I smell

I’m not changing my fleece until Bex and Henry leave in 8 days (they go on to see friends and other relies, before we pick them up again and take them onto more relies). It’s pompadour purple, the fleece – and I bought it when we were in Korea last year. I’m not changing it because it already smells badly of baby sick and is crispy with dried snot and dribble. If I took it off it would make its own way to the wardrobe on its own. So, I’m not going to change it because whatever I stuck on next would end up the same way within four hours.

currently we can only crawl backwards, which is a bit awkward

Bex and Henry are clearly here. They arrived on time at Terminal 2 on Friday and, against all of the media hype, they were through customs within half an hour … having a baby helped. But it was like a dystopian movie. We waited in the long term car park for half an hour – which was pretty much empty. And the roads in an out were scattered with tumbleweed. All that was missing were some zombies.

Since then it has been one long baby fest. And that’s been magic. Henry is adorable. And of course we would say that. But he is. I don’t remember our kids at this age, mostly because I was foolishly working pretty hard, but I don’t remember them being this cute or easy. I guess that’s because we get to give Henry back when they leave in a month. And we don’t have to worry about all the things parents worry about on a day-to-day basis. But he could be really grizzly, which he isn’t. And he could be dour, and he isn’t that either. He’s pretty perfect. Anyhow they are in isolation until Wednesday. So it’s pretty much wall-to-wall baby. Thankfully we have a huge house for them to get lost in – he says tripping on a plastic toy, one of ton C has bought filling our very small sitting/dining room floor.

yay, CBBies!

Other than that, not a lot’s happened. I haven’t been at my best (so much so I took a covid lateral flow test yesterday, which was thankfully negative). But I have managed to start running again. Thankfully my calf has decided to not complain – yet. I’ve had three out of four beta reader comments back for book 7 in the Sam Green series – and they’ve been fab, which is great. And I think I’ve found a new narrator for Unsuspecting Hero‘s audio book. I’ll add more to that when I’m clearer, but if it comes off the woman who may take it on works for a TV company, so there is some possible advantage there. I remain v excited by the prospects of a series of audiobooks, but it is a complex process, involves someone else (which is costly) and takes effort. I think all this means I have decided to drop my leadership consultancy work. I have some work with the school in a couple of weeks but, after that, I think I’ll let it run out.

start them early

That’s it for now. Henry requires attention. Stay safe everyone.