Thank you :-)

First of all, a big "thank you " for all of your kind messages on my last post about the pregnancy ~ seeing as I am ridiculously hormonal I teared up a wee bit.....

I'm now well into the second trimester (15 weeks & 5 days, as I write this) and I'm starting to feel a bit more like a human being again.

Plus I've got a 'proper' bump now, so I look proper preggers, rather than looking I've been surgically attached to the biscuit tin.

And I may have felt the baby move a few times over the last few days, but I can't be entirely sure. Very exciting all the same ~ I cried the first time I felt something babylike( seriously, what is with the pregnancy hormones and the crying? So far this week I have cried at 'Neighbours', tv adverts for baby stuff (that one with the dad saying 'I promise never to...'), 'Sex and the City: The Movie' (even though I HATED it!) and a comment I received yesterday about what a weird shape I am....

A363 is chugging along nicely (although my sleepyheadedness means that that I'm a bit further behind than I'd like). My first assignment came back with a much better mark than I was expecting, but the writing is still taking a bit of a back seat to eating and sleeping, which currently encompass the bulk of my evenings.

Still, I managed to get TWO submissions sent out in the last two weeks, so feeling pretty smug about that (smug until the rejection slips arrive, natch....)

And we start our house renovations in earnest tomorrow. Dust, mess, dust and more mess ~ hurrah!

The Big Reveal........

I know, I know ~ I've been a very bad blogger of late. And a very bad Novel Racer too, in terms of both the WIP and participating in the coffee breaks.

I've also been a useless friend and spouse, in that I've barely socialised for three months, and I've delegated all household tasks to my wonderfully uncomplaining husband.

I have an excuse, though. I'm pregnant: 12 weeks and 5 days, as I write this. And after my miscarriage in January of this year I never thought I'd be lucky enough to pass the 12 week mark. It still hasn't quite sunk in. But I'm pleased, very very pleased.

I've paid for it, though ~ nausea, exhaustion, sore (.) (.)'s & other assorted unpleasant symptoms that I probably shouldn't go into here (those of you who have been pregnant will know what they are, and for those of you who haven't yet experienced it, well I don't want to put you off!)

I'm hoping that the second trimester will see an upsurge in energy levels and blogging, writing and general participation in the real world can resume ~ sadly I missed Tracey Chevalier at my local library last night: it started at 7:30, but I was already fast asleep by 7:20........