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So far so good

I have to say that I'm usually moping around when G's gone away but this time I'm not (so far!).

Sunday afternoon was fairly horrendous as expected. It turned out to be 10298301298 bazillion degrees at the park where Dylan's friend's birthday took place and the kids all got soaked in the sprinklers and later by swimming fully clothed in the lake. Harry was grizzly so I drove him home to fetch spare clothes for Dylan which got him out of the heat for a bit. When we got home I put both boys down to bed early and Harry surprisingly went off to sleep without fuss and slept right through without waking and screaming... despite some fairly horrendous nappy rash which is currently bothering him. So I was able to have a relaxing evening and go to bed before 11 for a change!

This morning we all got up early and this allowed us plenty of time to get Dylan off to school (rather than the usual G snoozing the alarm 15 times and then having a mad panic to get out of here in 10 mins flat). H woke up in a good mood for once and I took him then to the gym where he had a fine time in the daycare and I had my first workout whilst watching video on my new iPod (fun, made the time pass much quicker!)

H's good mood continued enough to see us through a visit to the post office and the supermarket on the way home and then home for a sleep...(him not me) before friends came over for a play and dinner...... so all in all the last couple of days have gone by well and smoothly.... may it continue!

I think the *difference* is how much more settled we are here. I have friends - and a good few of them too, and we hang out. Alot. Every day. So there is no time to be lonely or miserable, instead plenty of filled hours of conversation and pleasure which is something I've lacked for the longest time. Even the last year in Canada when we'd finally made some good friends was nowhere near as sociable ...... just in terms of quantity (not quality as those were great friends there too !). I'm seeing friends every day, doing things every day, going out lots in the evenings and generally living. Living!

So yes, I am missing G, but I'm not hopelessly lonely in his absence.

One downside, however, is that I've finished watching Greys Anatomy (SOB SOB) so I have no idea what I'm going to do in the evening for the rest of the week! I need a new obsession, but I don't know what is going to top McDreamy!