Five months in six paragraphs
4 April 2012
The past five months have passed by in a blur. As a favour to my future self, here’s what’s gone on.
December
Sap & I moved back from Australia just before Christmas last year. There was much that needed doing before, during and after the move, so Christmas and New Year passed in a slurry of flying, settling in, buying baby/house things/a car. Before we knew it we were into a new year.
January
Much the same as December. A flurry of decorating to get our flat ready for us to live in after having it occupied by a stranger for three years. Walls were filled, sanded & painted; paintwork was redone; carpets were laid; furnishings were bought. We finally found a car and rediscovered the joy & freedom a car brings. We moved into our flat on the 18th January.
February
Most of Feb was spent assembling our nursery & living room furniture and buying the last few bits & pieces for the impending arrival of our little bundle of noise. We finally finished everything on Saturday February 25th.
Amelia Rose Walsh came into the world on Tuesday 28th February at 11:53pm (so close to being a Feb 29th baby!). There’ll be a separate post on this which I’ll wilfully backdate to the Feb 29th. It’s what my future-self would want.
March
Although it’s only just ended, March feels like a long time ago. My paternity passed in a blur and I went back to work on the 14th, incredibly sad to be away from our daughter but secretly relieved at the structure my workday regave my life. The two weeks I was off just after the arrival of Amelia were the strangest of my life — days and nights mushed into one, I lost track of which day was which. Going back to work gave my subconscious the steer it needed to understand when the daytime was and what days were what.
April
It’s only four days old but April has already brought springlike weather and some isn’t-it-tempting-to-think-it’ll-stay-like-this structure to Sap & Amelia’s days and nights.
This post has been hastily written whilst having a cup-o-tea, so future-self — don’t be too harsh.