Gosh, crumbs etc. I can't believe I've not written on this for ages. I suppose I'm just naturally lazy, and being 4 months pregnant doesn't help.
I'm still feeling sick sometimes, especially when I'm tired and/or hungry, but overall I'm feeling a whole lot better. I think I've felt the baby move a bit, which is exciting. We had our scan, and everything was fine then, but I've not heard a heartbeat yet, so I'm still a little bit worried about that. If I'm still nervy next week, I'll go back to the doctor, but I think I'm just being paranoid and silly. The baby is fine, I am fine, Lucy won't try to kill it and everything is fine.
I've been knitting a lot, but not finishing much. I'm making Lucy a
rabbit, which is nearly finished except for a leg, an arm and an ear and a face. It is super fiddly but not very difficult. I'm also making a blanket for us, which is not even half finished but will be eventually. I'm sewing it up as I go along, and it's nice and easy stocking stitch squares, so it's suitable for baby brain, which I have in spades at the moment. I'm also finishing off a plain garter yoke cardigan, which is also easy, and I'm not sure when I haven't finished it before now. Inertia again.
Work is the same. Another colleague is going to Lady Margaret's in Southall, where our former head works. It's bad for us, because she's been here for ages, but also good in that it opens promotion options. I'd like to go back full time in a couple of years, so there might even be a more senior job for me. I'm a bit annoyed that I haven't had an observation all year. While it's good that no one's "checking up" on me, it is part of my "continuous professional development" and if we have to sign up to all that rubbish, we may as well do it probably rather than in a half arsed manner. We're not sodding teenagers, we shouldn't be mucking about and sulking about rule changes not being to our taste. Ho hum, maternity leave starts surprisingly soon.
We went into London during half term and looked at some elephants. They are rather exciting really. Lucy seemed to like them, and had fun running riot around London. She is being an interesting combination of total ratbag and total angel. She's having massive tantrums over food that she wants that I'm not giving her (bad mummy), kicking me when I'm changing her nappy and hitting me if I don't respond immediately. But then we have lovely days where we have lots and lots of cuddles and kisses, and she's brilliantly behaved. It's hard bloody work. I hope that number 2 is less bossy.
I made a cherry cake on Tuesday night. Both easy and delicious. I'm going to have a bash at some French type macarons soon, but they look irritatingly fiddly. We'll see how that turns out. Maybe I'll have a go at steeks as well - face all your "fears" in one go.