An interview

A while back I was read­ing Laura’s blog and she asked if any­one wanted to be inter­viewed. I jumped at the chance. I know you’re all just chomp­ing at the bit so…

1 ) I just love the name Squidgy­boo, now I’m assum­ing its not her real name but how did you come with it? She’s had a cou­ple of nick­names in her day. She was peanut while she was in my tummy and for the first few months. Then we started call­ing her Squidge. Squidge became Squidgy­boo because it rhymed when I would sing ‘squidgy­boo I love you. Oh yes I do, love my squidy­boo’. Yah, I know I’m corny.

2) Being a first time mum what would you say has been your hard­est moment so far? In the begin­ning when I didn’t know what I was doing I really missed hav­ing my mom around. I was scared to death.

3) Do you ever wish you were rais­ing your child back in the US, or are you happy with life in the UK? I do some­times wish I lived closer to my fam­ily. I don’t think it’s ever going to hap­pen– mainly because of health­care (my worry) and edu­ca­tion (his worry). I am very happy liv­ing in the UK. Except for the odd irri­ta­tion and the weather. I miss hav­ing a proper New Eng­land summer.

4) Have you man­aged to make your­self at home in the UK, Man­aged to find places and peo­ple that you care about? I think that I have made a home for myself here. I have some bril­liant friends. I do wish I had a rela­tion­ship w/ Wal’s par­ents but I don’t really dwell on that.

5) What would you say is the biggest change in your­self and your part­ner since hav­ing your daugh­ter? We’re a lot less self­ish. We don’t sleep until 12 on the week­ends. We very rarely get to go out out just the two of us.

Enjoy

Now it’s your turn. If you want to be inter­viewed, leave me a com­ment
includ­ing the words “Inter­view me.” I will respond by email­ing you
five ques­tions. I get to pick the ques­tions. If you don’t have a valid
email address on your blog, please pro­vide one. You will update your
blog with a post con­tain­ing your answers to the ques­tions. You will
include this expla­na­tion and an offer to inter­view some­one else in the
same post. When oth­ers com­ment ask­ing to be inter­viewed, you will ask
them five ques­tions.
Lindy