I hate the stress of leaving home, the is the house going to be ok, ( ie will someone break in), have we got everything we need? like medication? enough clothes, enough money! the right toys, have we got things incase mr throws up in the car, and after he's done that a few times we now have a bowl, towel bag and change of clothes to hand! purse, wallet, phone, chargers! things for the kids to do on the long trip. I know its prob the stresses most people have to be fair just add in a few extra meds and complications for good measure!
The car trip itself can be daunting, why? well its a bloody long trip, 5 hours in the car with a stop and without traffic is considered a good run! Though this time it was a good trip both ways! minimum congestion and which considering we travelled the Thursday before Easter was really good and two stops was a 6 hour drive, stress free! Our way back started in Yorkshire but was a similar time frame if not better, two stops was less then 6 hours! Never thought a 6 hour car journey would be good lol
However the kids are very used to these long trips now which makes going for slightly longer short trips more enjoyable, and our trip to France doable! it gives me and hubby chance to just chat about anything which sometimes isn't possible at the end of the day when we are tired.We get to have family sing alongs in the car to Bon Jovi and other songs, talk about the topics on the radio or just things in general and so it is worth it.
Our time away with family was lovely, its hard with shift patterns but we did get to spend some time with all, doing our own little things and letting the kids have time with family is so important though just as upsetting when the day is over. ( nearly 3 years on and its just as hard as the day we left! )
Would like that lottery win now, please ;)
We took ourselves off for two days after seeing family and went to say in Doncaster, ( well near) so we could take little man to the Train museum at York. who they loved it, They really got involved with everything and all the trains.
Happy boy with the Mallard aka blue Spencer lol
Looking under a train!
It's the Rocket!!
Some shady looking characters ( and omg look how tall they are!)
The day before we went to Eureka in Halifax, which was a bit daunting in itself, as Halifax is where my father lives, and I didn't want to run into him, for alot of reasons! but glad he wouldn't be anywhere near Eureka that day! ( and thank goodness it was Easter Sunday so it was quiet in town not like we went in!!)
We went to Eureka very last minute like 10 minutes before the turn off we decided to go, as we wanted to go to a National trust sight but it was raining and icky and we thought well hubby thought of it, it is a child museum one aimed for them in mind. It was fantastic! they loved it and got stuck into everything, again never seen them so happy in a museum playing! <3 Yes both days were long and sore but we got to do things they liked and wanted to do so we could cope with the pain at the end of the day.
Bobby went for a check up at the Dentist!
Dentist Madam!
Mr having a checkup (and check out my's elbow!! )
It's been a great few days and we have some of the Easter holidays left to do some things at home, madam has a friend coming to stay which she is excited over. Whats in store coming up? well its not long before May half term! Madam has a brownie day camp coming up ( and a stay over camp in June!!) We have a gastro app coming up to discuss madam, and hopefully any day soon we will have a paediatrician app for mr coming through. I am taking bets it will be on the same day as madams like last time with the hearing app and the pead app then! There has been alot of aggravation with mr's app like taking 5 weeks to decide what to do with it to then tell us that he needed to see a gp but thank goodness two weeks before we actually did see a gp and he referred so will now be getting an app to discuss mr and all his quirks. ( Tremor, heat intolerance and hypermobilty!)
Busy times ahead! but i am hoping with a more positive attitude i can take it as it comes! ( she says till she stresses out ;) )
Just a little note as it has been said about doing a sort of book i have firstly made a facebook page for health trials and the blog to try and keep my own page a little more health free! Link underneath!
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