Well, 31 weeks done - 11 or so to go now, which isn't exactly a huge amount of time.
However, thanks to some superb friends and family, we have the nursery finished, resplendant with moses basket, cot, wardrobe, dresser, baby rocker, buggy, car seat (soon to be placed in the car) and heaps of clothes, nappies, bears etc etc.
Apparently Milly is still lying in what's known as a frank or extended breech position, with her head up the way, and her feet regularly pummeling Mum To Be's cervix, ribs and vital organs. A determined little creature she is. No doubt.
So we have the midwife on Wednesday, who last time told us that Milly's head was her bum. We didn't think so at the time. Now we know so, so hopefully she'll pick up on things properly this time.
I've been looking at school etc for the little one too. There's no way we can offard to pay fees, and the local primary school seems to be pretty decent. Howver, the secondary school in whose catchment area we fall is - to be frank - a bit of a dump. Its latest HMI report makes depressing reading, the school is known locally as having more than its fair share of neds, truants and generally unpleasant pupils who don't really care about learning. There is an other fairly near school which appears to be much better, but we fall out of its area by about half a mile.
I know it's early to be thinking about such things, but over my dead body is Milly going to the first school I referred to. Actually I would prefer if she went to the secondary school I went to but given that it is over 500 miles away, that would require some working!
In other news, I worked the football yesterday. Aberdeen were unlucky to concede an equaliser at the death, but what really disappointed me was the pitiful attendance by the AFC supporters. Far too many empty seats for what really was the most importtant match of their season, and they were out represented, outsung and out-supported by the Celtic contingent - who were a credit to their club, good humoured and who behaved themselves.
* Any spelling mistakes in these posts are the result of a rubbish wireless keyboard that occasionally misses out letters and rearranges words. I CAN spell. Thnak oyu.
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So glad everything is going well. As you say, it won't be long now.
As for the schools I wouldn't worry too much about that because surely it is up to the pupil to learn. Just because there are a few pupils that, well, obviously doesn't want to learn.
There's always a few in each school.
That doesn't mean your child won't learn does it?
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