They find you in your hour of need. You don’t know which way to turn, will you make it through the day / to the end of the month? Christmas is coming, there is so much to do and suddenly like an oasis in the dessert there they are offering help, solace and the solution to your problems. So you get sucked in, you swallow them up and go about your day putting your worries to the back of your mind. You kid yourself that you are okay, you’re fine.
But then, Bam! Just when you least expect it the bloody things run out on you. You are left high and dry, worse than before even. You are in a situation you would not be in if only you had not used them…. where to turn next?
So I took the fast acting, take at the first sign of a cold tablets, decided I actually was fine after all and set off to deliver some cards and presents (to people I knew would be out so I would not stand a chance of infecting them). Just as we were leaving a parcel arrived from NZ – now I thought we had an unspoken agreement not to send pressies with our friends in NZ as we ended up spending more on postage than gifts last year, but no, the little buggers have sent small parcels for all of us, so I also had a plan to buy a few light pressies to send back too.
Various cards shoved through various letterboxes and we were all but halfway to a garden centre which sells a cool gift idea (which I can’t talk about on here for reasons which may or may not become apparant after 25/12 😉 ) so I thought we’d carry on to there and get some. On the way Scarlett who I am begining to worry about with her dark side macabre tendancies scratched her nose again so it was dripping blood, which she then used to give her dolly a sore nose too – and seemed quite proud of (odd odd child!). We rushed in, deflecting a minor to do about Scarlett not wanting to go in her pushchair but me not being prepared to chase two children round a garden centre displaying loads of Christmas decs and lights, grabbed what I wanted, arrived at the checkout and discovered that when Tarly was playing with my bag earlier this morning she had removed my purse and it had not been put back again 🙁
Back into the car, back to the house where I grabbed the purse and apples to keep the children quiet, back to the garden centre (20 mile round trip 🙁 ), left the kids in the car while I dashed in as the nice lady had kept it all bagged up for me at the till. Then to Boots where I had a successful time getting a few other bits to send to NZ, some jeans for both kids from their basics range (£3 each – bargain!), some reduced to clear tights for Tarly which completes her wardrobe for the time being, then home to stick a beef stew on, make the kids lunch and I am just about to wrap up the pressies and get them in the post (hoping its not too late to get there in time).
Somwhere in the middle of all this the tablets wore off and I realised that actually I feel really crap 🙁 So after the post office I fully intend to sit around drinking tea for the rest of the day. Ady was up at 4am to leave at 5 to be in Bristol for 8am, so who knows what time he’ll make it home, and what sort of state of tiredness he’ll be in? Just as well we are otherwise done for Christmas – I really don’t think I could do with worrying about buying or wrapping up anything else. Have just popped some more pills so am expecting them to kick in at any moment and convince me that I am fit for anything and should go and audition for the panto!
Stop it!
I don’t have flu, and I haven’t got a tenth of that done…starting to feel really stressed actually – Big and I have just had a falling out and she’s stropped off to her room, and what am I doing? Hiding in blogland of course…
Comment by jax — 14 December 2004 @ 1:36 pm
Bloody hell Nic! I wouldn’t manage running around like that all day however blooming healthy I was 😀
We were planning a belated house-warming barbecue a few years back, and I felt ill, took some pills and went to Tesco to buy supplies, and then they wore off too quickly and when I was in the checkout queue had a “I have to sit down or I will die” moment which was horrid and quite embarrassing! Still, I did get to sit down and have a drink whilst other people scanned and packed my food (mostly beer, lol!) and then someone took it out to the car for me as well.
Turned out I had tonsilitis 🙁 We never did have the house-warming!
Comment by Alison — 14 December 2004 @ 2:13 pm
Poor you. Are you sure its flu and not tonsilitis or something – it seems to have gone on for a long time. I would’ve thought you should be getter better now. But for goodness sake, sit on your bum.
Comment by Joyce — 14 December 2004 @ 4:50 pm
((((hugs)))) Nic (while I am wearing a very smart white mask over my mouth and nose as I don’t want to be ill again for A VERY LONG TIME). I’m just over it after 3 weeks! Got to bed woman!
Comment by Karen b — 14 December 2004 @ 11:48 pm