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January 30 Unbelievable........Dan is absolutely loving Army life.
When I speak to him, he is so passionate and enthusiastic about things, I have never heard him speak the way he does about anything like it before. He is soooo happy.
BUT....I have just had a text from him.
He was called into the medical office, and his future in the Army may be threatened.............by a PEAR allergy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When he was very little, he developed these nasty reddish yellowish blisters and, from lots of deductions, it was caused by a pear.
So, ever since, he has avoided pears at all costs, and has never had an outbreak since.......
But now, his whole new life may come to an end on Monday, as he has to see the top medical officer, and if this person decides that a pear allergy means that Dan cannot be a good soldier, then he will be coming home.
He is gutted, as I am too, as Dans whole attitude has changed already, even after such a short time, and to send him home for something this trivial, would be the biggest, most devastating thing that could ever happen to Dan.
So, please can you all keep everything crossed, and just pray that they dont send him home.......... January 21 First uniform pic..........Dan sent me the first picture of him in his uniform,
  Hes a handsome lad, even if I do say so myself............  January 20 Thank you.......I would just like to say thank you to everyone for their supportive and encouraging comments, they mean a lot to me, and have helped me a great deal.
These past few days have been quite difficult, but, I think, I am settling down a bit, and don't feel quite so chewed up anymore....
Dan got to Bassingbourn by about 1.30 yesterday afternoon, and he said that all the lads he has met so far, are all really sound.
He has been sized up for his uniform, and all his army clothes, and he's had a full medical, along with 5 injections..........and he HATES needles,
 He is still feeling very positive, even though he has had his hair shaved off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  How strange does he look?????????
 Can't wait for the first picture of him in his uniform............  January 19 Graces crazy moments........ My neice, Grace, caught on camera, being completely mad and crazy............ Talking about YouTube - mad baby D-Day........Well, today was D-Day!!
Dan left to start his new life with the Army, and, needless to say, I was VERY emotional this morning, as we said goodbye to him at the station,
 His train was due to leave at 9am, but at 8.55, he told us to "Bail....", as he wanted to get straight onto the train to get a good seat.
I didn't want to leave him, but he told me to "stop being stoopid and get to work,
"I hugged him as hard as I could, before dragging myself away, with Soph and Leah telling me to stop worrying.....!!!!
 I think I probably would have felt worse, had I seen him actually getting onto the train, so was best we just walked away........
Was still quite emotional when I got to work, but im ok now, just really tired, as it's been such an emotional weekend, and I didn't sleep at all last night,
 Anyway, we went out for a family meal last night, and everyone was there that should have been, so it turned out to be a good send off for Dan,
Soph has also informed me that when Jordan finds out which Uni he will be going to, then she will be moving away with him......
I am gutted...
I know our kids have to grow up and make a life for themselves, but for her to be going so soon after Dan joining the Army, it's a bit much for me to cope with.
Soph is my angel, my right hand woman and my rock!! How will I cope without her?
My kids are my life, without them, I have no purpose.............How can I be a mother if my children fly the nest???
I have told Leah that I am locking her in a cupboard, so that she can't leave me ever!!!!!!!
 Anyway, Jordan's options for Uni are Leeds, Barnsley or Liverpool.
I'm hoping that it will be Leeds, as that is only about an hours drive from here, close enough for me to visit regularly....
She is here until the summer, at least, so I have a few months to prepare myself a bit.
I will add some piccys from last night, and I also caught my neice, Grace, having a mad moment, so I will post the video for that too, January 16 5 years on........It's 5 years ago today, that I lost my Mum, and as much as I still miss her, I don't usually dwell on this day.
But, I'm feeling very emotional about things, possibly because Dan is leaving on Monday, and I'm not coping very well, with just the thought of it.
So much has changed in our lives in the past 5 years.
When I think of 5 years ago, and how different Dan was then, I really didn't think that he would be alive now, never mind starting a new life in the Army.
The change in him is incredible, he couldn't be more different.
My head was not in a good place then, either, there was just SO much going on all at once, I sometimes don't know how I managed to get through it.
I made many a wrong decision, to the emotional detriment of my children at times, but we somehow survived, and have reached where we are today, and, I think, the 4 of us are stronger as a family.
     We are going out for a meal on Sunday, as a bit of a send off for Dan, and hopefully my sister and her family will be there, and also, my Dad.
I just really wish that Mum was here to see how Dan's life has changed, but, wherever she is, I'm sure she already knows that, and that she is as proud of him as I am,
Ok, does anybody know how to block the tear ducts to stop them randomly leaking................
January 13 Theraputic treatments??????????As you know, Sophie is in her final stages of Beauty Therapy, and, along the way, Mum has had to be a guinea pig for her, to practice her treatments on.
Most of them are really good and relaxing, but I have said that I will not do anything that involves pain,
, eg, waxing........Anyway, this year, she is doing spa treatments, and the assessments are now starting, so she needs people to go in for treatments, so that she can be assessed by her tutor.
There are a lot of electrical facials, etc, but I have told Soph that I won't have those done, (pain...
) unless she gets desperate, then I will step in, as Mums do, to enable her to complete her course........(hopefully, I won't have to, as there are plenty of clients at the moment,).Anyway, last week, she said she had booked me in for a "slimming hot and cold wrap".....doesn't sound bad, so I'll give it a go!
So, I get to college for 5.30pm today, and she met me in the reception and ushered me up to the spa, and into a treatment room.
She was very professional, and got me to read through all the treatment procedures, and sign consent forms, etc, then she said I needed to undress and lie on the bed.
First, she told me that she was going to do a hot seaweed oil massage on the back of my legs, body and arms, followed by an exfoliating scrub, then when that was washed off, I needed to turn over, so that she could do the same to the front.
Ok so far......
Then, flipped back over, she was going to apply the cold wrap cream to the backs of my legs, then turn over to do the front of my legs
 Now, Soph DID warn me that it was going to be cold, but OMG, just how cold, I was not expecting.............
It was FREEZING....and, as it was a peppermint wrap, you can imagine the "minty" feeling too!!!!
When she had covered both legs with this cream, she had to put these bandage things on me legs, not a very attractive sight, I can tell you!!!
I'm telling you, the more the cream soaked in, the colder it was getting, and how I didn't scream, I don't know. It was that cold that it was burning, and I had to lie there, with these blooming bandages on for 20 minutes!!!!!!!!!!
To distract me from the pain(
), Soph gave me a shoulder, arm and hand massage, until it was time to remove the bandages.It felt like she was ripping my skin off, and as soon as the air got to my legs, they felt even more cold.....
I was actually shivering, it made me feel that cold.
Soph just laughed at me...............
She soon sorted this, though, as it was then followed by a warm oil, full body massage, that took a good half hour or so, and I was that relaxed, I actually fell asleep for ten minutes,
Now, the benefits of this treatment, (if there are benefits to so much pain....
), were a temporary inch loss from the legs, though this only lasts up to 9 hours.............and a general improvement to the circulation.Sophie was very professional throughout the treatment, and she passed 3 assessments, so all the pain and discomfort was worth it, I suppose.........
HOWEVER.........I would not choose, voluntarily, to have this treatment EVER again...massage: yes, cold wrap:NOOOOOOO.........
Jeez, what us parents have to do to help our kids  January 12 Official government property........Well, it's official, Dan's ar*e now belongs to her Majesty,
He had to go and swear his oath this morning, and pledge allegiance to Queen and country, he had to stand in front of a big picture of Her Majesty and swear his oath, and he has a copy of his oath that he wants to frame and put on his bedroom wall,
Afterwards, one of the Major's shook his hand and asked which regiment he was joining, and he said R.E.M.E., to which the Major replied, "You must be very clever then?"
"I like to think so, sir..." says Dan,
Anyway, the Major said that his 14 weeks basic training will be the hardest thing he will ever have to do, but as long as he says, yes sir, no sir, 3 bags full sir, then he should get through it no problems, and once he gets to his regiment, then it will be like a 9-5 job, with every weekend free, and the Royal Engineers have bases all over the world, so, once qualified, he could be based almost anywhere.
So, as you can imagine, Dan is so excited, as well as a bit nervous. But not as nervous as his poor old mother............
Next week is D-day, he will be off on the first leg of his life changing journey, down to Hertfordshire.
Not looking forward to that day,
But I couldn't be more proud of my son..........
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