I suppose the big news of the day is that I’m properly injured. My leg has gotten progressively worse since my run yesterday morning and now I can’t put very much weight on it. I’m absolutely gutted and as I write my diary I’m sat with a bag of frozen peas (well, mixed veg to be entirely accurate) on it to try and make sure I can complete my 8.5miles tomorrow morning. I suspect I won’t be running and it’s a long walk to fit in before work starts! Nothing like a bit of drama!
I was definitely cheered up by the fact that E agreed to make today D for Daddy day again and I got my very own poster where she drew a lovely picture of us together and wrote all her favourite things about me: my kisses, my hugs and our walks 💜 Unsurprisingly the kids spent most of the day outside so #HomeSchooling was limited but I’m sure we will be back on it tomorrow.
So what made the hot top 5?
1. We need to start with the weather. It was a belter of a day today and definitely one for shorts and ice cream. Stepping outside this afternoon felt like we were in the south of France or somewhere in the Med. If it wasn’t for the fact we were both working, I would’ve thought we were on holiday abroad. Steph even made us put suncream on us all before we went for our lunchtime walk. That smell brings back happy memories! So we headed out for an adventure and ended up finding a pond full of tadpoles and a secret fairy garden. Even more memories being created, and all just on our doorstep. E still wants to go abroad “when the Coronavirus goes away”. ☀️
2. Toothbrush-gate continues I’m afraid. The missing toothbrush heads have never been located and we have had to accept defeat. No doubt they will turn up in 16 years time when M is packing up to head off to uni but my teeth can’t wait that long. So Steph has bought a pack of replacements (sorry, how much were they?!?) and I got to use my new one for the first time this morning. So far so good. I then hear a ruckus upstairs and Steph shouts down. It turns out M has snuck into our bathroom, grabbed the once used toothbrush head, hot tailed it to the back bedroom en suite and thrown it into the toilet. So there’s no way that’s going into my mouth again so it went straight in the bin. Why me?!? 🦷
3. Passers by will hear all sorts of weird and wonderful noises coming from our house during lockdown. This morning’s stand out were shouts of pain from the living room. Steph was in the kitchen and before she could head through, in walks E. This was the exchange:
Steph “What’s happened?”
E “M was pulling my hair so I kicked him.”
Steph “What do you mean you mean you kicked him?”
E “I kicked him in the head because he was pulling on my hair.”
Steph “But you’re not allowed to kick him.”
E “Am I to kick him in the tummy then?”
Steph “No just don’t kick him!!” 🤼♀️
4. M’s torture of snails is sadly continuing as I found him sat happily in the garden again poking and prodding into a shell making bubbles with the slime. It’s pretty gross. I picked him up and took him inside to wash his hands. I just couldn’t understand why the sink wouldn’t drain properly. Upon further investigation I discovered he had shoved an entire toilet roll tube down the drain, presumably to try and flood the house just for banter. Is there nothing safe in this house? 🧻
5. Tonight we managed to pack the kids off to bed and took part in our weekly virtual work quiz. I normally host so it was really good fun taking part for a change. Inevitably the competitive spirit came out from the very beginning! It’s absolutely fine when one of us knows the answer but the problems start when we both think we know but have different answers. There’s also some sizeable gaps in our joint general knowledge so I think some revision is in order before next week. Steph can read up on Geordie Shore and I’ll work on Disney animals… 🧐
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