Please tell me where you all have gone….I am worried. Are you all tweeting instead of blogging and commenting or has everyone just got bored of my whinging?….
Please would a few of you send me a comment – I’m having a crisis of blogfidence – even though I clearly don’t deserve any blog friends because I’m rubbish at leaving messages (and once again apologies for that). I know people are popping over for a read I can tell from the stats, but I don’t know who anybody is and I’d really like to.
Anyway, I don’t want to go on about it because tomorrow there will still be only two messages and then I’ll feel REALLY bad, so, it’s no big deal….if you don’t want to leave a message you really don’t have to…
As we throw ourselves head first into another (short) week that culminates in half term for two of my children on Friday – CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S HALF TERM ALREADY AND THEREFORE VERY NEARLY THE END OF THE YEAR???, here is where we are at:-
TEENAGE SON
Not banned from football after red card after all. PHEW. VG news. Big big relief.
Doing very well at AS level work so far. Coming top of class for essays. Very bizarre. Don’t understand. Must want something or be on drugs.
Went out on Saturday night with some friends to a “Jive” class. I thought that sounded like a great idea. It didn’t quite go according to plan – “we learnt how to do the “Waltz” and the “Cha-cha – SO boring and really easy – what’s jiving anyway?” he came back saying. I don’t know how that happened. Entirely different sort of evening. Must have walked into the wrong room.
He’s planning his Gap Year ALREADY. I told him he would have to pay for it himself so he’s thinking about options. Perhaps doing a football coaching or referee course….after watching “X Factor” last night, we’ve decided that this would be the quickest way for him to make a fast buck. Perhaps he should audition for the next one.
What did you all think of Robbie’s performance? It’s been three years since he has performed live here and he chose a high risk, high profile way to announce his return. I’m not sure he was looking his best. Nervous? Adrenalin fuelled? Son said “mum I”ve just had loads of texts from my mates saying he was high – look at his pupils”. Hmmm. I’m a huge Robbie fan but he needs a bit of work and TLC. I’ll sort him out. I can do a few stretching classes with him and make him bowls of nourishing chicken soup and then he’ll be fine – that and releasing a different single because I’m afraid I don’t like his new song “Bodies”. In fact I’m going to go as far as to say that I think it’s rubbish.
Apparently EMI has done a lot of consumer research and web analysis to find out what Robbie’s fans want and the best channels to reach them. Well it’s not rocket science is it? We want a few decent songs sung by a man who has beaten all his demons. We want a bit of humility and some good smallish live performances and Glastonbury. Then we’ll all be happy.
DAUGHTER
All good. Planning her birthday with military precision. Only a month to go. Happy and well.
Latest look in tights:-
9 YEAR OLD SON
Off sick today with a sore throat.
He’s been asking me if I could get a job as dinner lady at his school so that he could spend more time with me. I told him that I’d rather kill myself (obviously I didn’t actually say that – I have a friend who’s doing that job at the moment and she loves it. Really not my thing at all – a combination of all those children and all that food in a school hall….nope. My idea of a nightmare. Not even in my Top 100 list of jobs I’m afraid).
ME
I’m a little embarrassed to admit this but I had to book an emergency appointment at the dentist today and therefore had to take my sick child along. The roof of my mouth has been very sore for days and I had finally decided that I had mouth cancer.
The dentist said I had somehow traumatised the roof of my mouth and that it would go away in due course, prescribing me some spray on stuff. He asked me if there was anything that I’d been eating that was either extremely hard or new to my diet. “Nope” I said, “not that I can think of”…..
…and so my 9 year old and I got back into my car. I immediately attacked my secret stash of sweets that I hadn’t dared eat before seeing the dentist.
I offer one to son – “do you want a Murray Mint or a Sherbert Lemon?” I ask him.
“Why have you got all those sweets in the car?”
“From all my journey’s backward and forwards to see my parents. Everytime I go on a long journey I have to buy Murray mints and sherbert lemons” I tell him. “It’s just a pavlovian thing”.
“Don’t they hurt the roof of your mouth?” he asked.
“Oh. Um. Yes” I say going awfully quiet. “As a matter of fact they do” I say feeling immensely stupid.
Problem solved. Just don’t tell my dentist.
No more boiled sweets for me.
(Still, I’m pleased to report that once again it’s all my parents fault).
October 12th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I LOVE reading your blog – it's always the first one I read every time I log on. I have 4 children slightly older than yours but overlapping in age, so often your stories ring true with things mine have gone through / are going through. Keep up your lovely writing. I'm not a writer myself – more of a mathsy person I'm afraid. I am sending you love, hugs and encouragement for the difficult things that you're going through with your Dad, BB, your ex, and the one I call "the witch" in my head. Keep writing and smiling through the tricky times. xx
October 12th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Ta Da first comment? Tell teenage boy if he wants to come here for gap year , very welcome. x.x.
October 12th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
i'm reading, just don't always leave a comment
October 12th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Crikey, I hate being the first one to comment! Straightaway when you mentioned sherbert lemon sweets I knew the culprit. My sister has an old fashioned sweet stall and has jars and jars of yummy sweets. We call them lollies downunder. So pleased to hear your Dad is back home. Wish all the other ex's in your life you could grow up and stop acting like big kids. I haven't started my blog as yet……. Great blog by the way. Linda
October 12th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
tell you what. pull a sulk and refuse to write until everyone comments…? i LOVE and ADORE your blog, as you know. and stop eating boiled sweets immediately. !? xxx j word veri: spiti. spiti them all out.
October 12th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I'm still here. And I get worried about lack of comments too. I always think nobody loves me any more. Or I'm a boring old fart.
It's just that I have waves of visitors at the moment and I have to be the perfect hostess as well as writing the undying prose. xx
BTW the word verification is arscout which should immediately be adopted as a new swearword.
October 13th, 2009 at 12:34 am
DOnt you just love sherbert lemons??/ Its a teen girl thing c 1701…
October 13th, 2009 at 12:39 am
7 COMMENTS ALREAY AND IT'S ONLY 7.30AM HOORAY!! HAPPY NOW X
October 13th, 2009 at 2:20 am
ah you shouldn't have written that you're happy now, 'cos now I don't need to comment, do I?
October 13th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Still here, loving your blog, and faithfully checking daily for new posts!
;o)
October 13th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
love reading your blog, dont always make comments because people before have said what I wanted to. I think you are doing brilliantly. Am off on holiday for 2 wks but be sure when I get a few minutes to check my Facebook (how sad) will also check your blog. Dont know how you cope with the EX I would have swung for him long ago….course he's the father of the kids so that scuppers that idea.
chris
October 13th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I've been reading you for ages, but mostly in my google reader so I probably don't show up in your stats. Love your blog! Always been too shy to comment before but couldn't resist chiming in when actually asked to!
October 13th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Also still reading. Every day. Usually read on my iPhone, which is a pain to comment from. Feeling empathy since I've just split with my cheating scummer husband. LoopyLu x
October 14th, 2009 at 1:39 am
I'm also still a big fan, but, well, have been crap at writing – comments, blogs, everything. Will do better. Will do better. Will do better. Look at that… 5 sentences! Sending some more African sun xx
October 14th, 2009 at 3:47 am
I read a lot of people via feed reader which means I sit down with a cuppa and skim through them all. I always keep up even if I don't comment – honesht offisher!
Loving the tights. Might actually be able to manage that particular fashion…
October 14th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Rubbish at commenting – always read. People love your blog and so do I! Will comment more!! xx
October 15th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Thanks everyone for you lovely comments – most appreciated! Sorry about my wobbly moment Lx