Conference countdown

I'm currently sat on the sofa under a blanket watching the X factor,  which only means one thing....countdown to conference!  That wasn't the 'C word' you were expecting was it?!

It also means that the summer is over and I'm back to school. G is not impressed by this. Not. One. Bit. She's refused to leave my bed of a morning and has had more outbursts than there are minutes of the day. My heart did break when she sobbed 'please don't send me there' as I packed up her bags one morning. I must reassure you that she thinks her childminder is ace, and the same day went on to inform her of what a brilliant day she'd had. Monkey! Routine is our friend. Deviation from routine is our enemy.
Good job I'm only a part timer. We've had an amazing summer, I adore time with my girl. This week I've had to earn some back-to-work brownie points with a fun filled bus ride (easily pleased!).

We've also concluded that noise really does seem to be an issue for G. She will literally jump out of her skin if she hears a motorbike, cling to me for dear life if a truck or lorry pass her by, and my goodness if I dare vacuum or dry my hands in a public toilet! As for my singing,  well,  I get a right royal telling off. 

On a serious note though, anything loud, mechanical, high pitched, unexpected, or expected yet unwanted and we are often close to meltdown. Something I'm hoping to investigate at conference. 

In other news, we are going through an appointment drought at the moment, which has multiple benefits:
-I'm yet to have to book time off from my new job for hospital visits. 
-The nightmare that is hospital car parking. It's been at least 3 weeks since we last fought for a space, and shelled out for extortionate fees.
-Grace will have time to get over the 12 hour fasting blood test, which was in itself traumatic due to a) telling her she can't have milk or toast but without telling the reason behind the cruel withholding of  her beloved morning essentials b) pinning her down so that she would stay still enough for the nurses to only to take one stab at her.

As always we've been totally blessed recently. We temporarily cancelled our place at conference but due to the generosity of some amazing people, we will be attending. Thank God.  The conference is a major lifeline for us and a source of IMMENSE knowledge.

Until next time, here is my darling,  my sweetheart (nope not my nicknames for her....hers for me!)

Wooah, I nearly forgot, G achieved her first badge at gymnastics.  WOOP WOOP! In fact that's totally worth a triple WOOP WOOP WOOP!