In my desperation over my current employment situation, mum came up with a totally unexpected, and much appreciated, act of kindness. I now have the funding I need to start searching for another job, without worrying about the financial implications of leaving my current one. First stop, buy a ...
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Since the Easter break, I've noticed two changes in my journey to work.
Firstly, the annoying on-train announcements have reduced to those identifying the train and next station. Apparently South West Trains eradicated their problem with beggars over the Easter weekend, no longer see unattended articles as an issue and plan ...
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Saturday saw Y's birthday party. We all trekked down to his mum's house in Kent to barbeque food in the freezing cold and generally eat too much. True to the forecast, it snowed, but instead of sending us running inside, we were huddled round the barbeque enjoying it's warmth. Unfortunately, ...
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This afternoon we took a trip to Peckham to get supplies for Y's birthday party (barbeque!) tomorrow. We among the large quantities of meat needed (because it is, after all, a Brasilian barbeque), we also needed mandoica (cassava). Try getting that in Wimbledon. Having lived in Wimbledon ...
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Today we found out the results of TB's primary school application. It's damning. Of the three schools we applied to, he has got into none. This leaves us with two choices: attempt to find another school or appeal. It remains to be seen whether we can do both, one as ...
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This bus will terminate at Holborn. This is because there's a lot of traffic across London. Well no shit sherlock. What planet have you been living on for this to be news to you? And how am I supposed to get to work if you're not going to take me ...
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When TB doesn't want to finish eating something, he's taken to saying 'it's going green'. We've had no idea what he meant by this, other than that there was no way on earth he was going to eat the rest of whatever it was.Now, all has been revealed.He was ...
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Every so often, in papers and train company promotional magazines, you see complaints of people who leave their bag on the seat next to them, thus preventing the less bold of us from taking a seat. Now I have seen it all. Next time you'd prefer there was ...
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A moment I've been dreading for almost four years has now arrived. It is less than two months until TB's fourth birthday.It's not the marking of time that I'm dreading, but more the celebration of it. The party.In the past we've managed to get away with family affairs. ...
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TB went down to the hospital to see the microbiologist, amongst others. His samples are still showing E.coli, but otherwise he's completely fine. The various doctors have said there's absolutely no reason why he shouldn't return to school, and have even argued this with environmental health. ...
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