Ooookay ...

[percival]

1. I'm still alive
2. I always read
3. I rarely comment
4. I almost never post ...

BUT - I need to make an exception today because I need to thank the lovely joesther for the books she gave me in exchange for HP7 on CD and in book format. I also need to salute the amazing angua9 for sending me the signed American edition of HP7, which arrived safe and well last week. Angua, how would you like me to pay you back, Powell's voucher, Amazon wish list, or Paypal?

Oh yes, and lest I forget - I don't think I publicly announced it on my non-friends-locked pages, but we're expecting #2 Chez Perceval. S/he is due on my birthday, March 26, but will probably see the light of day slightly earlier, due to a fibroid blocking the birth canal. All is well, and funnily enough, I feel better than in the last pregnancy.

Not that there will be any more pregnancies though - we're devoting substantial amounts of time to #1 (read NO evenings out as a couple), we'll do the same for #2, but some time in 2011, it would be nice to go to a late evening Yoga class again or to spend an evening as a couple without a little night owl interrupting. (I'm doing pregnancy Yoga again, which finishes at 8pm, and that's straining it - I still need to be there for DD's bed time.) I'm not complaining, and I'm not asking for tips and advice: we're fine with the situation as it stands right now, and it's infinitely preferable to our "barren years". But it sure will be nice to move on one day.

Talking about moving on, I put DD's name down for the Edinburgh Gaelic nursery three weeks ago. We visited the nursery last Wednesday, and got a tour of the Gaelic primary school as well. I'm very keen for DD to attend the Gaelic school, and the nursery prepares them for it - rudiments of the language, slow integration into school life, teaching pre-school skills. It'll be a strain, since this government nursery closes for school holidays, so we will keep up her private nursery place as well, but at least, the Gaelic nursery is free. But it will be so worth it. The parents are very motivated, the school seems to be a close-knit community, and their achievement levels are quite impressive. Not to mention the high school that they go on to, James Gillespie's, which is one of the top Edinburgh state schools.

(Note for English/US readers: In Scotland, children start government-funded nursery at 3, primary school at 5, and then move on to secondary school after seven years).

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[hildigunnur.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's wonderful news and I think you know I can do with every bit of good news I can find these days.