Everydaystranger

So.
So…
My life, currently, is situation unknown. I think I can say without hesitation that the past 48 hours have been the worst of my life, and I have had a lot of bad things happen to me.
Friday night I saw a single ticket for Hamlet hop onto ebay at a buy-it-now price of

In exactly one week, my babies turn one.
One week.
It’ll be a nice day – we’re not having a massive party or anything, just family. I’m taking the day off of work (actually two days, as next Thursday the babies have their one year check-ups and vaccinations). The babies are taking a day off of [...]

Last night we had some people come round for drinks and dinner. While waiting, curled up on one of our stools at our dining room table (dining room chairs being delivered on Saturday), I flicked through a copy of the Sainsbury’s magazine (because I am that domestic, I tell you.)
And there I saw it, [...]

Twenty-three.
That’s the stopgap I have, that’s the number where it stops.
Just twenty-three.
Twenty-three is the number of pills I have left before I start to try to wean myself off of them.
I started the anti-depressants almost eight months ago, on the first of February. The postnatal depression was simply too much for me, I wasn’t [...]

I remember a woman that I didn’t like very much telling me that pregnancy changed her. Not in a “My Little Pony Snuggle Bunny Rainbow Poop” kind of way, although doubtless she meant that too, but in terms of physical changes. I remember her telling me that pregnancy had changed her voice, that [...]

“Since we’ve gotten tgoether – you know, properly – has there ever been another man that you thought: Right. I’d have a relationship with him, he’d be a good person to substitute if we broke up. I don’t mean sexually, I mean from a relationship perspective, if there’s someone you thought you could [...]

We’ve been dealing with a lot in this house, all of it is causing me to look inside so hard that I’m not introspective so much as simply exhausting myself with examination. I can’t say more than that except to say that Ms. Pants’ comment on my photo yesterday, that I should lay my [...]

Feeling rather grizzly today, so this will be Blog Lite (less calories, less filling).
My existential crisis yesterday has ended, more due to my ongoing cold taking up all immediate resources as opposed to sitting around wondering who stole my proverbial cheese.
During my absence my work email flooded. Escalation after escalation is tippling all over [...]

My family has flown home now, and the house is quiet. I took several days off of work (including today) and my Dad and I spent three days at the top of scaffolding, painting the exterior of the house. After many hours, bruises, and cans of paint later, we’re done. The entire [...]

The Clampets (they call themselves that, too) arrived yesterday with early birthday presents for the babies and to lend a helping hand. Despite my almost paralytic fear of ladders (including intense sweating and me repeating “Everything’s fine” as a mantra while on ladder) Dad and I have spent the day on a three story [...]

On Tuesday I took a long lunch break and went to the grocery store. There was an echo in our fridge that rivalled the Grand Canyon’s, and my family The Clampetts (they even call themselves that) arrive tonight, so we definitely needed to do some stocking up.
Work has been crazy busy, I’ve been putting [...]

We’ve been working like maniacs to get the house in some kind of liveable shape. There are several rooms that are nearly done, and two rooms that look like war zones – the study, which has become the dumping ground for All Things That Need a New Home, and the utility room/wet room, which [...]

About a week ago I had to go to a training course. I’m working on my Prince 2 certification, which while I wasn’t initially thrilled about it, I have to confess it’s motivating me a bit now. The problem is none of the courses are taught close to where I live.
I drove to [...]

If we put aside biological abilities for a second, the truth is anyone can have kids. It’s one of those inalienable rights, similar to One Can Have a Mullet and One Can Have Bad Taste in Music. There’s a genetic drive to punch a hole in your DNA and scatter it around the [...]

So far today has been hell. It started off with the happiness that is a double ear infection for Nora (although luckily she’s not in any pain, just very messy around the ears.) Nick went off to nursery while Nora and I waited to get in to see the doctor. I got [...]

On a slightly lighter note, my babies are 11 months old today (something I can’t quite get my head around), the Amazing Angus got the PC back up and running, and thus I’m here to subject you to a video:

-H.
UPDATED – Wanted to add Extreme Close-Ups (also here in case You Tube is being a [...]

I never blog about world events or politics on here because the one time I did it I got death threats. It was a fun time for me, having my family, my home, my life, hell even my dog get threatened by the audience of another blogger who is apparently anti-death threat. Still, [...]

At 6 am on Saturday the babies’ grandma (my stepmom who was over here for a short visit) walked into the babies’ room to see Nora sitting up in her cot, looking around. It was the first time Nora had twigged how to get into a sitting position from laying down, and of course [...]