the plan was a good one
the reality missed the mark just by a fraction!
I planned to have a nice quiet day at OP today with my books. So, i got there, lept merrily out of the ambi and asked Rick where he wanted it parking (there are a few options, I like to check before I dump it in the wrong place!) Instead of the cheery greeting I expected I got "I’ll sort that out later. Can you go and clean the kitchen whilst I take a few deep breaths before I drive over to _______’s house and thump him" So, having put the kettle on for a restorative brew, I set to removing tea stains off the surfaces, the cupboard doors, the walls, the top of the bin, the sides of the bin, the floor….. It apears that it hasn’t occured to anyone for a week or so that cleaning a communal kitchen is a, well, let’s face it, a communal responsibility and the paramedic who was working there yesterday was already in bad books for stiring things up on Rick’s day off so he took the blame really. Ho hum. It can only get better from there yes?
Then Harley arrived, having just dropped his first favourite female (not his wife….) and her hubby at the airport and in a foul mood because of some intra-family bickering that he has got himself intertwined with and insisted on telling me all about. Still not opened a book here….. but I’ve made several restorative brews for grumpy blokes.
Then someone from teh circuit staff arrived to find out exactly what the problem had been yesterday with the paramedic which evolved (devolved?) into a general character assasignation session. More tea, still not studying.
EVENTUALLY everyone bogged off to different corners of the building/circuit and I got some peace!!! Mananged a couple of hours of study before Duke arrived with Aprilia on their way home from Cheshire Oaks wehre they had been to the cinima and then Duke had spent his bonus on a second hand DS (not a lite) and Brain Training. The day finished not long after they went home and I got back to find them both with their noses in their DSs like a pair of teenagers……
I’m hoping that tomorrow will be a calm-ish day and we will get some "school" done as I do think she is suffering a bit at the mo from a lack of routine. And I have a birthday party to sort out. And she told me this evening that she wants SB and BB to come although I suggested taht that may be a bit impractical as it’s a long way (but you are wellcome if you would like to come Helen! We have a sofa bed)
I think it may be a bit of a stretch too far this year. you need to move to day trippable!! we would have loved to, but life is a bit pesky at the mo. we do have a pressie though…
Comment by HelenHaricot — January 28, 2008 @ 9:29 pm
I did think it was a shade too far! Never mind, Melrose is soon enough! Do wish we lived closer to a Home Ed Hub though…. Yorkshire or Cambridgeshire seem so much more endowed with HE groups!
Comment by Administrator — January 28, 2008 @ 9:41 pm