I’m disinclined to post today really cos I’ve been very short tempered and annoyed most of the day (one of those where the childrens’ noise levels and my own shrieking have made me very glad we live in a detached house, otherwise I’d be expecting social services round any moment to do a nighttime raid and remove the poor poor children from my inexpert and rubbish care).
But we’re packed and ready to go 🙂
First thing we did some watching Class TV – they really enjoy it actually, it is very varied and often sparks all sorts of interesting conversations, plus I get to go on a nostalgia trip about sitting cross legged aged 8 in the TV room at school in the dark watching that clock tick round before the programme started and edging closer to Stuart Smith while no one was watching 😉 Oh how I wanted to grow up and marry Stuart Smith when I was 8 😆
Then we whizzed over to drop some plants off and collect some vegan foodstuff from Ali to take to Kessingland to make their load on public transport a little lighter (see I can be lovely ;)) and called into Asda to get last minute bits and snacks for the car tomorrow.
We came home for lunch and while I tried to do various online bits and pieces the children practised their ‘turn’ for Kessingland, honing it into something a little more polished and slightly briefer once I pointed out that other children would also be wanting to entertain us and it was only one night 😆 I still can’t quite believe that they are going to get up and do it, particularly Scarlett as there was no way I had that confidence as a child, but Davies stood at the front last year and did warming up to the point that he wants to compere it this year (and has lots of cheesey lines prepared in the style of a host :lol:) and Scarlett packed the two outfits she needs for her part in a little musical theatre they have planned, which has a storyline and everything so we’ll see :). I spent ages procrastinating before finally getting going and assembling all the stuff we’re taking which wasn’t already in the garage into the playroom. We have a stacking crate each of clothes (mine is the fullest :oops:) and it is all now finally in the car thanks to Ady.
The children were packed off to bed before 7pm, partially for their own wellbeing as my final shred of patience ran out around 3pm, I took to the bath with a large glass of wine while Ady was being a ‘representative of management’ at a company barbecue held to mark the end of the season to thank all their foreign workers. He got home around 830pm to find both children still awake and Davies now told that he is definitely not coming on holiday with us – might have to retract that in the morning ;). The car is now loaded up, pizza is waiting to go in the oven as soon as Ady gets in the bath (he’s still faffing around packing Pompey tops) and I am sufficiently inebriated to feel no pain. 🙂
I’m working in the morning (it should have been the afternoon but I’ve managed to swap shifts) and we’re leaving straight after work so I’ll not be online any more after tonight. Really looking forward to a relaxing week, hoping sufficient organisation has been done in advance to mean there are no traumas while we’re away and I get to spend some nice time with friends and some time with my family too, rain or shine it’s going to be a good week :).