Saturday 21 May 2016

Tantrums, an Introduction and Returning to Work


A Tantrum

Last week we had an almighty tantrum in the OMG house. Not as you'd expect from the toddler, nor Buddy or even the Autistic child. It was from the pre teen.

There was hair pulling, screaming and tears, and that was from me! "What caused such a meltdown in a 12 (13 next month) year old?" I hear you ask.

Because you could see his boxers through his white shorts!

WTF! When I was 12 all we thought about was playing football, not if anyone could see our boxers. We probably even flashed our boxers a few times. Never mind, he'd bloody insisted he had to have white ones, only that morning. Five shops and 20 quid later, now he doesn't want to wear them coz if you squint and the planets are aligned you can just about see the outline of his boxers. Not on my watch sunshine.

Turns out it had nothing to do with the see through shorts and more to do with not leaving the PS4! Kids today, bone idle.

An Introduction

Those of you who follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and now Snapchat will have seen references to Little Miss OMG. Don't worry she's not some lovechild I've only just found out about.

BabyPink is now nearly 16 months old. Well out of babydom and into the throws of toddlerhood. I could upgrade her to Toddler Pink, but that is going to require changes again as and when she hits the next stage of growing up, and then again and again and again. You catch my drift.

So an executive decision was taken by the board of BabyPink and The Boys Incorporated. Namely me. To go forth from here calling her Little Miss OMG.



To the rest of you. Why aren't you following me across all my social media channels?

Returning to Work

This week has been tinged with sadness. It's my last week getting to spend every waking hour with the kids. Well thankfully the boys are in school during the day, so it's mainly Little Miss OMG. As from next Wednesday I'll no longer officially be a SAHD.

Economic reasons have taken precedent over my physical presence. Basically we need the money more than we need me in the house. So I applied, interviewed and got a job. All in the space of FOUR days. Who'd have thought it would happen so quickly!

I'm now officially a door to door sales rep for an electricity company. I'm sure it will lead to some blog fodder and will hopefully get us to the US for Christmas and a car that works, is comfortable and doesn't cost a fortune to run. I'd love to go electric, alas there are no 7 seaters anywhere near what I can afford. So it's a 2002 Opel (Vauxhall for my British readers) Zafira.

It's going to be hard not being around Little Miss OMG all day. She's just getting to the fun stage every day she's trying new things and her personality is coming out

Thanks for stopping by. All comments gratefully received and will be replied to. Eventually! 😀



10 comments:

  1. Oh it's a shame you have to go back to work. But great that you've managed to spend so much time with little Miss. You've had such a valuable experience that so many dads miss out on. Congratulations on your new job! I hope you love it, having a job that you love makes going to work so much more bearable.
    Nat.x

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    1. Yeah it's a pity, her Little personality is really starting to show now.

      I'm going to hate the job. I've done it before, but there's nothing else around here. 😢

      Thanks for reading and commenting.

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  2. How dare anyone not be following you?!My teen has tantrums over anything and everything.Mostly crap!Good luck with starting work again,I sometimes feel like I'm going to work for a rest!

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    1. Yeah it will be good to be out of the house for stuff other than shopping, the park or just being a taxi lol.

      I know! I've somehow managed to get to 3k followers. Don't ask me how!!

      Thanks for reading and commenting.

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  3. Congrats on the job. I bet it will be very strange to no longer be a SAHD, but I guess it'll just make the moments you spend with Little Miss OMG even more precious. Thanks for linking up to the #BinkyLinky

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    1. Yes it was very strange. Especially those mornings when I had to leave and she was still sleeping.

      I didn't get time to comment on #BinkyLinky posts but will do so this week, even though I didn't link up.

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  4. Sorry to hear you have to return to work. I remember that moment with our first and it was tough. Good luck in the new job. Love the board-level decision you made. Kids hey, they just keep growing up!

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    1. Thanks for reading and commenting John.

      Yes all decisions are taken at Board Level in our house. Normally Im a non executive member of the board though.

      It will be worth it when we are in the States for Christmas with my family though.

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  5. Brilliant news on the job. I know it'll be tough but you will get into a routine. Thanks for linking up to #justanotherlinky xx

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    1. Thanks for hosting.

      It won't be so bad from next week as I don't start till 11am so will have the mornings with Little Miss OMG. Unless she decides to nap!!

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