Perfume

My daughter is now 14 months old and it is only now I feel I can commit to writing my blog again...

The past year has been a whirlwind! I described this time to a friend as 'The best time of my life and the worst'. When you have been there you will know what I mean.

I think the biggest hardship of being a parent (or is that mum...) is that there is no escape! No home-time, no quitting, no holiday, no cigarette break (not that I smoke but you know what I mean). There is always something to be done. Even as I sit here now tapping away I am conscious of the washing piled up in the wash bag in front of me, the washing up in the sink and the boxes that need packing as we are moving this weekend!

But instead I thought I would talk to the world. Far more exciting.

So, the name of this posting is 'Perfume'. A strange title you may think but I will explain.

During my maternity leave the days were long and selfless. So selfless sometimes I didn't even get to wash! Nice. I just about remembered to eat at times. Blimey, just re-read this paragraph and it sounds like I was on death-row! Let me add some nice things quickly before someone comes and takes my child away. My daughter (and life) is amazing. She is so funny and so rewarding now it was well worth the 'dark days' at the beginning. Now where was I? Oh yes, so time for yourself was scarce and getting dressed up and looking nice a rareity! I used to dream of the days gone by when I wouldn't leave the house for work without a splash of perfume...

I am now back at work 2 days a week and absolutely loving getting back to my passion of designing. I am also loving putting on my splash of perfume again.

:-)