Scarlett and I parted company around 1am and she remained lovely to the end – I said ‘I’m off to bed now Tink’ (short for Tinkerbell, one of the child’s many many names) so she reached up, gave me a kiss and a cuddle and said ‘sleep tight Mama’ and off I went. She did wail about wanting her Daddy for about five minutes as I poked Ady awake and told him it was definitely his turn now and he murmered about ‘just going now’, turned over and went to sleep, but she must have been making one last effort which was enough to wear her out and she went quiet shortly afterwards.
My Dad woke me with a phonecall this morning, I’d forgotten actually that I’d offered to run him to the station this morning as he is off to London for an intriguing meeting with some bloke he’s not seen for 25 years who phoned him out of the blue last week, told him he is still alive (I belive there had been much speculation that he wasn’t and his own family are not sure) and summoned him to meet him on Victoria station today at 10am. Dad’s not been on a train anywhere since me and Ady went with Mum and Dad to London about 10 years ago and I did debate going with him for the journey and taking the kids to the museum but decided against it in the end. Anyway his van wouldn’t start (again) so he couldn’t get to me and had called a taxi instead. Which was just as well as I was still in bed and so was Tarly. Dad assures me his personal safety is not at risk but this is an old friend from his rather shady past so hopefully he is not going to get drawn into some gang of OAP criminals out to stretch their pension by dealing in black market orthapedic shoes or something! 😉
By the time I was dressed and downstairs Scarlett was awake so I did the kids’ milk and breakfast and then put away two baskets of washing which have been kicking about for way too long. Draped clean washing around the radiators to dry and am on the second load of washing already this morning. I’ve changed Scarlett’s bedding, brushed her hair (and yes that is worthy of note! 😉 ), the children are dressed and playing with geomags and I’m about to go and start the task of sorting out the playroom which will probably be an all day task.
It’s snowing like crazy here. It’s not settled yet but it is getting heavier so I imagine it will if it continues although the ground is quite wet. My Mum’s just rung from work to say there has been a massive power cut across the area although we seem to have missed it – which is just as well as I have no idea where anything like torches or candles are. I think I’ll get the laptop and the mobile phone charged up and gather an emergency parcel containing bottled water, candles, tinned goods and antibacterial handwash. This could be the beginning of bird flu! 👿
And in final news the post has just arrived bringing with it the long awaited Floam delivery, so geomags are being put away, playroom looks like it might be delayed further and expect our house to become a crazy fun Floam covered castle before the day is through!
Was that better Joyce? 😉
Much better, thank you 🙂 Having had a better day yesterday, I was awake all night again coughing, and finally feel asleep about 9am after I was sick. Only just awake now, and knew you would’nt have let me down 🙂
Comment by Joyce — 23 February 2006 @ 12:14 pm
Ooooh you got Floam!
Don’t stand still, you will get incorporated into a wall.
Comment by Ali — 23 February 2006 @ 12:43 pm