We're still here too...

Obviously I intended to write this post when I wrote the last one about Oscar but life got in the way and now, honestly, I'd rather just write another Oscar update.  However, dutifully, I shall document our lives too!

Course

I have now finished my course.  Well, almost.  I've handed in my last assignment, had it returned and sent it back amended.  Hopefully it will come back as acceptable and then that will be it.  I'm expecting it to take a couple of months for the certificate to come through but my plan will be to look for a job to start in a school in September IF the IVF fails.  If the IVF is successful then I'll be staying in the NHS until after my maternity leave otherwise I wouldn't be eligible for maternity pay in a new job etc.  It's nice to be finished and have one less ball to juggle.

Business

Ant's business has taken a massive turn and he now owns his own personal training facility.  We had resigned ourselves to nothing happening until next year but at the end of November he went to look at a property and it was perfect.  We got the keys around the second week of December and then it was all hands on deck.  We spent a LOT of time getting it cleaned up, laying flooring, building equipment etc especially over Christmas.  Oscar was amazing as he ended up spending a lot of time there with us but it was nice to get him involved.  We officially opened a couple of weeks into January and his business is going from strength to strength - it's slow to pick up but it's definitely going in the right direction.  He hired a PR company who heard about his accident and he ended up on the radio, ITV news and has just done a piece for Gym Owner Monthly magazine as their featured gym owner. 

IVF

We had our appointment at the beginning of January and they basically told us that we were good to go as soon as we were ready.  We have a really busy end of this year with the Dixon wedding, Oscar's birthday, Christmas etc. so we don't want a due date until next year.  With that in mind we decided to defer and we are due to start injections again on 1 April.  With the current coronavirus issues we are wondering whether it will get cancelled... or whether we may not be able to travel to London... but we shall see, we have another couple of weeks to see how things pan out.  I'm excited but also quite nervous - realistically this is our last shot.

Self-Employment

I've finally started doing some at-home typing for a company called DICT8 in the last couple of days and it's working out to be quite lucrative - there's not always work to do but I've managed to get about three hours in over the last few evenings/naptimes and my hourly rate is averaging about 1.5x my current wage at work so that's not so bad.  I'm also doing some overtime on Sunday's at work and I get an 88% enhancement so it's close to double time, which is pretty good.  Just trying to get every penny we can when we can in case we need to go for another round of IVF... or if we succeed this time we need a bigger house!

Fitness

I've finally got myself back in the gym and generally been managing two sessions a week although Ant is now starting to get so busy that it's been difficult especially with commitments to overtime and Oscar's Early Support Group.  I definitely feel better for it although we've all had a string of illnesses this winter. 

I think that just about gets you up to date of where we are now!