NS October 7th, 2008

I’ve been tagged to do this fun Addictions meme so if you want to know what I’ve been obsessing about lately, read on.

RULES:

* Post at least five current addictions (with some details, please).
* Mention the person who started this meme (Being Brazen) and also the person who just tagged you – Zoesmom.
* Type your post with the heading “Current addictions”.
* Tag at least two people and pass on the above rules.

1. Nairn’s Fruity Oaties biscuits

They’re fruity. They’re oatie. They’re biscuits. What’s not to love? I discovered them a few weeks ago and can’t get enough of their deliciousness. They go perfectly with an afternoon cup of tea. I’m going to have to bid them goodbye in a few more weeks though, when I no longer have the excuse of being pregnant or having ‘just’ had a baby.

2. Coffee

After months of drinking decaf, I can finally have a normal cup of joe. Amen hallelujah!

3. Old school Disney films

While I’m figuring out how to juggle two kids and the house at the same time, particularly when I have to spend large amounts of time sitting down with a baby attached to my boob, TNC has been watching more videos than usual. We get them from the library so they can only be around for a week at a time. This past week it was Dumbo. I hadn’t seen it for years and TNH had never seen it. We all sat down to watch it over the weekend and as I warned him, I cried when Dumbo goes to see his mother in her cage and she rocks him in her trunk while the song ‘Baby Mine’ (later covered by Bette Midler and heard in the film Beaches) plays. It gets me every time.

4. Warm baby heads

Who could resist this little guy’s fuzzy melon, especially curled up in bed together at night? Sometimes I wake just to watch him sleep, hear him grunt and sigh and kiss his warm little noggin.

5. Driving

I mentioned back in July that I passed my British driving test and we’ve been looking for a car since then. We finally found one and became the owners of a Vauxhall Omega estate car (a station wagon, essentially — I am *such* a mom now) at the weekend. I went for my first solo drive yesterday (well, with the kids in tow) and it was so nice to be behind the wheel again. I’m a bit rusty at parking but it will come back with time and practice, I’m sure. I’m treasuring my new-found freedom. Goodbye waiting at bus stops in the rain and freezing cold, only for it to sail past or not have room for a pushchair! Goodbye relying on others to take me places and feeling guilty for asking for lifts or being unable to meet friends at places not directly linked to my local transport! Goodbye rude passengers and being given the hairy eyeball when TNC starts whinging! I still have to listen to it but at least I won’t feel stressed about what others think of me or expect me to do. Sweet relief!

I tag me fellow expats Jen and Nicole

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