Wow I can't believe two our thread ladies got married on the very same day!

Jazmum, so sorry to hear about Grandma. Sending you a very big and well done on keeping your head in a crisis. It's pretty amazing that she's so calm abou it. xxx

Noni, congrats to DP for his job, glad for you that it's the one that's closer!

Arte, I have friend emigrating to NZ soon, they were surprised at the lack of quarantine for puss and pooch when it's so full on for other livestock (they have goats and sheep that are pets but decided to leave them here as the Q process seemed prolonged and cruel). Wow 9 dogs, that must be noisy at times! You have got me wanting greasy fish and chips now.

Well the study is going excruciatingly slowly, we have been having probs with our PC and trying to get it sorted out is driving me BATTY. It's all delivered online too so it's a bit of pain when your technology is not working. DH is away again next week so there goes my productive study time out the window!

BTW I found that quote, I wonder how many of us can relate to this:
...babies who have been sleeping quite peacefully for weeks or even months tend to become wakeful as they enter a new stage of physical, neurological or emotional development. And when you combine several factors - teething, say, plus separation anxiety, beginning to crawl, and a greater awareness of the world around them, it is really no wonder that many babies around five or six months old suddenly become unsettled at night. p 92 100 ways to calm the crying by Pinky McKay.