Hump day just about over and fingers crossed we’ll speed up through the end of the week and into my birthday weekend. Today has definitely not been a good day for my home city and bless E who heard about the train derailment and said she really hoped Grandma wasn’t on board.
Today was all about the humidity and the complete lack of any rain or thunder storms as promised. The only silver lining was that I discovered that #RemoteWorking in the nude is much more socially acceptable that turning up to the office nude.
Anyway, enough about that and let’s get into the day’s top 5:
1. I finally got some peace this morning when Steph took the noisy oiks to her Mam’s house. They were talking about my birthday and she told E we were going to Adventure Valley. I’m told that they then talked about a couple of secret plans for me and E says “Mammy, can you get me some high heels to go with my jumpsuit like Aunty Nic’s? And I need a new bag to go with it.”
Mammy – “I’ll sort the shoes out but you don’t need a new bag.”
E – “But Mammy I need them for Daddy’s birthday”
Mammy – “But E we’re going to Adventure Valley you can’t wear high heels there. You need your trainers or wellies on and you don’t need a new bag; you’ve got one that goes.”
E – “Yes Mammy I know which one you’re talking about that will go and I can put toys into it to take with me for M to play with but Mammy I want to wear my jumpsuit like Aunty Nic with heels.”
Mammy – “You can wear it when you get back from Adventure Valley.”
E – “No I’m wearing it!”
Mammy – “No you’re not. End of.”
E – “humph!!”
Well that escalated quickly!! 😤
2. After having a couple of days of rest to try and get over my shoulder niggle, I convinced myself I needed to get out for a run at lunchtime. I mean I was sweating as soon as I stepped out of the front door so the run itself was pretty uncomfortable. But I did it so that’s no 24 chalked up for my GNR challenge. I’ve made a mental note that the next time I decide to try and run on such a humid day I should do myself a favour and go out early morning or late evening rather than at midday!! 🏃♂️
3. Work was uneventful so my mind turned to my long suffering wife and her imminent arrival back from the office with the horrorbags in tow. I thought she might appreciate me making a start on tea and completely unplanned I decide to rustle up a pork roast with some full fat Yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes. I mean are you even allowed a Sunday roast on a midweek evening?!? Well I don’t care what you think because I did it and she loved it and I’ve earned more brownie points than I know what to do with! I just need to be careful about doing too good a job lest she expect it on a daily basis!! I fell into that trap at the start of lockdown with making her a cup of tea first thing in the morning. I’ve now made her one for 148 days in a row! 🍽
4. When Steph came in and found a delicious meal well under way she was, of course, delighted. She headed straight for the drinks cupboard commenting that she would really like a gin. Something about “a gin a day…” I think my fears about this new gin club registration were spot on. She then changed her mind because we “didn’t have the right ingredients” to make the cocktail she wanted. I mean how has she become such a gin snob after 24 hours? What’s wrong with a bog standard G&T? Apparently it wasn’t wise to say such a thing to her face so I’m off to the shop tomorrow to buy gin cocktail ingredients. The romance is clearly very much alive and kicking in this house! 🍸
5. I’m genuinely worried that my parenting skills are beginning to slip. I mean of course it’s lovely when friends or family (or especially complete strangers) say something complimentary about your abilities as a parent but I’m catching myself saying the odd thing that probably wouldn’t attract such positive feedback. Tonight was a prime example as I was trying to convince my offspring that it was past their bedtime and they needed to get upstairs. There was a coming together as M tried to run away from me and landed on top of his sister. She screamed and then yelled “He standed on my head!” I’ve no idea why but I found myself saying “it’s ‘he STOOD on my head’ sweetie.” Perhaps her grammar lessons should be secondary to my disciplining her ruffian brother! 😳
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