Who, so she says, misses it when I don’t blog.
And worries about holes in the internet and stuff (remember that!? :lol:)
Not a lot to say today really. I’ve not heard from Davies and have decided to listen to everyone and assume that no news is good news – and in 36 hours I’ll have him back anyway.
Scarlett went to work with Ady for the day as she really, *really* didn’t want my Mum to look after her this afternoon. That is one of those situations that nothing I can do can improve really so I’m leaving it alone and fortunately Ady was able to take her with him today anyway.
I had a text from him at midday to say ‘having a happy meal and a latte with the greatest girl in the world’ which made me smile for ages afterwards :).
Work was fine, I spent lots of my day on the enquiry desk where I joined up about 15 new members, spoke to a lovely old lady about her husband who died of alcohol poisoning when she came in to photocopy his death certificate. They’d been married for 54 years and he died in June. She said she still cries every day 🙁 She also said she tried so hard to stop him from drinking but couldn’t. She had a very heavy accent and told me she was born and grew up in Spain but has lived here for 3/4 of her life and now Spain doesn’t feel like home anymore. Such a nice lady.
I’m on a one woman mission to get Andy Stanton to somewhere near enough for me to take Davies and Scarlett to see him (author of the Mr Gum books we’ve been loving) so had persuaded one of the librarians to email his agent / publisher. He doesn’t do events for less than 100 people and is booked up til 2010 but she said she’d see if we could arrange a joint event with one of the other bigger libraries so that’s pretty exciting.
I beat Ady and Scarlett home by about half an hour which felt strange although it is becomming a more regular happening for me to be in the house alone and I am slowly getting used to it. Scarlett had spent £3 of her spending money from Marwell on a Michael Jackson cd – Bad. It’s her first cd purchase and will therefore be one she remembers forever and answers on random quizzes for the rest of her life. She is delighted with it :).
I read her a couple of books – which is just lovely, both text and illustrations and then her two reading challenge book choices which I’d already read her once but read her again with the intention of taking her in tomorrow to report back. Both of them came with cds so while I had a bath she sat and listened to them on cd after me reading them. Then she took her Michael Jackson cd with her and went off to bed.
I cooked dinner, we watched a bit of telly and now I am as tired as a very tired person suffering with tiredness.
Lol, yes I only deleted all those blogs fairly recently.is S missing D, or is she just accepting it? Not long now xx
Comment by Joyce — 21 August 2009 @ 7:21 am
deleted blogs??? If there’s a way to guarantee holes in the internet that has to be it. shudders at very thought.
Comment by jax — 21 August 2009 @ 9:05 am
Saturday 19th September
B3 The Truth is a Lemon Meringue According to
Andy Stanton, 11 – 11.45am, Guildhall, 8+, £4.50
At the Bath Children’s Literary Festival. Also lots of other excellent authors there but I decided in the end that it would be a costly trip as M would want to come too.
Comment by Michelle — 21 August 2009 @ 10:10 am
http://www.bathkidslitfest.co.uk/migglecms/templates/default/images/BFCL_2009_brochure.pdf
Comment by Michelle — 21 August 2009 @ 10:10 am
Ooh, that reminded me to book my Bath tickets – am taking Poppy to see the “Talking to Teens” event with her latest literary hero Patrick Ness.
Comment by Alison — 21 August 2009 @ 11:58 am