A Friday is still a Friday even under lockdown. And we went from an uneventful day yesterday so a pretty eventful day today. I’m desperately clinging onto some form of normality and trying to keep a routine so Friday is normally cheeky drink night and treat night. The only problem is for the last 29 days every day has been cheeky drink day (and night) and has been treat night! We did pretty well on day 1 before it started to slip.
Steph has really cottoned on to this messages in the shower business and has taken it upon herself to ensure I wash every day! You can see below the message that greeted me this morning. Not sure why I’m back into my little pants though. Cheeky!
I’ll warn you now that the top 5 today have a heavy weighting towards bodily functions so not a read for the faint hearted!!! Take a deep breath and here we go:
1. Even going to the toilet is not simple in these difficult times. Because of our shifts, one of us is working whilst the other is supervising the monsters meaning that if we need the toilet when we are not working, we need to multitask to ensure the other is not disturbed by the kids. Now such a simple multitask is straightforward for members of the fairer sex but slightly more of a challenge for me! So this morning when I was sitting on the downstairs toilet, I shouldn’t have been surprised to find myself hollering at E not to go upstairs and “Don’t you dare disturb Mammy” whilst having M say on my knee trying to sing row row row the boat. Bring on the lockdown finishing simply so I can go to the toilet in peace!! 🚽
2. E and I had our usual daily walk, knocking out a quick mile after lunch. M was with us too but my chat is boring so he falls asleep within the first 50 metres. We made our way round our standard loop with E dragging her heels as usual. I’m so fed up with repeating “Come on E, let’s pick it up E.” So anyway we got three quarters of the way round and she starts up with “I need the toilet Daddy. It’s coming now Daddy. It’s coming out of my body Daddy. If it doesn’t come out now Daddy it’s going to turn into something else…” I’ve no idea what the last one means by the way!! So I tell her to hurry up so we can get home if she needs the toilet. Cue the super slow walking and the crossed legs (see photo below) and then when we eventually made it home she cheerfully announced she didn’t need after all! 🤬
3. We moved to a new level of social distancing this afternoon – distance playing. E stood at the end of our drive whilst her little buddy opposite stood at the end of her drive. After a bit of a chat E came in and gathered a bunch of toys and went back out and sat down to play. Both of them stayed on their drives and were a lot more than 2m apart but the interaction was so important to them both (well better than screaming over the walls to each other!) 🧸
4. The kids were hugely excited to go in the shower this evening. It’s such a joy seeing children desparate to get washed! They clearly don’t take after their father. After playing and washing and playing a bit more I took M downstairs to get him ready for bed. We cuddled on the couch as I dried him and then he wriggled away and started running round the living room in his crazy way screaming and screeching. So far so normal. But tonight he suddenly stopped, with his back to me and then glanced over his shoulder, grinned a really creepy grin and then his eyes rolled back. The little bugger was taking a pee on the carpet! I mean come on little man!!!!! 😏
5. So, tonight we finish with another confession. But one that also requires an explanation before you unfriend me immediately! You see Steph is very particular when it comes to chocolate and especially if there is any prospect of it being shared between us. She must ensure she gets a precise and even split of what there is and heaven forbid if I try and steal some extra. She’s had years to train me! So we’re sitting on the couch sharing some chocolate tonight and I toed the line and only took my share. When she stood up to take the bowl back into the kitchen I noticed a small bit had fallen onto the couch so I quickly grabbed it and shoved it into my mouth before she saw it. Definitely a win! In that instant I remembered that I had changed M on the couch this afternoon when he had one of his specials and didn’t bother to put down the change mat… 💩
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