Things making me say grrr

* Ady’s work at the moment. He is doing his exam in just over a month and because it’s their manic busy time he is getting no chance to study. He’s doing 14 hour days, barely seeing the children, coming home and collapsing in an exhausted heap and then trying to study. I’m trying really hard to be understanding (not moaning about dragging Tarly to all D’s evening stuff cos he’s not home, cooking most nights, testing him endlessly on H&S questions, listening to his work woes and offering sensible advice and support rather than advising him to tell them all to fuck off and stop piling crap on him that’s not his remit or responsibility – that sort of thing) but I’m a crap wife really when it comes to stuff like this.

* Money this month is going to be a nightmare. It’s the third of the month and we have thirty pounds in our bank account, my car is empty of petrol. The money I’d alloted for Legoland got spent last month on Davies’s subs for Badgers and Beavers which I’d forgotten about having to pay termly, I’ve had £50 worth of dental treatment in the last 2 weeks and I’m about to run out of contact lenses so I did an online order for them yesterday before checking the bank balance which I’m now kicking myself for as I could have just worn my glasses this month instead.

* I’m not getting a chance to go walking. I wanted to do at least two, if not three walks a week but with Ady not getting home it’s not possible. I did do loads of steps at Legoland and again yesterday working in the morning and walking on the beach with Tarly in the evening but they’re all at child pace so unlikely to make much impact as ‘exercise’ really. Maybe I should run up and down the stairs a few times an hour instead.

*The underwire on my favourite bra broke yesterday so I had to chuck it away. I realised when rummaging in my bra drawer that it was my last decent normal wear bra so this month I will be living frugally while wearing very lacey, flouncy, frothy bras in bright pinks, reds and polka dots.

* House is a tip. I have a massive pile of stuff in both the playroom and Tarly’s bedroom which needs ebaying and no time to do it.

Fortunately I also have plenty of things to make me smile;

*Ady gets his new car today 🙂

*Scarlett was hanging out of the back door this morning while I was washing up looking for ants. She found loads of woodlice but shut the door with a resigned air and said ‘I guess it’s just not an ant sort of morning’.

*Davies had a graze on his knee which he showed me and asked what the word was again for when you skin beeped? He opened and closed his hand to demonstrate and we worked out he meant ‘throb’ 😆

* I got Space’s greatest hits album from work which we’ve all been dancing round to this morning, I’m really enjoying remembering music I used to love and digging it out from work to play to the children.