I AM SOOOOOOOO TIRED!
Heather is not sleeping too well again at the moment and it is really beginning to get me down. Last night was the worst for a long time after trying the usual go in,  comfort,  put her back in bed and leave routine for god knows how many times we gave in and put her in her pram in the living room with us at 10p.m. Neither of us had eaten yet. The little angel finally fell asleep around 12ish.
To a point I can ignore the crying, its when she screams to the point of hysteria that gets to me. I have worked with children for the last 16 years but when it is your own it is sooooooo different. They don't tell you all this in the baby manual.
All I can say is its a good job we love her so much.

Well, on Friday I said goodbye to the class but mainly to 'J'. I have been working with him for the last 5-6 years, and we have been through a lot  with each other. I would like to think we have parted on good terms with each other. I don't hold any grudges for past incidents - if I did I would probably never want to work with children again. I have found the last year especially hard  and I think J has too. I asked if I could not work with him in September and I thought I would be elated at saying goodbye to him, but when it came to it we were both quite upset. I was asked into assembly where I was presented with a beautiful flower arrangement. I also got chocs and a bottle of Chloe. From September I will be working in mainstream schools with two little girls both severely deaf, one of whom has recently been fitted with a cochlear implant. I am looking forward to it.
So, six weeks off with my two little angels. We have not got anything planned as yet but we will probably go for lots of days out.

Ian didnt like the last colour so I changed it to this.
I won a competition, it is two tickets to see Shrek 2 and a PC game of Shrek 2. Not bad for answering a question.

My back is so sore - no jokes please. I often get lower back pain, but it has been fine for a long time. I was getting Matthew out of the shower this morning and as I was rushing I lifted him out. Then later on I bent over to put something down and an almighty pain shot across the bottom of my back. Ian had to help me get up. I still had to get a shower and go to my big sisters wedding where I was maid of honour. I have been in a lot of pain since and had to come home from the wedding. My loving hubby has been to Asda for me and bought some heat pads which are rubbish but its not his fault !

Well all is back to normal. I finally feel human again. Matthew is off school today, he has been up during the night being sick (poor thing - I hate seeing him being sick).
Not long to go until the end of term, only 5 days left. I went out to Gullivers World yesterday with school. It was a good day until myself and one of the teachers had to escort one of the children back to school. Not a pleasant drive.
My car got sold today. It feels strange that I wont see it again. My sister is getting married on Saturday and I am maid of honor. She has not got much cash so the reception is going to be held at my mums. 'So what' you may think, but I am not one for family get togethers at the best of times, never mind when there won't be enough room to swing a cat.
I have recently let Matthew go out to play in the close, I can see him from the window. There is one little girl two years younger than him who keeps hitting him. He comes and tells me, I tell him to tell her parents which he does but her father has now twice told Matthew firstly that he doesn't care and Matthew should go away, and yesterday said to him "Matthew F--- off". I was livid when Matthew told me. Not sure how to play this one as I don't think I would get a friendly greeting if I approached the parents.

I am pleased to present the Race for Life gallery, courtesy of Ian.

Well as Ian said last night I went to bed about 5.30 and woke up around 8. I felt awful and still do. I have taken the day off work. I felt rough yesterday morning but as the race is only on for one day and I was really looking forward to it, and I still did it. Looking back it was possibly a bad thing to do, but at least I did it and raised some money.
So - where to start. We had to be at the course an hour before the race so 10 o'clock, the race was late starting due to a problem with the car parks, there were over 3,800 women racing.
I met up with Laura my niece and just waited. Matthew was so bored as there was a lot of waiting. Finally we had our warm up then we were asked to go to the starting points. It took us at least 15-20 mins to get to the start, as we waited people were going on stage and saying why they were doing the race. One woman really got to me and made me glad I had made the effort - her daughter had died from cancer 3 months ago and the woman was running the race in memory of her. As I went around the course I started looking at all the pink posters on peoples backs (you put them on your back and either wrote who you were running in memory of or what your reason for doing it was) it hit home to me how many people cancer has affected. I am glad I was a part of it and will be doing it again next year.
I crossed the finish line in 1 hour 2 minutes. I am very pleased with this as I have never done anything like this before. Ian is going to help me put some photos up - watch this space !

I did it. 1 hour 2 mins, not bad. More later.

UPDATE : Paper Doll has retired to bed, as she is not very well. She was a little under the weather this morning, and I think the Race for Life has taken all her energy. Hopefully she will be back on here tomorrow with a more detailed account of her successful day, and possibly even a gallery.
In the meantime, why not check out SimeWorld - it's got links, galleries, and everything ;-)

Me and my bloody big mouth. Since I said Heather loves her bed she has not slept properly since.
Its race day on Sunday for those of you that don't know I am doing the Race For Life in aid of cancer research. I am looking forward to it I think the atmosphere will be great lets just hope the rain stays away. Matthew thought the fences would be there and wondered how we would all get over them.
Not much has happened, thank you for my birthday wishes I got lots of very nice gifts from Ian and the children. Lots of flowers and smelly sets from friends and family.
Work is mad sorting out the end of year leavers assembly, which I am not sure if I will even be there for as I am supposed to be on a course,we will see.
Have a good week end.