It is probably unwise to start writing something late at night when one has been awake since 5am attending to the bodily needs of two charming yet utterly ruthless small personages under 5 years old, but frankly my window of opportunity (not to mention willpower) is rather limited so I’m going to go for it now and say “Hello and Welcome!” as enthusiastically as I can before I collapse in a senseless heap on the floor with drool creeping unattractively down my chin.
I have been meaning, in some small way, to document my passage through motherhood since my first child was born some 4 years ago but I never quite got around to it due to pressing engagements such as sleep, washing up, laundry, discussions about how Husband and I should have a date night and maybe even consider (shock, horror) staying awake long enough to have sex. Then one day despite those obstacles we did have sex which was bloody brilliant, totally worth staying up for! Oh except that I got pregnant again and had the second one and the whole sleep deficit, washing up/laundry mountain thing happened all over.
This time, however, we remembered that we knew about contraception, (having come of age prior to the advocacy of abstinence-as-sex-ed or growing up in Uganda) so we won’t have to wait another couple of years for our nuptial nookie, and we have also basically given up the idea of any kind of civilised existence – it’s hard to be sophisticated and European when meals are served on a prison timetable and food is pelted at me to signal distaste or even just the natural end of our baby’s breakfast.
As a result, I now have that time that I was looking for to write down my thoughts, those that remain after the onslaught of the last few years, and it is here that I shall record and share them with you.
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I love it, especially: “Then one day despite those obstacles we did have sex which was bloody brilliant, totally worth staying up for! Oh except that I got pregnant again and had the second one and the whole sleep deficit, washing up/laundry mountain thing happened all over.” I’m hooked! Can’t wait to keep reading …
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