Gomshall

Posted on 2012/07/29 09:34:11 (July 2012).

[Tuesday 24th July 2012]
I had a call from Dad this afternoon, who told me they were in Surrey visiting Adrian, Liz and the kids, and so in a pleasingly spontaneous fashion an hour or two later we were on a train heading down to Guildford.

They'd decided to go for dinner at a pub called the Gomshall Mill, which, as its name promised, was in fact an old water mill, and in fact the waterwheel was still operational, in the middle of the building, which was rather nice.

It was a very pleasant evening overall although I couldn't help but be very slightly peeved when the conversation turned to the upcoming birth. Naturally as it's our first time we're a bit anxious about the whole thing, and in the absence of any words of comfort from my family on the issue I said something along the lines of "well, everyone else manages" to which they responded with that "oh you have no idea what you've got coming" facial expression I'm now depressingly familiar with. I really felt like this would have been an appropriate juncture for a bit of gentle reassurance from my family. I don't really get why existing parents think it is somehow beneficial to make parents-to-be more anxious than they already are.

minaan,genki soude yokatta!
chiechan,onaka ookiku nattane!

Posted by yoko at 2012/07/30 07:29:04.

minaan,genki soude yokatta!
chiechan,onaka ookiku nattane!

Posted by yoko at 2012/07/30 07:29:07.

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