Teeny bit stressed. Friends and family coming round for supper. Shouldn’t be blogging. Kids being a nightmare. House a mess. We’re having cheese fondue very kindly brought back by mad friend who did the Cresta run, with large bruise in place of an arm. I can’t translate the instructions on the packet. Asked son who got an A* in French and he said:-
“600gm de melange de cheese rapes. 2 something de of maizena around 20 gms in 3 something of white wine or cider. Ajuter a little lemon juice and dunno the tout on the melange of cheese. Open at ebuluchon in remount continuing laissez mijoter a little for that the fondue something well liee”.
WTF? How do you bloody make cheese fondue? Surely open the packet and heat up???
Bizarrely, he had a talk today about the future of medicine, given by a leading light in the field – in the video my brother and his wife were featured!! Doing all their prosthetic stuff. He’s coming for dinner. He doesn’t know he’s famous at my son’s school. Small world. Clever brother. The film he worked on “Wolf Man” comes out this week. He did ALL the blood and guts – so any of you that find it revolting, just remember that it’s not real.
Daughter is freaking out. She has exams this week. “MUM CAN YOU CALL SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY – I NEED A PHYSICS TUTOR TOMORROW NIGHT OR I AM SO GOING TO FAIL”. Then of course, it’s my fault she’s going to fail because of course I can’t find her a bloody tutor by tomorrow. She told me her teacher fell asleep in class today, which is fairly impressive and she’s got Valentine’s day taking up a lot more space in her brain than science. “I’m thinking about sending a card to all the boys in the class – although when all the girls at our primary school sent a card to the same boy, he started crying”.
Youngest son is on a mission for a phone AND HE IS WEARING ME DOWN. All that, “I need it for emergencies, you know it’s all a good idea, I’ll pay for it, bla bla bla” and then he said “mum, if you buy me a phone, my life will be complete”. In the supermarket earlier today he put some non-alcoholic beer into our trolley – he didn’t understand why I wouldn’t let him have any….”but mum, it’s non alcoholic, what’s the problem? I’m meant to be drinking it”.
Good grief. All that stress about divorce and it’s all about a phone.
February 8th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Very impressive, brother and wife being in the video! I hope that overall though the video focused some attention on the fact that behind all this brilliant science and research there is us, the patients, ordinary people with family and friends, sitting in the waiting room going crazy with worry, or like my late father-in-law with pain.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:55 am
don’t you just hate that? when they wear you down???? talk about NON consistant parenting or whatever….all a load of rubbish. and just for the record, sometimes i want to fall asleep in class but haven’t ever quite given in…! xxx j
February 9th, 2010 at 8:13 am
How was the fondue? The translation was … a challenge to work with.
February 9th, 2010 at 8:58 am
It was great – loved it – although am walking round today with an indigestable ball of fat in my stomach Lx
February 9th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Glad the fondue was okay – I could have helped but only read your blog at midnight!
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