first footing
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Today we hit the much-anticipated six-week mark, which means that I am allowed to drive again. Woo, and indeed, hoo. Marked the occasion by luring/bundling, as applicable, the kids (plural! good grief, how did this happen?) into the car and setting off on my first solo outing to a mate-with-kids place. OK, quasi-solo, since my mother assisted with the luring/bundling process and then came along with me so that she could mind them while I stopped at the local dairy for fancy biscuits, an essential item when mums get together. But next week I will do it all by myself, as my mother will have returned to Auckland, where she has a life that she has selflessly put on hold for the past few weeks in order to keep things running down here, ensuring Becca is clothed, fed, entertained, bathed, and transported to crèche, that everyone has clean clothes, the fridge is full of food and the floor free from it, and that the baby is rocked and soothed after feeds, allowing me to sneak off and post every once in a while. I honestly don't know how I could have managed without her. However my incision's healed, I'm mobile once more, and on Monday I embark on the next phase: home with two kids. I'd be more terrified if Becca weren't in daycare three days a week meaning that, barring illnesses (inviting calamity just by mentioning it, I know) I'll only be wrangling both of them at the same time on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. And Mam's back down for three weeks in September so I can do a short teaching stint. Which gives me two months to convince Maggie that bottled boobie is an acceptable alternative to the boobie itself.
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