FDAS meet

[selenay]

FDAS people are great *gg* Had a fabulous time in Manchester meeting up with yragg, sazzle_02, alphekka_alpha, jedinic, danamaree and Karen. Travelled up with terrylbirch, always fun, and had a generally fabulous day. It was a great group - one of those groups where you have some core things in common and have lots of fun sharing ideas and interests that are new to the group. The only problem is that time passes so quickly and there never seems to be enough of it!

Unfortunately, for various reasons, descended_sg1, wadjet_theperv and catspaw_sgjd couldn't make it and they were definitely missed, but they are going to be at SG-10 if we have to drag them there in chains.

Knowing those three, that might not be much of a threat *eg*

Bugs have been found in the review database and are being worked on. A few were very simple little fixes, a couple of others might take a little more work to track down and fix. But the feedback has so far been very useful and certain features that I've added have gone down well. So it's all hopeful :-)

Tomorrow I'll be splitting my time between the review database and some initial design work for the website that I've finally been given the go ahead to design. Today's plan was to sit down with Under Green Hills and get some serious work done on it. Then an uncle called and I just popped 'round for a cup of tea.

Er...seven hours and supper later, I'm back :-)

And I can't believe I got that lost on the way to someone who lives on the other side of town and who's house I've been to a dozen times. The good news is that I found two mosques and a new route to the next town. Always helpful to know :-)

Comments

[jooniper-pearl.livejournal.com]

I wanna live where you live!! I'm so tired of not having anyone close to squeetalk about SG with. GRRRRR!!!

Glad you made it back safe and all that. I'm still all whiney.

[selenay]

Grr. Yup, it's rotten that you don't live over here. We have all this fun and then make folks like you all jealous.

Be whiny if you need. I'm sure that I'd be whiny if I hadn't been able to make it to this weekend's gathering.

How is it going with the new sproglet?

[jooniper-pearl.livejournal.com]

Oh, she's a sprog all right!! We are doing ok. She's starting to get this nursing thing down a bit better :) Thank GOD!! I'm still not get a ton of sleep at night. Mostly b/c I nap during the day b/c I didn't sleep the previous night, so then I can't fall asleep at a decent time and then I'm getting up at 5:30 when Jer's alarm goes off. So far it's not a lot of fun on three or four hours of sleep. Ok, Bec's crying so this is totally cut short!!

[selenay]

Aw, {{{hugs}}}

Sounds like something needs to be done so that your sleep patterns are normalised a bit. Not easy, I know, but life is always a little easier to cope with when you're not exhausted all the time.

Was she a lazy feeder? Or an impatient feeder?

[jooniper-pearl.livejournal.com]

No, it's none of that, she just wants to nurse every two hours or so. It's normal at this age. Three weeks, six weeks, three months and six months are growth spurts. In order for her to increase my supply, she needs to nurse this much. It just makes it hard for a bit. I did notice myself getting anxious with her about 4am, so I think I'm going to see about getting back on Xanax. It helps with my anxiety and impatience with her. :/ PPD totally sucks. I haven't had it near as bad as with the other girls (I think you remember with Katie) so that's something at least. And now I know what it is I need to look for to head things off. And last night was one of my warning signs.

OH!! I used the spoon analagy with my husband about people with FM or any kind of fatigue syndrome. He FINALLY got it!! For me, it's the same way with sleep. If I don't get enough for my body, I'm totally borrowing spoons for the rest of the week!

Love and Hugs!!

[selenay]

I do remember what you were like after Katie and I'm glad that you haven't had problems to that extent this time. It's good that you're able to recognise the signs and do something to stem things before it gets to that stage - it sucks that you have PPD, but at least you're getting it treated so that you can enjoy your children properly.

The spoon analogy is fantastic, n'est pas? People without FM (or any other fatigue problems) seem to actually get it where they don't understand a more medical explanation.

The fatigue hasn't been too bad for me lately (although this week I've discovered that I'd probably been running near to empty for a while and I'm finally starting to play catch up). The main problem has been pain - my left hip seems to have settled into a near-permanent pain zone and I seem to be more weather sensitive than I used to be. Still, I just remind myself that it could be so much worse and I'm really very lucky to be as healthy as I am.

{{{hugs and love}}}

[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

Knowing those three, that might not be much of a threat *eg* ****

How come you know me so well... ;o)

[selenay]

*snicker* Years of experience, hon *eg*

[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

but they are going to be at SG-10 if we have to drag them there in chains

Believe it, darlin' - I'll be at SG10 if I have to frellin' WALK! (Which I won't have to do unless BMI go bust or something, so that's all right then *g*)

Although the chains are tempting LOL

[selenay]

*snort* I had a feeling you'd say that *eg*