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From: Michelle Freemann (michelle123@gmail.com)
Subject: Re:Hi!
To: beata.souckova@gmail.com
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Hi Beata
It's great to hear from you! You're right, it must have been a good while since I last saw you. Well, a lot of things have changed. Currently, I'm also at home with my son - Henry. He's only four months old but he keeps me busy. I look after him twenty-four-seven.
It's been just 5 months since I left my job but sometimes I feel pretty lonely. Especially at this time of the year. We rather stay at home, as it's too cold outside plus it often rains. Everybody around us has got flu, grrr.. We can’t visit our grandparents either, so the only people I meet are shop assistants...
Every afternoon I watch the clock and look forward to Nathan coming home. But as you can imagine, he's either too tired or hungry or both and the last thing he wants to do is speak to me. He has been given the green light by his boss to start a new project so he's very busy now. And he says he needs some time to relax.... It makes me crazy. Do you have any time to relax? Or do you have any time for yourself? I don't. Henry simply starts crying and my shifts begin. I think men are similar in this behaviour, aren’t they? Nathan sometimes changes a nappy and cuddles Henry, but Henry is still too small and dependant on me. And I'm afraid to move away for a longer time. Even if I go to the shop alone, once in a blue moon, I still think of him... :( Is it same for you?
By the way - tell me - how do you manage it? I can't imagine having two small kids at home! Does someone help you with them? Does Patrick help you?
Uf, too long of an email already. You see, I miss someone to talk to.
Have a great time and hope you manage to write me soon!
Michelle (and Henry)
PS
On a different issue, I'm reading a great book, It's called "Maternity Leave" by Julie Halpern. It's hilarious. Yesterday I laughed so much that I had hiccups. Check if you can borrow it from your library. Nothing can be further from a handbook for mothers than this.
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Slovíčka z e-mailu:
a good while - dlouhá doba
currently - v současné době
twenty-four-seven - neustále
flu - chřipka
look forward to - těšit se na
green light - souhlas, svolení
my shift begins - moje směna začíná
behaviour - chování
change a nappy - vyměnit plenku
cuddle - pomazlit
dependant - závislý
once in a blue moon - jednou za uherský rok
by the way - mimochodem
handle - zvládat
miss - postrádat
hilarious - hrozně srandovní
laugh - smát se/řehtat se
hiccups - škytavka