Is anybody home?

I've been thinking about this blog a lot recently thinking that I missed my old digs. I thought that I would love making a move but I missed this place almost as soon as I left it! This morning I woke up thinking that I wanted to open up shop again and I decided that if it was meant to be, I'd get some sort of sign. I opened up my email and saw another comment about smelly bums (yes people do find this blog via that search) and wondered if this was my sign and then this afternoon I saw that my stalker had left a self-promoting comment directing people to her latest rancid vitriol about me, which is actually a reflection of what she really thinks about herself and I had my 'A-Ha' moment.

I don't like being bullied. Hell, no-one does, but as I mentioned on the one other occasion that I openly discussed my stalker (actually she's not 'mine', she's several people's....) it is difficult not to feel anything, even in the face of madness and knowing that they're talking out of their arse. So actually she's done me a huge favour because I realise that there's no peace in stepping back. Anyway...enough about that!

So what's been going on for the past six weeks?

Well the boyf has been travelling loads (Germany and Canada) which gives me an opportunity to bitch at him just for the hell of it. I've been locked out twice (shame on me that it happened AGAIN today), and I even had the misfortune to collapse in Waitrose, which was caused by food poisoning...I did get a free basket of shopping though....

I have finally used the fact that I'm on maternity leave to start freelancing and despite sniping about time management issues, I'm really enjoying being self-employed. Ooh, that sounds so nice when I say it! I have clients and all sorts!

When I went on my little break, aside from feeling a bit weary, I realised I needed to bite the bullet and run my other blogs properly as they were taking a lot of energy but I wasn't being business minded. So...I launched my first ebook just over a week ago which means that my previous poor taste in men and my dating and relationship insights are being used to publish and sell my own ebooks. Yay! It's quite surreal stepping back in time to darker periods of my life and now I'm using them to help others and I'm really enjoying it! They say that the pen is mightier than the sword and it's actually fun to take the mick out of exes!

Speaking of exes, the boyf and I were telling stories about ours yesterday and we were howling with laughter! It is so great to be totally at ease with someone and not be frightened that he's going to have a jealous hissy fit. I remember saying to Mr Brown Suit (my ex fiance) that I I'd jump Colin Farrell, Morris Chestnut, or Tyson Beckford if they knocked on my door and he didn't speak to me for the rest of the evening! It's nice to be chilled and secure. To be fair, it's a bit late for jealousy as we have a baby together! I can hardly believe it's two years since we kept peeking at each other across a room full of board games!

Oh and the bambino is crawling and the boyf won the longstanding bet as she said 'dada' first....I'll never live it down...I can't believe she's been here for 9 months!

So, I'm back. Really back!