the lost post
I’m utterly certain that I blogged yesterday. It wasn’t a long post. But it did adequately cover what we had been up to for 2 days. And now I can’t remember that far back!!!! Ah well….
Wednesday I had a migraine. I think that sums up the whole day really.
Thursday we filled with lots of story reading I think, she’s enjoying Greenwich (part of The Dark is Rising) but it’s hard going for me as the print is so damned small!!! It’s a combined edition of all the books and they have "condensed" the typeface to stop the book from being too big to handle. I don’t remember it being so hard to read it as a kid, maybe my eyes are due a test! Thursday afternoon we popped round to Nelly’s but didn’t say long, the decibel level seemed too much for her.
Thursday evening i ambled off to Kung fu. She didn’t really want me to go. No, that’s not quite right, she desperately wanted me to not go. There were tears and really quite strong clinging on and much begging. Then Duke stepped in and seemed to sway the balance just at the point where I was about to give in. So I went after all. It was possibly the hardest but most productive training session I have done in a very long time. Having established that there are a few manoeuvres that I really, really do not like to take part in, and having a fair idea of why, the instructor has decided that it’s his mission to get me not just used to them but really quite good at them. So I spent most of the hour with him throttling me from behind and insisting that I actually make more than "touch contact" with him in defence, which means that basically if he wasn’t covered in bruises I wasn’t trying hard enough! Odd boy…. It made for a rather unpleasant night of disturbed dreams for me but nothing like as bad as it could have been.
Friday we went to Jungle Jim in the morning and the library in the afternoon. She wanted to borrow a specific book - The Princess and the Curdie - but we couldn’t find it. The assistant had a look on the computer and discovered that there wasn’t a copy but then sent us over to the Boss Man who has put in an order request for it as a compilation with several other books by the same author. He can’t guarantee that it will be bought but he will argue the case for it. He’s a nice man!
Then it was Brownies. Aprilia has been allocated a Brownie Buddy to help her as it’s been a bit of a struggle recently apparently. I do wish she would TELL me when she’s struggling!!!! Apparently she didn’t want to worry me FFS!!!! Where she got that silly idea from I’m not entirely sure. Also Brown Owl is considering packing Nelly off into a different six so that she doesn’t rely on Aprilia all the time (thus making Aprilia struggle even more) This is good. Aprilia is also keen on doing a few projects based round badges over the next few weeks as she has suddenly realised that she is "behind" on her plan to get every sodding badge before she leaves….. So, Brownie Traditions is first on the To Do list which will involve her learning to tie her shoe laces! Wish me luck folks.
Which brings us to today. Kung Fu this morning was very good. Not sure what Aprilia’s lot were doing although it did seem to involve racing round the play frame at regular intervals. I had fun too and somehow seem to have improved massively in two days. Odd really, no idea why, (unless I’m just better when I’m half asleep) but I’m hoping it’s not just a fluke, I sort of like being good at something. This afternoon seems to have been mostly full of me crimping Aprilia’s hair. I’d take a picture but she’s starkers and not in a mood to be persuaded to get dressed just for the sake of a photo oportunity 
