Helloooooo! Man, I miss having time to check the forums. And you guys have been busy busy busy as usual.

Dach - wow, that must have been exciting to see the 'blob'. Are you going to find out the sex? Do you have any names picked out? How's the m/s - I'd love to know what it's like being pg with another bub to look after. I hope it's all going well. Wow that you know Tim from BB! He is my pick to win. He seems like such a genuine guy.

Pee - owwwww! I'm sorry you're having issues... I hope you feel better soon. My tip - drink lots of wine. I would! I figure that if you get drunk enough you won't feel it!

Stupid SIL, Mitch. She sounds like she's still a kid herself. How old is she? She needs to grow up. OMG about the thing at your footy club! How awful! We're from a country town down that way and my Dad used to be the coach of the team (about 20 years ago). Mum couldn't stand the *****iness. That's partly why they moved. Dad would love to move back now that my brother and I are all grown up, but Mum would never let him.

Lara - Yay for Alana's weight gain! That's great news. You should hold on to that MCHN for grim death - she sounds wonderful. It really helps, doesn't it?

Mooshie - hooray on your weight loss! That's really exciting. You must be looking hot now... bet DH wants to jump on you even though you're not exactly ttc yet. Bet it will make ttc easier too. Sorry to hear that Jay is sick AGAIN... the poor little thing. I didn't know that he had a nut allergy - how did you find out about that? Hope it's not serious enough for an epi pen.

Well, busy week here. We had FOUR nights of dinner parties... it was mad. The first two were with DH's high school friend who is leaving for London next week - he is 'homeless' at the moment, so we had him stay for two nights. The next night my best friend came over and we got fairly inebriated (oops!) and had a nice breakfast in the morning. Then Thursday night two friends came over for dinner, and practiced the song we're going to sing for Charlie. I am going to be such a mess. I wrote myself the easiest part because I know I'm going to be the most emotional - I'll probably cry when I'm singing it, and if there were too many big intervals I would probably mispitch my part! I am also going to have to memorise it, as if I open my eyes I will look at Charlie and start to cry. I'm such a sook. I can't believe it's his birthday on FRIDAY - less than a week. He and I are going to have a nice morning tea together at our (my!) favourite teahouse - just him and me. Then Dh, Charlie and I are going away on Friday and Saturday night to Bribie Island (some friends are on holiday and said we could use their house). Then the party is on Sunday afternoon. Should be lovely - hope it's not too windy, as Brisbane is notorious for its gale force winds in August (around Ekka time).

In other news, I started my uni work this week. Scary stuff. It's so hard to get back into it all. I think I'll do better this week with it, but I kept getting distracted and didn't get much done! We're also still ttc, bding a bit but the visitors made it difficult. I think I'm in the middle of ovulating now, so we will bd like crazy over the weekend and hope it pays off! I've decided to stop temping, as thinking about it too much only made me stress. I think as a rule I will plan just do a pg test 5 weeks after the start of my period each time and see what happens. Fingers crossed.

Anyway, the washing has finished, so I'd better go and do something productive. No rest for the wicked! Hope you're all well. Sorry for the long post!