Last day in work pre-baby

What an emotional day! Not only was my last day in work but we picked up my new car and didn't have time to say a proper goodbye to my old one :(

So as I said,today was the last day I got up at 7am to go to work.Well, I actually got up at 5:30am(!!!!!!) because I kept dreaming that I'm going into labour on my last day and don't have time to handover and to say goodbye.Liam wasn't well either and he got up earlier than me so him not being in bed was weird too.

Me and my friend Michelle slaved away last night baking buns,cakes and brownies for work people, nothing better than a dress down Friday with cakes for breakfast, they went down very well.
***I am really getting into baking and even treated myself today with some new baking trays.I know! Is the little things nowadays***

It was so strange to walk through the doors and make my coffee and generally following the same routine I do every day knowing it'll be the last time I'm doing it.Everyone kept asking if I'm getting emotional and I must say that I did get very sad but didn't really have time to get sad and sulk as I was so busy trying to get work done.

I must say that my work colleagues are ace and they are the only reason I am still in that job. The banter we have and the inappropriate jokes kept us going during these awful past months where there weren't enough people for the amount of work we had.

I was so spoiled with gifts for the baby,cards, flowers, wine (mwahahahaha, more for mama,I have a couple of bottles of rosé with my name on them after baby), chocolates and whatnot.

Not sure how long I will be off as we haven't yet thought about childcare so for now I just want to enjoy some time off, try and spend as much time as possible with Liam and hopefully move house before the baby comes.

A few photos from today:

Sexy cakes

And the piece au resistance for after baby shenigans:

Mmmm...I will love it, each sip of it!

P.S. I must mention the most hilarious thing Shaz from work got us for the baby (the massive yellow flower in the pictured):

www.bloomingbath.com
Check it out! I love Shaz for finding the most random things ever online ! Xx

I used to live here ....

I came to the UK in September 2007 looking for a better life and better prospective for my future. I left behind my friends and my then boyfriend and it was probably one of the best things I have ever done. I love it here! This is now my home and I would never go back to my home country of Romania.

I do miss it though! I go every year to see my friends and my nana and grandad. I also love the beaches, weather and just being careless and only worrying about who to see first or what to do with my day. When I come home is back to normality, work,bills,etc etc. This is where I come from:

Is a beautiful country ran by the wrong people,communism is still in people's blood and bribery is the way forward! Is bad and I am happy my child is not raised in this country. I am happy that my child can go on holiday there and love it without knowing the bad things about it.

This is the town I used to live in and where we have a nice house overlooking the sea:

I think people are generally happy in hotter countries and is the same with Romania.In summer everyone is happy compared to here where everyone is just miserable about the weather. Is just never good enough,if is sunny then is too hot and you get sunburnt. If is raining is a tragedy!!

Anyway,going back to where I'm from... I never really got sad about it until this year because I can't go to Romania with the baby coming soon. Call me selfish and a horrible mother but I am jealous of my friends who are getting ready to go to the beach or to the clubs :( I know that I have the best to come and they will all get to do what I'm doing : shop for nappies, sort out nursery,buy a house, stuff like that. Today we went to look for a car as well, proper grown up! We need a bigger car as mine is a 3 door and with baby and a pram to put in is not easy so we need a bigger car.

So basically in the next month or so I will not work anymore, we will have a different house, a different car and a baby!!! How mad is that?? I can't help but think: have I rushed to do all this at 24??? I don't know...

Tomorrow is Easter in Romania and everyone is getting excited about it. Easter there has the same importance as Christmas so the family get together and celebrate with painted eggs and sweet breads.

I miss that too! I want my child to grow up and know about it and get excited about it like I used to. Here it seems to be like any other day and that makes me sad. We agreed that next year we will celebrate Easter Romanian style so the baby gets brought up with both traditions, Christmas this year English style and Easter Romanian style.I'm excited :)