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You know how sometimes it seems like you’ve been really busy, but when you look back you don’t seem to have actually done anything? That’s how it’s been around here.

We did try to go swimming today, having phoned yesterday to check on the pool opening-times and having been told that it would be open until 4.30 today (then there are classes on for a couple of hours) - but when we arrived, at about two minutes to three, we were told that it was closing at 3.30. So much for that plan. We’re now intending to go tomorrow instead - in the morning probably.

The order from the Book People arrived, and this time only one item was missing. I hardly ever order from them anymore, since they decided that people in this bit of the country should pay more for postage. Those free-postage-if-you-spend-x deals? Not for us. I did complain to them when they started this, and they said it was because their courier charged them more. Right. And who chose their courier? Right.

We had a (gasp) health visitor here today, to weigh Toby. (This was part of what we agreed when we saw the paediatrician a few weeks ago.) He’s gained about a pound, which puts him actually on the charts. Only just, but still… I had an interesting conversation with the HV about Dr. Bozo; when I said he hadn’t even looked at Toby, she said “Eye contact wouldn’t be Bozo’s strong point.” (She didn’t actually call him Bozo, but that’s what I heard, because my brain now automatically translates his surname into “Bozo”.) I don’t think there’s much that’s Bozo’s strong point actually. She made faces and said a few things about him; in fact she did everything except tell me straight out that I should make a formal complaint. I do intend to; it’s just finding the time.

Anyway, Toby is clearly thriving, just small. And when she left, she said she felt that we could probably leave it for… I waited for her to say “a couple of months”… but she said “six months or so”. Clearly not much concern there then. She actually seems embarassed about how everything has been handled to this point. Not her fault, but certainly some of her colleagues should be red-faced and shame-faced.

Apart from growing, Toby has also been sleeping through, mostly. The consequences of that have included more sleep for me, but less night-nursing… and so the painters are in, Aunt Flo’s visiting, whatever you want to call it, the extra sleep was so not worth it.

We’ve been working on our Christmas jigsaw puzzles. It’s interesting to see how much more, uh, useful Jack is this year compared to last

What else? Oh, how could I forget! I had a minor panic attack this morning when my laptop flashed up a message telling me there was an error with “the cooling system” and I should “turn off your computer immediately and return it for service”. Eh? What? Off? What are they thinking?! But I did turn it off. I even unplugged it. And then I phoned Scratchy and hyperventilated. But he agreed that it probably just needed a clean, so I went and bought a can of compressed air (for £10!) and it got cleaned, and now it does seem to be working fine. I’ve backed everything up (again) though, just in case.

Other news… there is none. It’s five days before Christmas though. Time to break out the Chrimbo smilies

No sign of any of this though