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Someone said to me today that they couldn't believe I'm 35 weeks already. Neither can I! At first it seemed like pregnancy would last forever; then I got into my 3rd trimester and everything seemed to speed up. On a practical level (sorting out nursery etc) I am so not ready ;) Funnily enough, Neil, who tends to get stressed more easily than I do (the miracle of modern pharmacology) is not worried at all about that!

Emotionally, I'm fine though. All my worries, such as they are, centre on the hospital. As well as Barnet's well demonstrated incompetence in the past, it has one of the highest MRSA rates in the country and may or may not have traces of polonium-210 lurking around (Alexander Litvinenko spent 16 days at Barnet before being transferred to UCLH). Let's hope I don't need a C-section. I'd like to avoid extending my stay, especially since the maternity leaflets emphasize the importance of rooming in... which could be fun on a ward. I'll reserve judgment on that until my unit tour, though. It is confirmed that the food at Barnet is inedible. Ugh.

Still, won't worry too much; I guess I just need something to worry about ;)

Other than that, standard complaints: stomach being cranky, basically. I get full quickly and hungry again just as quickly!

My sister-in-law left us a large container of Rodda's clotted cream. There's only one thing to do: I shall make scones. For all of British food's bad reputation, there are some things here that are just right, and a fresh scone with clotted cream and jam is one of them.

Chanukah starts Friday night, so I have latkes to look forward to. I am very much looking forward to grating all the potatoes with a Magimix! If I'm feeling up to it, I might do sufganiyot (doughnuts) too. Not sure what I'll fill them with. Jam is the most traditional, but custard is popular too and in the past few years dulce de leche has become big. The bakeries near me don't do milchig doughnuts (not sure why--they could use the same pareve dough and just change the fillings, but I've never seen them), so if I want anything other than jam I'll have to do it myself.