Lent - day 25

So here goes:

1. Today Ziggy has been wriggling all day and it makes me smile (as do daffodils but not quite as much).
2. Today I actually learnt about pensions - a bit late I know but as they're changing them I finally thought I should work it out!
3. Today was lovely and sunny until about an hour before home time. I took advantage of the sun by going home at lunchtime to clean the kitchen and do all the dishes. That might not sound positive but it is because it means our kitchen looks less like a hygiene disaster zone!
4. Today 2 good things happened. Firstly I have admitted that I am not as unstoppable as usual which given that I'm now 32 weeks pregnant is a good thing. Being on my feet for most of the day has resulted in very swollen legs, ankles and feet. Perhaps it's time to admit defeat and take the next 8 weeks easy (or less if Ziggy makes an early appearance). The second cool thing was seeing a blue tit. I know that doesn't sound that exciting but they're my favourite and tiny birds like that are so perfect that they always fill me with wonder.
5. Today's one isn't hard. Scotland didn't get humped by England in the Calcutta Cup match. OK they did lose but not in the way everyone expected. Evans got an excellent try and Paterson (whom I love) did the most kick ass tackle ever to stop a try by less than a metre. Both sides got one try each, Scotland got a drop goal and the rest were penalties so not a result to be ashamed of.
6. Two good things today- A: Had a meeting with a really lovely committee Chair who is super keen to get things shaken up and moved into the 21st century! B: I am now going to the Big City on Friday to use sheer embarrassment to show some of our members that they cannot bully staff into breaking/bending rules just because they can't be arsed to follow them. They want someone to do a tedious and tiring job at their event so I - the 8 month pregnant person they like - am going to get up at 05:30 am to get their to do it for them and I will make sure that they know about it. They normally bully the facilities staff into doing what they demand but I think it's time someone stood up to them. That might not seem a positive thing but as I get no support from Senior Management I want to make sure that I stand up for other staff when I'm in a position to do so :)
7. Yesterday I got the train to another country that is attached to this one. It was lovely and sunny and all of the people that came to the meeting I was running were mostly nice to me! And I got to see my brother for a couple of hours :)
8. Today on the train back to this country I got all of the notes written up from last night's meeting - I feel efficient!
9. Tonight I learnt that I should be able to go to the midwife led unit for Ziggy's birth which is fab as it's way more chilled and it's what I was hoping for.
10. Today I got up at silly o'clock to get to the Big City to sort out those old blokes. I did what needed to be done then did some work then pootled home early as knackered. I then had a lovely lunch with MrT. Now to watch a film and chill out eating sweeties!
11. Lots of fun things today. MrT and I had a lazy start which ended up getting food planned and shopping done for the next 2 weeks. When MrT went off to work after lunch I went off for a craft shop run with my friend in the sunshine which was fun and got a few bits and bobs for Ziggy's arrival. Going out with my friend meant missing the rugby and my darling boys avoided being grannied for the whole of the 6 nations by winning! I'm now watching MrT's national side get humped :) We've also got a beef stew and some spag bol (-the spag at the mo) on the go to be split into portions and frozen so that we can eat properly for the first couple of weeks of Ziggy's life. AND it's sunny enough to have washing out and that's lovely!
12. Today has been a bit of a funny day as MrT has been on a course - yet again - and I'm trying to rest up so I'm not so knackered by mid-week. The good thing that happened today involved speaking to lots of nice people at church and hearing a very very elderly lady make a hilarious speech about a cake. Best of all the mum of one of the kids in the youth group I help with offered me a key to her house for when my Mother in Law visits (which if Ziggy is overdue will be at about week 1!) so that I could have somewhere quiet during the day to escape to! OK so I wouldn't be able to use it as then the wrath of the inlaws would be upon me and MrT would go mental but it was a lovely gesture and it made me feel part of the community and as if the community is trying to protect me which is a lovely feeling :)
13. Today I got lots and lots of things achieved at work. Some of it wasn't even my work (colleague signed off sick for a couple of weeks and nobody else has realised that her stuff still needs doing). I'm feeling very good about myself :)
14. Today I was given a parcel for Ziggy which contained two of the cutest jumpers I've ever seen! One knitted by a colleague which will probably fit a few months down the line and a much smaller one knitted by her Mum (whom we've never met) which looks like a tiny technocolour dreamcoat. I also got home from work to discover MrT with a friend of ours with his wee boy (aged 1) who'd popped round to play/say hello which was lovely.
15. Today I went to my first aquanatal class with a friend from church. It was actually quite good fun. I don't normally go in for group fitness things but it was good fun and low impact on my joints which is what I need right now. AND it was super sunny today and that lifted my mood in general :)
16. Today we had our last antenatal class which was all about what to do with your baby once it arrives. It was really helpful and we got to ask lots of questions since of the 30 people there the first week there were only 10 of us.
17. My best friend is here :)
18. The boys got the garden veggie plots all dug up and weeded. I did some digging until I pulled a bump muscle then I decided that perhaps it was safer to plant out the seeds into trays instead. After bumping into friends at the garden centre this morning when out getting compost we were invited around late afternoon for tea and cake which was lovely!
19. Today I had a lovely walk in the country park with my friend before dropping him off to get the train back north. MrT had a good training session for his hobby and I managed to get some washing done and all of the birthday/mothers day presents wrapped and packaged to see us through until after Ziggy is born :)
20. Today we laughed a lot at work - that was nice :)
21. Today I got lots of awkward website updating done for work which I have been avoiding and I think it all worked so now I feel good!
22. Another aquanatal class tonight which was lots of fun :)
23. Today it's hard to think of something positive - two of my Guides made me a cake (before another one had a crazy tantrum!)
24. Today was my last day on my own - my maternity cover starts on Monday and the teaching begins!
25. Today was super warm and I got lots of Ziggy's stuff sorted out. We got a new storage unit up on the wall and some curtains up. The curtains are yellow with hiking bears on (I know that sounds weird). My Mum made me the curtains when I was about 16-17 ans she found them the other day and sent them down. They make me happy!