Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion: You have low extroversion. You are quiet and reserved in most social situations. A low key, laid back lifestyle is important to you. You tend to bond slowly, over time, with one or two people. Conscientiousness: You have low conscientiousness. Impulsive and off the wall, you don't take life too seriously. Unfortunately, you sometimes end up regretting your snap decisions. Overall, you tend to lack focus, and it's difficult for you to get important things done. Agreeableness: You have low agreeableness. Your self interest comes first, and others come later, if at all. In general, you feel that people are not to be trusted. And you're skeptical that anyone else really feels differently. Neuroticism: You have low neuroticism. You are very emotionally stable and mentally together. Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly. Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is low. You're a pretty conservative person, and you favor what's socially acceptable. You think that change for novelty's sake is a very bad idea. While some may see this as boring, many see you as dependable and wise.

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more midwife

so today is the last appointment FOR SURE and david has managed to blag the afternoon off to come with me!! yay. i seem to have a problem remembering what I am supposed to be asking, i think i must come across like a docile cow, sort of big eyes and massive... like what cows look like before they are milked. eeewwwwwww.

anyway, the last few days have been spent like this:

cook some food to freeze (very successful carrot, corriander and orange soup) go swimming, go to the library, huff a bit mostly at david becuase he is around and will take it, fend off texts from well meaning idiots asking if i have had him yet, and sit in the garden besiged by cats while i try and knit. actually, i thought i would be going nuts after a week, but am finding this doing not a lot quite tiring and so ifeel like i have been busy even when i havnt. this is perhaps keeping me from going stir crazy.

anyway, i have told me bean ANYTIME now is fine, except in supermarkets and maybe the pool! haha

midwife

we went out last night and ate all the italian food in all the world, seriously, there are hungry italians in italy now, going "mama mia! where hasa all the pizza gone!" or some other stereotype.

today is my last midwife appointment, and I dont want to go, she is MEAN and not interested in me and if the bean hasnt engaged yet I mazy well cry. not as much as i have been crying at hollyoakes, but enough to make a tit of myself.

Happy Wedding anniversay to us!

Yes, david and I have been married three years today, which is a total of five years he has been putting up with me! I was supprised with a lovely card and pressie, and I can say that the best thing that ever happened to me was meeting david. I am not always the easiest person to live with, but he makes every day a pleasure, and no matter what else happens, i get to look forward to waking up with him everyday, and watching him grow into an amazing father and an even more amazing husband.

congratulations to alice!!

Congratulations to alice, proud mumm y to Max Issac, born yesterday, weighing 6lbs and 7.

As a by line alice was due to same day as me, so if your istening bean, I dont mind you copying Max and turning up a bit early.....

nice week

this is the start of a nice week. first NO WORK!! wooohoooo. and now i can pop to all the things i like most, yoga, swimming, do some knitting, go to the library and cook. i am a free woman for the last time of my life, so some serious chilling out is going to happen.

plus, yesterday it was my baby shower. i booked it in a pub and the bloody football was on, really loud for the first hour, but wsupprisingly women with wine and cake can seem to manage football noise. i must remember to tell david this! davids mum and sister came down from london and crawley to see me, and there were about 20 people there is total. i have to admit to not seeing everyone as often as i should, so it was great just to catch up and have a chat with everyone, so THANK YOU all for coming!!

I will get pictures on here, but the uploader thing on this takes forever, is there a better way of uploading pictures?

wish list for the bean

ok, this is the wish list for the bean for the baby shower.... people kept asking us what we wanted so i made a list! you dont have to buy things off it, but it is just ideas.... to be honest i am more excited about seeing people on sunday!

Wish list for the bean.

Blooming Marvellous (nearest store Winchester, St Georges Street) www.bloomingmarvellous.co.uk 08454587400

Noah’s Ark wooden bookends. £14.99
Samsonite pop up travel cot £49.99 (also available from JKUK)
Bumboo Baby sitter £34.99 (also available from JKUK)
Teach your baby to sign DVD £17.99
Mind Shapes £19.99
Wheelie bugs £59.99 (also available at JKUK)
Wire mesh wardrobe hangers. £14.99

JoJo Maman Bebe www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk 08702410560. There is a 10% discount if you quote PRC61 on the phone or enter PCR61 in the promotional box online. Package and postage is free.

Solid Wooden ark £19
Wrist rattles £4
Bath toy bag £5
Sleeping bag. 0-6 months in Zebra pattern, High summer weight £25
Bean bad chair in blue stripe. £37
My first calendar £30
Caterpillar wall frieze £35

Mamas and Pappas (nearest store Southampton nr. West. However, JKUK in Fratton hold similar stock as they are a subsidiary company) www.mamasandpapas.com 08708307700

Lotty Ladybird Baby on Board sign (x2) £5
Roller sunshade (x2) £8
Millie and Boris Curtain Tie Backs £20
Barnaby Bear Laundry Bag £15
Stack n’ play multi-activity cubes £17
Dudley and Daisy pull along music toy £18
Dudley duck rocking animal £60

Mothercare (nearest store Commercial Road Portsmouth or nr. West Quays Southampton.) www.mothercare.com 08453304030

Twinkle twinkle cot light £9.99
6-piece starter set cot blankets in white. £29.99
Firsts needs towel set £19.99
Duck bath thermometer £3.99
Discover and play colour blocks £13
Baby Einstein Books and Interactive DVDs. Various from £3.99- £17.99
Jungle play-nest and gym. £40

No disney please! Thank you love ,rachel & david and bean xxxx

my belly button is popping out!!

arrgghhhhhh!!!!!!!!

someone tell me it will go back in, please, meep!

"women only" session at nct

last night i spent two and a half hours talking about cracked nipples and post partum bleeding. i watched people finger breast pads (all shapes and washable ones as well) and maternity towels, which look more comfy than some hotel matresses. god help me! i thought academics were the most insular and inwardly facing group of people, but apparently not....

one more week of work to go

THANK GOD! it is too hot and i am to hufty to have to deal with people who are obviously resisting the urge to pat me, or keep looking at the bump in horror!

today i am off shopping for yet more bean things with my mama, need a nursing bra which apparently you get TWO CUP SIZES bigger, which will make my boobs bigger than jordan! arrrgghhh. david is (supprise) quite pleased about this, as he has not yet worked out that soon the boobs will no longer be a go-zone for him. poor boy!

saw the midwife yesterday, she said the bean was "a very contented baby" but also still rather huge on the growth chart. still, the curve of growth seemed in proportion, so thats good news. i have been collecting people addressees so i can do the envelopes for the birth announcement cards before the bean is here, one less anal job to worry about when the main concern will be nappies etc. i thought this was organised, but i hear that apparently it is just odd.

hormones

i think i should revise the post about being abnormal- yesterday i spent about 2 hours crying becuase a friend of mine had an engaged baby and i dont know if mine is or not......... then i got upset because the midwifes in portsmouth are crap and i dont have one that isnt on long term sick, THEN i got upset becuase i couldnt get out of the bath. this is in addition to last week when i cried becuase i forgot somthing at work, and cried so much one of the full time memerbs of staff had to take me for a cheer up lunch and pep talk. i am a total hormone infested disaster area at the moment, maybe this is what sent all those cool women over the edge......

garden

we have done our garden!!! i say we, i mean, david and his amigos barn and ben have done our garden. where there was once mus there is now lawn and beds and patio!! it rocks!!

You Are 20% Abnormal

You are at low risk for being a psychopath. It is unlikely that you have no soul. You are at low risk for having a borderline personality. It is unlikely that you are a chaotic mess. You are at low risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is unlikely that you are in love with your own reflection. You are at low risk for having a social phobia. It is unlikely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement. You are at low risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is unlikely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer.

How Abnormal Are You?

ebay addiction

My name is rachel, and I am addicted to ebay. There I have taken the first step!!!!
but I bought some really cute birth announcement cards and am setting the premature bean outfit, which would even have fitted the baby at 33 weeks!!

I have an active birth class tonight, no doubt i will be rolling around on gym balls, grunting against walls and if last night was anything to go by (at NCT) listening to fog horns trying to pretend they are contractions. random. i think this is all a careful plot to rid you of your dignity now so you dont have any left for the birth! haha

Look what David emailed me!

LIST OF RULES
1. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, you should read the sports section of the newspaper so that you are aware of what is going on regarding the World Cup, and that way you will be able to join in the conversations. If you fail to do this, then you will be looked at in a bad way, or you will be totally ignored. DO NOT complain about not receiving any attention.
2. During the World Cup, the television is mine, at all times, without any exceptions. If you even take a glimpse of the remote control, you will lose it (your eye).
3. If you have to pass by in front of the TV during a game, I don't mind, as long as you do it crawling on the floor and without distracting me. If you decide to stand nude in front of the TV, make sure you put clothes on right after because if you catch a cold, I wont have time to take you to the doctor or look after you during the World Cup month.
4. During the games I will be blind, deaf and mute, unless I require a refill of my drink or something to eat. You are out of your mind if you expect me to listen to you, open the door, answer the telephone, or pick up the baby that just fell from the second floor....it wont happen.
5. It would be a good idea for you to keep at least 2 six packs in the fridge at all times, as well as plenty of things to nibble on, and please do not make any funny faces to my friends when they come over to watch the games. In return, you will be allowed to use the TV between 12am and 6am, unless they replay a good game that I missed during the day.
6. Please, please, please!! if you see me upset because one of my teams is losing, DO NOT say "get over it, its only a game", or "don't worry, they'll win next time". If you say these things, you will only make me angrier and I will love you less. Remember, you will never ever know more about football than me and your so called "words of encouragement" will only lead to a break up or divorce.
7. You are welcome to sit with me to watch one game and you can talk to me during halftime but only when the commercials are on, and only if the halftime score is pleasing me. In addition, please note I am saying "one"game, hence do not use the World Cup as a nice cheesy excuse to "spend time together".
8. The replays of the goals are very important. I don't care if I have seen them or I haven't seen them, I want to see them again. Many times.
9. Tell your friends NOT to have any babies, or any other child related parties or gatherings that requires my attendance because:
a) I will not go,
b) I will not go, and
c) I will not go.
10. But, if a friend of mine invites us to his house on a Sunday to watch a game and his television and sound system is better than mine, we will be there in a flash.
11. The daily World Cup highlights show on TV every night is just as important as the games themselves. Do not even think about saying "but you have already seen this...why don't you change the channel to something we can all watch??", the reply will be: "Refer to Rule #2 of this list".
12. And finally, please save your expressions such as "Thank God the World Cup is only every 4 years". I am immune to these words, because after this comes the Champions League, Italian League, Spanish League, Premier League, etc etc.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Regards,
Men of the World

blur

not the band no.

thi sweek has passed in a blur, it went like this:

teaching, phd, stress about money, nct classes, yoga, swimming, hospital, cleaning, marking.

my entire life revolves around the bean and it isnt even here yet!