Just hanging around

Bournemouth Hospital's on a virus alert and has banned visitors. That puts me at a loose end for the day, and I am very much not reassured to hear that Mum had diarrhoea and was vomiting yesterday.

Sister T had labour pains from Saturday night through to Sunday afternoon, but they didn't become frequent enough to go to hospital and then they stopped. Mum says - I wouldn't know this stuff - that's an awfully long time for false labour pains. No news since yesterday.

Sister E came and took Maisie away yesterday afternoon. Apparently she yowled and crapped in the cat carrier all the way to London, immediately dived behind the cooker on arrival and hasn't come out yet. That's about what I expected. I'll be surprised if E sees her this side of Wednesday, but she really didn't like being on her own and Mum looks like being in hospital at least another two weeks. I still think we did the right thing.

Mum wants me to carry on going to Grimmauld Place every day and tidy. I don't think I'm being unreasonable and selfish refusing to do it for at least the next few days.

Just hanging around

Bournemouth Hospital's on a virus alert and has banned visitors. That puts me at a loose end for the day, and I am very much not reassured to hear that Mum had diarrhoea and was vomiting yesterday.

Sister T had labour pains from Saturday night through to Sunday afternoon, but they didn't become frequent enough to go to hospital and then they stopped. Mum says - I wouldn't know this stuff - that's an awfully long time for false labour pains. No news since yesterday.

Sister E came and took Maisie away yesterday afternoon. Apparently she yowled and crapped in the cat carrier all the way to London, immediately dived behind the cooker on arrival and hasn't come out yet. That's about what I expected. I'll be surprised if E sees her this side of Wednesday, but she really didn't like being on her own and Mum looks like being in hospital at least another two weeks. I still think we did the right thing.

Mum wants me to carry on going to Grimmauld Place every day and tidy. I don't think I'm being unreasonable and selfish refusing to do it for at least the next few days.

There's a strangeness in the air

( Rock on Squishy! )

Because I like to do things the hard way, I still have some of the songs that set Squish off howling on my main playlist. This was his very favourite howling along number (and one of mine), Nick Lowe's So It Goes.

(Please excuse extreme disgustingness of kitchen floor in background.)

There's a strangeness in the air

( Rock on Squishy! )

Because I like to do things the hard way, I still have some of the songs that set Squish off howling on my main playlist. This was his very favourite howling along number (and one of mine), Nick Lowe's So It Goes.

(Please excuse extreme disgustingness of kitchen floor in background.)

Now we're serious!

( Has it really only been ten days? )

Now we're serious!

( Has it really only been ten days? )

Finger paint the sky till everything shines

Please send "welcome to the world" wishes to my newest relative, who is too small to be annoying yet - but will doubtless learn fast. It's in the genes, after all.

Maya Grace, born 8pm by C-section, weighs 8lbs 8oz.



EDIT: Spelling confirmed.

Finger paint the sky till everything shines

Please send "welcome to the world" wishes to my newest relative, who is too small to be annoying yet - but will doubtless learn fast. It's in the genes, after all.

Maya Grace, born 8pm by C-section, weighs 8lbs 8oz.



EDIT: Spelling confirmed.