Touched out

Not a lot to report this week.  Ex has had his days off change yet again, and given that I have accomodated changes with little to no warning for the last 6 months, I have put my foot down and said that enough is enough.  I have rearranged my life and schedule enough and it isn't going to happen anymore.  Sadly this means that Ianto and Anouke don't get to see him much - they have been spending an hour or so at a park with him in the afternoon, which to be honest leaves them more upset than if they just didn't see him.  The other side affect of this is the fact that I am REALLY over being touched all. the. time.  Anouke being a bit restless on the boob I can usually handle but at the moment it drives me insane.  Ianto is actually quite even tempered, but the demands on me to get them food, get them drinks, wipe their bottoms...

It is still a million times better than being in the relationship though, so we soldier on.  I think we might try getting out of the house a bit more, go to the park a couple of times a week if the weather permits - which it has been lately.  It is cold, but not pouring all day or anything most of the time.

Planning a trip to Hastings caves soon to swim in the thermal pool with our gentle parenting/homeschooling friends which will be fun.  The last half of the year is always busy for us as all of the birthdays in the family seem to fall between the end of August and Ianto's birthday at the start of February.  That is a lot of birthdays crammed into a few months!  This year is super busy because the small people and I are planning a holiday, my cousin is getting married and then Sis is back from overseas, not to mention friends from the UK visiting Mum and Dad and Younger Sis coming home for a week and all the usual birthday/christmas stuff...  It is exhausting just thinking about it, but a very satisfying, happy exhaustion!