2009 was most definitely the year of the William. I finished university for a year in December 2008 and then it was all about the William. Hospital appointments, dr appointments, midwife appointments, a 4 day rather epic labour lol and then he was here. Since then it’s been nappie changes, bottles, weaning, mummy and baby groups, mummy meet ups, soft play areas, toys, mess, sick and so on and so forth. So if 2009 was the year of the William then 2010 is the year of the Mama and Dada. This year poor old William has to fit in with us. Mama has a teaching degree to finish by May and Dada – well he’s the brainbox, he’s really close to finishing his PhD which means – job hunting. Thing is the job hunt could take us anywhere at all. So far the place names of Rome, Paris and Colorado have been thrown around and of course many different cities in the UK as well. So by the time 2010 is done we could be living just about anywhere. Exciting and scary all at the same time.
On the William front next week is my last full week with my little guy before I head back to finish of my degree. It’s only 8 weeks but it’s going to be a long 8 weeks. usually on teaching practice I keep hours than look like this:
Up at 5:30 – 6
Out the house by 7am
TEACH!
Leave School between 4:30 – 5:30, unless it’s staff meeting which could make it a LOT later
Home by 6 – 6:30 (Will goes to bed at 6)
Evening meal 7
Work until 10 – 10:30
Bed and repeat!
It isn’t going to leave me any quality William time in the week but fingers crossed this schedule (which was always fine in the past!!) will free me up totally on the weekends. To me working crazy week hours will be fine as long as I can spend my weekends with him.
A couple of weekends in there I won’t see my little man because he is going to his Nana and Grandads but hey – they live so far away they see him a lot less than I do 
I’ll cope. One thing for sure though Grandma and Grandad don’t get a look in on weekends until this is over. Grandma is going to look after him a couple days in the week while Dada goes in to university himself so that should be more than enough for her!
As soon as placement is over I have my operation to have my gallbladder removed. Fingers crossed it will be keyhole and I can be in Friday morning and out Saturday. If it ends up being open surgery then its 5-10 days in hospital. I have arranged for William to be with my parents for the weekend of the operation just so I have time get over the general anaesthetic and everything. THEN I need to write my dissertation which will be in early May.
FINALLY lol once May comes around I can go back to being Stay at Home Mummy. A job which drives me crazy and makes me insanely happy all at the same time. It’s going to be 5 months of hard work and squeezing as much time in with William as possible but the one thing I can tell myself is that at least William isn’t going to remember than mummy was more than a little absent for those couple of months. it’ll all be done and dusted quick enough and I’m sure I’ll miss him a lot more than he misses me!
You’re going to be crazy busy!!! I know it will be hard, but it will be great to have your degree at the end of it, eh?