Algy
designer
I've been sat here since half six with a leaflet on parental leave, and my eyes keep sliding off it. We're both knackered and one of us has to actually type in the form tonight.
Chapter 57 · Month 33 · Starting a Family
The Bad Day
The question of who takes the leave
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Penny
teacher
Put the form on the table and I'll do the first three boxes — but I want the leave split in writing, not "we'll see". Give me a number of weeks and I'll work the term dates round it.
Algy
designer
Eight weeks, unpaid, from the July invoices onward — but that's scribble until I check what the flat actually costs without my half. I'll say it plainly: today was worse than I let on, and I nearly didn't come in.
Penny
teacher
Eight weeks is noted, and my half's covered, so stop counting. What I need is you saying the bad days out loud on the day, not after the leaflet — kettle's on, sit down.
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