\t\t\t\tThere is nothing like having a busy head to make you feel completely useless.<\/p>\n
In the past week I have managed to fall on butt\u00a0twice from\u00a0not looking where I was going (one instance I was particularly grateful for being\u00a0female\u00a0as it involved a bollard),\u00a0I have almost driven\u00a0all the way home\u00a0without remembering to turn my lights on, I have spelt my name incorrectly on official documents, forgotten my age during security checks, and have (on\u00a0more than one account) performed the classic ‘make myself a cup of tea and then walk\u00a0back to my desk and leave it in the\u00a0kitchen’. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
It seems\u00a0that now\u00a0my life has reached its tipping point (\u00a0as I had predicted) I am now on ‘constant gallop’ mode with little time to slow down until I reach the finishing line. Indeed anything involving any sort of personal care or maintenance\u00a0has fallen\u00a0by the wayside, as I dress according to what’s on the back of the chair, I have\u00a0worn wellingtons to work several days this week having not noticed, and the hair…well…is just not worth discussing. Fortunately my friend Helen thought I was going for more of a ‘punk look’…<\/p>\n
I must however\u00a0give credit\u00a0where credit is due. Neil has been superb in picking up all of\u00a0the balls as I drop them (metaphorically speaking of course), has\u00a0been a demon at the ironing board and even\u00a0managed to stifle\u00a0his amusement to a faint whimper when I arrived at the front door –\u00a0COVERED in mud –\u00a0having slid down the front lawn, again, whilst\u00a0not looking where I was going.<\/p>\n
The boy’s done good.<\/p>\n
On a different note, and one that makes the constant rain and grey skies seem far less gloomy, my friend James and his wife Rachel have just had a baby boy! Finlay (Muffin)\u00a0Thomas Archbald Smith arrived into the world at 12:13 am on January the 18th and all reports suggest he is good and healthy. Congratulations to you both, I hope I get to meet Finlay soon!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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