What a day

[ailbhe]

This weekend just plain didn't happen. It was immensely stressful and tiring and difficult, including physical unpleasantnesses, and I'd like to forget about it now.

Except for certain highlights: On Friday we went to Rhyme Time and afterwards to the playground, where we saw an adult tricycle with two rear-facing child seats with safety belts. I was very impressed and I want one. On Saturday we went to a Swedish lesson at the Swedish Church near Paddington Station, then walked around London trying to get to Fenchurch Street, and we had a lovely interval of aircon and lemonade in a Starbucks, and then ducked into a jewellers where I bought a watch during a cloudburst.

Linnea enjoyed paddling in the pavement drains in her wellington boots.

On Sunday I fed her standing up on the Tube, because it was hot and she was cranky and there were no seats with enough room to feed a toddler without kicking other passengers or bashing her head against a glass partition.

On Sunday morning I collapsed when I tried to get up at first. On Monday I didn't get up. Today I just about managed it.

I'm dying to know if anyone has received my book yet. I know it's unlikely but it's possible, isn't it? I wasn't even able to print it out before sending it to the site, so I just realised last night that it probably has The Original Typos for Extra Authenticity. Perhaps not though. I haven't spotted any in the PDF, anyway, though obviously proofreading one's own material on a computer screen when either caring for or recovering from a toddler isn't optimal.

It was Rob's birthday on Saturday. It could have been worse, poor lad, and it could have been better. Linnea hand-stamped his card.

Comments

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Adult tricycles just rock :) What you're describing is another variant of the Pashley trike that I have, and they're available on eBay for £200-350, depending on condition. (imo, it's worth paying the extra for one that has new tyres and a seller that'll deliver - but don't worry about small spots of rust, they're easy enough to fix).

I'd advise you don't consider it until after you've seen the gynaecologist & pain specialists, though. My trike is an arse-killer at the best of times, and the place where it rubs is exactly where you're hurt. Pashley deal with disabled customers, so you can buy extra-wide seats, but I think even with an extra-wide seat and a gel-padded seat cover it could still cause you some physical distress.

[livi-short.livejournal.com]

The typos are in the one poem that you can look at for free, now i actually have money to buy things i plan to go and get the rest.

Poems!

[ailbhe]

"comfterble" is so that it will scan! Correctly pronounced, comfortable doesn't fit in there at all.

And all the poems are already available for free at lnc - try http://www.livejournal.com/users/lnc/tag/before+baby+walks for the 19 that are actually in the book.

[k425.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for you to tell us what the book 'feels' like and then I'll go and order a copy of my own!

One of my friends in Cambridge had a trike with two rear-facing child seats with belts. They went just about everywhere on it. Had a box under the seats for shopping, too, if I recall correctly.