Mrs.B

What can I say, I’ve had a lovely birthday: gluten-free pancakes for breakfast, a new iPad cover, a cookbook and Chanel foundation as pressies, a 12km run in sunshine along the Thames in Chiswick/Hammersmith while the boys were in Estonian school, coffee in Chiswick House Gardens cafe afterwards*, a nap when we got home, …

I was going to write a post on why I run, but then I thought that I have written about this a lot already and instead I asked myself another question: “Why have I only been running for the past 2 years?” …

I have two boys. Two big boys. No more babies. No more toddlers.

It’s a bit weird. For 7 years my life’s been revolving around fertility and pregnancies and sleep and breastfeeding and schedules and nap times and baby food and nappies and toilet training and tantrums. …

On Monday I wrote about our co-sleeping with Oliver situation, no one commented so that must mean that no one thinks that it’s cute to share a bed with a 3-year old. …

Last Saturday morning J and I drove over to Richmond Park for a 10km race. We have never raced there before so my first panic thought when we arrived was “I don’t see any portaloos!! Where are the portaloos???”

There actually weren’t any but there were real toilets nearby so I was ok :) Next issue: it was cold and windy. Brrrr…

When we lived in Australia we used something called the electric blanket in the winter. It’s a contraption that goes under the sheets and once plugged in and turned on, it heats up so that you don’t have to get into a cold bed.

Note that we lived in Canberra – not Sydney or Brisbane or Darwin – and Canberra winters are cold…

Yesterday we went to the Science Museum for a family day organised by J’s firm. First thing at 1pm was a show about bubbles, the kids got to see bubbles made the ordinary way and also using helium and dry ice. There was lots of laughter and shouting and audience participation. Oskar got to stand inside a giant bubble…

If you like coffee and live and work in London or any other big city, I’m sure you toss away at least one paper coffee cup a day. I used to wash mine at the office and put into recycling but then I thought – what is the point, why don’t I just reuse a cup? …

I have not had any sugar for 103 days and I am totally amazed that I am indeed doing it. That it IS possible to be sugar free.

In the beginning I strictly stayed away from sugar substitutes as well, because I wanted to get over the cravings for sweet taste. By now though, I have realised that nothing goes better with PMS than a slice of cake :) …

We’ve been back in London for 2 days and I already miss the smell of the pine forest…

I have been thinking and thinking about all the comments that were made on my last post and I feel like I need to clarify what I’m thinking…

What I’m thinking is that I know what depression feels like. It is a dark and awful place to be in. I have been diagnosed with it so far twice in my life, once in my early 20s and again about 18 months ago. …

Life is weird at the moment. I ran out of my Citalopram tablets about two weeks ago, went without them for a few days, then got a new prescription but started taking half a dose every day.

I am definitely feeling the effects of the lower dose. …

We spent the last 4 days in the woods. Catching up with friends, walking, climbing, waterbiking, mini golfing, abseiling, tree climbing, swimming, sliding, sitting in the sauna… It was totally refreshing and exhausting at the same time :)

We’re off to a long weekend at Center Parcs in Longleat Forest tomorrow. Oskar got a new chess set yesterday to take with us. He read the instructions this morning and by the time J got home to play with him, he already knew how every piece is supposed to move. I’m staring to feel dumb next to my 7-year old :|