Alchemausterity

ztan

Sounds like you've been keeping busy Alchemilla... Happy Sunday!

Alchemilla

Thank you vickyand ztanand hello. * WAVES*

Alchemilla

Struggling to find time to scratch my proverbial at the moment. Kids' dinner, bed, walk dog..have work to do and lots of it.

Work seems to be spiralling to a crescendo of insane workload.

It is -3 here and a blizzard.

NSD since no time for anything else. I have just had to explain to puppy love why pencil sharpeners are not cool things to chew, but did manage to find out how to refer Baby to speech therapy since the HV team have been less than completely helpful.

So today I am thankful for
* DH lighting the fire
* I am not Chris Huhne or Vicky Pryce
* 10p couscous from food bargains
* My giant jumper Mum knitted me when I was at uni, still wearing it
* pesto.

Lois_E

Well, well, well. Tonight I too am wearing a chunky jumper that my mum knitted for me when I was at uni.

Alchemilla

Does that make us jumper twins?
Funny thing is she copied the pattern from a monsoon one that was £60 twenty years ago.

Brodiebobs

Hello, despite 'seeing' you on another thread i didnt know you had a diary. Just found,caught up, and subscribed!

Glad i didnt miss the purchase of a pony!

Alchemilla

Hello Brodiebobs. Thanks.
Pony situ is a bit carp but I did just ring up about one...

CathT

Good luck with the speech therapy for little one, sorry team not more helpful. I too am enjoying your thankful lists, makes you sit back and realise we have a lot to be grateful for.

Alchemilla

CathT wrote: »

Good luck with the speech therapy for little one, sorry team not more helpful. I too am enjoying your thankful lists, makes you sit back and realise we have a lot to be grateful for.

Thank you, and nice to *see* you over here.

TBH I think they, like many healthcare professionals, are under pressure to limit referrals of all kinds. Gotta love this government :mad:

A better day today than it might have been. Called about another pony. Dodgy feet.
One of my Y11s thought it was David Cameron who had got a 4 month prison sentence:rotfl:

NSD and got paid £3 for a survey:D

Today I am grateful for
* coming home to a vacuumed floor
* sharing a lift with DH and saving £10 in petrol
* duty indoors instead of out
* the central heating in my lab (lush!)
* I wasn't stuck in a car in the snow and more importantly nor were the kids.

Alchemilla

Woohoo! Six people reading. Thanks you guys.

Just put channel 4 news on but it was still wallyoaks...people of a certain vintage might know, there's a woman on there with a lime green jersey who I swear is a 70s Dr Who companion? Together with a lot of flotsam and jetsam from deadenders and corrie.

I am battling de debil on my shoulder this evening, she is saying
"crack open a bottle of homebrew, grab a bag of out of date peanuts (I know how to live the high life!!) and whack on Blakes 7...her oppo on the other is saying
"4 pieces of controlled assessment and bed"
I taught 4 lessons today, was a Dragon while my trainee ran a Dragons' Den for the fifth and then taught an extra slot at break and one after school, so bit tired.

NSD. Have to pay the dogsitter of brilliance tomorrow though.

Today I am grateful for
* a job came up in the school of my dreams (they prob want an NQT but still...)
* the parent who was coming down school to duff me up because I insisted her DD followed elf and safety rules either didn't come or couldn't find me.
* DH home early
* DH's embryonic business is, if not flying, then at least requesting clearance for takeoff
* lovely dog walk in the light for a change.