The Five Timeperiods Poll

[ailbhe]

What I was doing

• 5 minutes ago: Buying paid time for my poetry journal
• 5 hours ago: Recovering from a gynaecologist's appointment
• 5 days ago: Keeping house, feeding Linnea, and going to softplay - and buying Linnea toys
• 5 weeks ago: Getting used to Linnea sleeping in her own bedroom, and being amazed that she can do the Hokey Cokey. I was also being shocked at the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and contemplating a trip to Barcelona this winter.
• 5 months ago: I had a colo-rectal appointment at the hospital, it was National Breastfeeding Week, and I wrote a lot of entries about motherhood and breastfeeding, particularly "Mothers, and how they hurt each other," on 13th May.
• 5 years ago: Rob and I spent Christmas in Ireland. Before that, we got engaged to be married. Before that, I developed RSI in my arms. We visited Sweden with his parents and Ireland on our own. We attended a Pratchett fan event as a couple for the first time. We went to California - the only time I've been in the US. Whatever I may not like about it, customer service tends to be excellent, in my experience. I was working shifts in a job I wasn't all that keen on. I quit after I realised I spent more days at work crying than not. Rob and I agreed on when we were going ot start trying for a baby.