November 03, 2007
Ugh, what a week
After posting that Tabitha has improved and become alot easier lately, she determind to prove me wrong this week. She's been very miserable, crying alot, refusing to nap, and then when finally going off to sleep being woke at the slightest tiniest noise and then having half an hour of hysterics. I don't know what's up with her - I'm wondering if she's teething. She has a constant stream of drool coming from her mouth and she will gnaw at her fists. The boys were a breeze with teething so this is fairly new territory for me if she is indeed one of those babies who have a long drawn out period of discomfort. Poor lamb!
On top of that, I've felt somewhat blah after my best friend buggered off back to England to live. We were in touch constantly each day and saw each other very regularly. Mostly though, we shared the exact same dislike of pretty much everyone and everything, were equally bad tempered most of the time, and wanted to kill our husbands on a daily basis together. You don't often find a friendship like that ;-) We always shared similar viewpoints on things and she was my partner in crime and always saw things the same way I did, so now I feel a bit lost without her. To compound the problem one of my other really good friends has her inlaws staying so is not around for 2 weeks. I feel a bit Billy No Mates, esp as half the Brit group refuse to drive further than 10 feet from their doorstep to make any effort to see people.
I've not had alot of sleep this week either, what with Tabitha waking at 4am and refusing to go back down.
Oh and yesterday I crashed my car. Driving along to Harry's school someone pulled out suddenly infront of the person infront of me. She slammed her brakes on. I slammed mine on. A little bit too late. The front of my car got ripped into by her towbar. There was no damage to her.... just me. I was really shaken up though, esp as I had the 2 smalls in the back.
Here's the damage...
On the plus side this week, I am going to see the Spice Girls in Vancouver after buying tickets at a vastly inflated rate on Ebay! I'm not, nor ever was, a huge Spice Girls fan but they are doing this big last tour and it's a bit of BritPop history so we thought we'd go for a laugh. Bit of a trek to Vancouver and back in one night but should be a fun road trip!
A new Brit arrives today from California where she's been living. She's really nice... and will move in practically next door to where my friend who left lived. Hopefully she'll become a good friend :)
Finally, I had Harry's first parent teacher conference last night which was so nice that if that didn't cheer me up nothing would. After a slightly shaky start with the teacher (I wasn't sure if she was warm enough with Harry) she positively gushed about him. She's obviously completely fallen for him.... she told me that Harry had settled into the class beautifully. That he approached every activity with enthusiasm and delight and was focused on everything he did. He is working on lots of different activities in the class and approaches each with equal enthusiasm. He loves the math stuff, books, animals, water play, and happily cleans up after himself which is apparently no small thing with young boys!
She said that he had the sunniest disposition and the most beautiful smile and that all the other children gravitate towards him. She said that many parents tonight had commented that their children talked all the time about Harry. She then said that having him in her class reminded her why she started teaching in Montessori - seeing how much he enjoyed it and how much enthusiasm he had for all the challenges set to him. Then she said she loved bringing him out to the car every day because she absolutely loved seeing how much love he was greeted with by me and the big beaming smile he got on his face and she loved to see how adored he was from such a loving family and especially such a great mum, and that it warmed her heart!