Posted in children, repartnering, tagged children, grandchildren, mothering, repartnering, step children, stepmothers, work life balance on October 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
It’s school holidays in NSW, so once again I’m trying to work with a five year old hanging around.
He’s a lovely kid, but now that my own children have grown up I thought I’d get used to five year olds gradually – you know, by starting when they’re babies and waiting for five years until they get there.
But no, rather than having a grandchild, which is what I should be doing (come on you three, get a move on), I’ve been thrown into it suddenly because Doc has a five year old child.
Posted in repartnering, tagged cold, heaters, winter on May 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I’m living with the heater nazi.
Doc, as I’m my partner will henceforth be known in this blog, doesn’t feel the cold, so doesn’t think anybody else should either.
Everytime I put the heater on he gives me “that” look. The one where he’s desperately trying not to roll his eyes. Though sometimes he can’t help himself and he even verbalises the disdain. “Are you kidding?”
Posted in moving house, repartnering on March 18, 2011| 2 Comments »
It’s 3am and I’m sitting up in bed with my computer. I can’t sleep.
I’m back in my old house, the kids are out and everything’s quiet. It’s just me and Gypsy, the cat, who’s curled up on the bottom of my bed.
Things are as they used to be – it’s almost like having my old life back.
Posted in bad mother, motherhood, repartnering, step parents on January 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
OMFG. I just realised I’m going to be a step-mother!!
At least I think I am. If I move in with my partner and his 16 year old son does that make me a step mother? Is it compulsory? Can’t I continue to be just “Dad’s girlfriend”???
Our tent after a windy night on Lake Cargelligo
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