Changes at work are turning everything upside down, theres the new boss to get to grips with who definitely seems to be shaking things up, its feeling alot more like IBM used to which on the one hand is great because there are smart decisions being made about how we should make progess faster and better, but at the same time its abit of a shock to the system. Then to top it off within the first 2 weeks she has announced a restructure so theres lots of manouvering going on and uncertainty which can be pretty stressful. It has also meant I have been last Mum to nursery three times this week and I hate that so must try next week to elave a little bit of extra time to get there. At least I will be able to collect him early tomorrow. Working mothers guilt – its a killer.
Ted is a good grounder though because he cares nothing for any of that and is entirely focussed on ‘playin’ and Postman Pat and making sure that he is getting as much Mummy and even more Daddy time as he can. Daddy is flavour of the month and T has really got much closer to R in the last month or so and it is lovely to see how excited he is when R gets home and he squeals ‘its mine Daddy’ and goes rushing off dragging R back going ‘look Daddy, come’ and shows off his latest picture or toy or that he is eating his dinner. R is also making great in roads into getting him to brush his teeth so thats a real plus too.
Funniest line of the week was when I ran up the stairs and sat at the top singing ‘I’m the king of the castle, you’re the dirty rascal’ he climbed up and said ‘no mummy, I’m the dirty castle’ bless him
On the weekend we went to visit Zana and Patrick and to meet little Al – he’s a lovely little baby who looks just like his Dad, bravo to Zana as the birth sounds like it was far from what she would have wanted but they are all safe and well and home, and it seems like Al has slotted in and Z and P and Guy have adjusted brilliantly to having a little baby in the house again. I have some pics but not yet downloaded so will post them at some point over the weekend as I managed to get all three of them in a pic together with Ry and Zana which will be a treasure for Granny P especially (although I suspect I don’t have any where they were all looking the same way at the same time!)
Tomorrow I have a day to myself so I will be having my nails done in the morning, then doing some chores and then working in the afternoon to clear some of the backlog. My team are all having to work really hard at the moment and I know they are looking to me for support while we get through a couple of crazy weeks so I feel like I should put in some extra time even though I normally have Fridays off to lead by example as it were.
Ry is doing great and actually seems pretty laid back at the moment, having completed the business planning cycle at work and now not having to go to Canada before our Cape Town holiday means he is more relaxed than usual. Mind you it helps to know that in 2 weeks time we will be heading of for an awesome holiday in the sun where there will be lots of lazing and relaxing and general family time and some quality time with Granny and Grandpa P. For once I am hoping the time flies by.
Bed for me now as it was a late one last night being out for a team dinner – Ry took care of things on the home front with T and was brilliant which makes it just that much easier now to get on and do my own thing every now and then. Night all.
