. Do you glance at it?
totally.
aren't i loyal enough?
man - starbucks is really making me mad lately .... is it so much to ask for a coffee without any freaking foam on it?! i've tried asking for it using laymans terms [i.e. no foam] then using their hip and trendy lingo [i.e. i'll have it wet please] and now, after receving yet another foamy half full cup of joe i'm just going to have to stand over them and beat them into submission. 'no really, i'd like it wet, without foam, ninguna espuma, sans mousse, ohne Schaumgummi, senza gomma piuma, sem espuma!! [thanks bablefish] think they'll understand? f*ckers. today i took it back and said 'uh, this was supposed to be wet' and she took it back, scooped out an inch of foam and handed me my semi-full expensive coffee back.
ahh... there's nothing like a monday morning coffee rant, huh? anyway - overdue saturday scruples coming up. hot and fresh and with no foam, wet - just like you like it.
the friday five
1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed?
No, the name i have now is my married name. of course, i took my maiden name as my middle name as most american women do - it turns out that most english women do not.
2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
i kinda like it the way it is. for a while i was a van name and while i didn't mind being one at the time - i really disliked the last name. it's too hard to have a weird marriage AND a 4 letter monogram. very stressful. both the marriage and the monogram situation.
3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
i've heard tale that my name was supposed to be ruby viola begonia bingham. but i think my parents chickened out at the last moment. honestly, i think they just named me elizabeth because they liked the name. my middle name is my dad's name, though.
4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
i really dislike the following girls names - my apologies to those who have them - jessica, cindy, shirley, martha, marge - oh i could do on and on. as for boys names that i strongly dislike (again, the apologies) stan, steve, howard, karl - again, the list is endless.
5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com accurate? How or how isn't it?
"Although you desire the friendship and association of others, you find it difficult to express your thoughts through the spoken word, and others find you hard to get to know." uhh.. no - i'm a motor mouth and will talk to a post if i thought it would talk back. as for being hard to get to know , well my policy is to be an open book... so the more you ask, the more you know about me. so i'd say that kabalarians got me wrong. but i do have a very sensitive sounding name, i guess.
a laffa a minute
last night we (we being duaa, florence, margaret, sarah mei and i) went out for mei's 30th birthday... we went to dinner at carluccio's and had the best time. it was a very good laugh. so happy birthday to mei. :)
i've got a really cute video of mary catherine crawling and putting a bucket on her head - maybe one of these days, i'll put it up here. it'd be a long dowload though. she's coming along nicely with the crawling, although andrew insists that she's ready to walk. i mean - she's only been crawling for what, 5 days? easy there.
i'm on the hunt for a winter coat for mary catherine... i have been scouring ebay - and found some really cute options. unfortunately, it seems that a lot of other people have discovered said options as well. i refuse to over bid and over pay for something. although i did find that silly gap poncho click here and scroll down to the 'sold out' outfit. i lust for that poncho. although i don't know why - mary catherine would probably spend endless time picking at the fringe and that would annoy me. but still.
so - if you happen to see a winter coat that is not a.) bright awful pink b.) trimmed in fake..err faux fur or c.) worn by anyone who happens to live in essex - please let me know.
(sorry for the judgemental essex comment - but .. well, uh.. you know.)
barbie...
hey - check this out - Barbie - some of them are really funny.... my personal favourite is 1 modern circle barbie complete with her "cell phone" and "laptop"
sleep - come sweet slumber,,
right now i'm sitting in the living room listening to mary catherine put herself to sleep. it's been happening more and more recently. she'll nurse, but then - unlike when she was younger - she is still awake but very very sleepy. i try to hold her and soothe her to sleep, but we end up a big tangled mess - she in her grobag and me in whatever shirt i have half open to feed her.
so lately i've been putting her down in her crib when she gets like that. it feels weird because i am not a big fan of the cry it out method of putting children to sleep. i think it works for some people and i'm not judging those who use it, but i just can't seem to get my head around letting a child get so upset that they cry themselves to sleep. i put her down in her cot with the winnie the pooh dreamshow thing that we traded from sarah.. it makes winnie the pooh appear on the ceiling and plays the pooh song over and over and over. it's magic in my opinion and usually settles her right down.
as i've been talking she's gone from a moan to quiet. i guess i get a little sad knowing that i'm not all she needs to go to sleep now. that she needs her own space to unwind without contact from me. the divide will only grow larger, won't it...?
it is only NOW that the internet is back at work... i realised how much i depend on it - for everything like banking, communication and most importantly, information. i am SUCH a consumer of information. scary.
an entire day unplugged. i can't take it. there are tears of joy flooding down my face now that the internet is back at work. ohthankgosh!
on the 284th day of her life, mary catherine crawled. she decided that she really wanted andrew's powerbook! she's a mac baby, i tell ya...
so anyway - we're stoked. she's been doing it off and on all day and it's cute cute cute. we had a very nice dinner at sarah & derricks' tonight.. always nice of them to have us over. we brought bbq chicken, caesar salad and corn on the cob. mm mm good.
yay - she crawled!
i have a headache. the good news is that today is the end of my working week, which is wonderful. tomorrow i plan to sleep in as long as mary catherine will let us and then have a picnic in the park for lunch and hopefully a big fat afternoon nap to top it all off. we'll see how close to actually acheiving that i come.
starbucks was closed this morning. which means no mocha. which is probably why i have a headache. the coffee place in my building was open - why can't i just go there? why am i addicted to starbucks? do you think they put stuff in their coffee to suck you in to buying £2.59 cups of joe? i hate all other coffee. isn't that weird?
good note is that it's now september.. only two more months until starbucks brings back the eggnog latte. speaking of eggnog - i booked our holiday tickets yesterday. £795. i don't have that kind of money, but i booked them anyway. pip pip for visa. that's it though, no more spending. we've applied for a loan to pay all credit cards off, cut them up and live on what little cash there is in our bank accounts every month. i'm tired of being in debt.
man my head hurts. i'm off to pump now - might skulk off to addiction central (starbucks) and grab a cup for lunch. i think i'm weird.
i'm thinking about learning to knit... there are so many things that i think are cool - like the baby gap knitted poncho and blankets .. anyone out there that knows how to knit -- how hard is it? is it easy to pick up?
find the man's head.
according to this - if you find the man's head in 3 seconds you're a genius. i'm not a genius but "my right brain is developed normally". whew! [link from apropos of nothing]
who do i think i am, warhol?
it's no can of soup - but it is an image of bamburgh castle i shot & manipulated...
good monday morning
venti xtra hot wet mocha.... what did you have?
and a good monday morning to you all - how's it hanging? eew - that's a really repulsive question, isn't it? nevermind.
yesterday we went to a going away bbq at sarah & derrick's house for our friends engbeng, josephine and their baby, myra, who are heading back to singapore today. i will miss josephine - she always made me laugh. i'm trying to think positively about it and think that mary catherine will now have a pen pal in a far away land.
other than that - not much to report from the weekend, really.
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