We had a nice playdate with Jo and Bettina in Midtown park. The kids went wild around the neatly landscaped area near Starbucks, snapping off bamboo shoots and collecting handfuls of decorative pebbles. We moved them on to the lawned park area and enjoyed a picnic while they periodically ran up and down barefoot on the grass. Eventually we carried on down to the playground, but after all the recent rain it was very mucky and by then Isy and Tim were running out of steam so we decided to call it a day (Emily was getting a bit upset too, but I knew she would not nap, regardless).
Jo had dropped the bombshell that she was expecting Cooper at this place more than a year ago. As I knew Bettina and Steve were trying for a second I should not have been surprised, but still, it was quite a coincidence that Bettina should announce her impending motherhood at the same venue. How she got to 14 weeks without letting on beats me as I would find it hard to hide from my mates for more than a month or two. My first reaction was joy for her, but once we had all gone our separate ways I couldn't help but dwell on our inability to give Emily a sibling.
As we walked home there was a sudden downpour and though Emily was showing signs of dropping off in the buggy I decided to take her to Appi for a play. We ended up staying more than an hour, so by the time we had also had a snack in Starbucks and shopped in the supermarket it was four when we got home. She was very weary so I settled her in front of the TV and we watched 'Finding Nemo' together. I hadn't realised how many scary bits there were in the film so had to employ fast forward a fair few times, but she liked it as it reminded her of her Tiddler book, which she is really into at the moment.
Once Emily was safely in bed, with Nick working late as usual I had too much time to think about my lack of fertility, and ended up hitting the wine. Not the best answer to one's woes but it did blunt the misery a little. My only consolation is that if I am already in menopause (65 days with no period now) then it is remarkably trouble-free so far.
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