Friday, February 25, 2005
Adventure 10: 23rd February 2005
"4 b 2, more like 3 b 1...", mornin' all, I mean mornin' too as I haven't recovered yet....
06:00: Yes 06:00!!! in the morning, I say morning it's not really morning until at least 07:30. I'm awoken by the shrill sound of the wife shouting in my ear, "come on, make me a cup of tea", followed quickly by an elbow in the ribs, "whaa? it's only 6 go back to sleep..", Ryan is at the door, this can mean only two things, a. he's broken something and is coming clean or b. he's broken something and about to blame his brother for it, "hello" he says, "hello mate" I reply...The wife stirrs again "come on, time to get up", I'm really confused, it's 6am and I'm having to get up, then there's the deafening sound of the penny dropping as the wife says "happy birthday mate", yup it's Ryan's birthday, he's 12, 12!!!!!, I demand a recount, he can't be 12, why only last week I was changing his nappy...cuh, time flies eh.
06:15: we all troll downstairs, the wife doing her best to pretend to actually be awake, but I know the truth. We all sit on the settee and Ryan begins opening his presents, I could tell you what he got, but I honestly can't remember, please note I am still semi conscious at this point having only had 4 hours sleep!!
07:00: Present opening is done, and he's getting ready for school...I slope off upstairs and find my bed...aaaagghhhhh zzzzZZZZZZ
08:15: Woken to the sound of an aircraft landing on my house, nope it's the wife drying her hair, apparently I've been snoring and I really should stop it (like I've any control over it). Feeling like I'm in the wrong for something, the make up is going on with some force at this point so I know I've done something wrong...I go to walk past and she deliberately lifts the flex of the hair dryer across the door way, but I'm aware of this so I manage to escape.
08:20: Made her a cup of tea PMT week isn't for another week or so, so I know I'm in the wrong. "I thought I was taking Jack to school ?" I say helpfully, "You were snoring" she replies, "It's ok" I say almost meaning it, "I'll take him", the things you do eh?
08:25: I look outside and there's been a modest snow fall, I mean about 3 milimetres so we'll have to go steady.. Outside de-snowing the car which takes about a nanosecond, open car, turn on car, turn on air conditioning and heated rear window, leave to simmer for 5 minutes....
08:30: Take Jack to school. Fortunately it's not raining, it's always raining when I take him to school, but not today.
08:45: Back home now, and I've got a day off...Wife is having breakfast so I nip upstairs un-noticed and see what's new on the email front...ooh another 30 "Improve your sex life" emails to delete.
09:00: Check work's email, nothing doing...so I guess I'll have to get on with downstairs loo, undersink cabinet..maybe in a bit...
10:30: Ok guilt has finally got the better of me so I come down and begin, not really much to report here, just a lot of me swearing and screwing bits of wood together.
16:00: yup bit of jump there but days off are days off, not much to report on that score. The cabinet is looking good, the doors aren't looking so good, so I make a mental note to redo them on Saturday.
16:30: Everyone is coming over ! Well ok, My Mum, My Stepdad, and the Wife's parents, for dinner. Wife's in a bit of a panic over her insinerated roast beef, but it's actually looking eminently edible.
18:00: Dinner's over, washing up to do, though I have help tonight, I dish the tea towels out and claim that I'll do the putting away as I know where everything goes (that one always works !!)
19:00: Everyone's in the front room, and we're discussing a variety of intelligent topics, from politics, to the Royal family.
06:00: Yes 06:00!!! in the morning, I say morning it's not really morning until at least 07:30. I'm awoken by the shrill sound of the wife shouting in my ear, "come on, make me a cup of tea", followed quickly by an elbow in the ribs, "whaa? it's only 6 go back to sleep..", Ryan is at the door, this can mean only two things, a. he's broken something and is coming clean or b. he's broken something and about to blame his brother for it, "hello" he says, "hello mate" I reply...The wife stirrs again "come on, time to get up", I'm really confused, it's 6am and I'm having to get up, then there's the deafening sound of the penny dropping as the wife says "happy birthday mate", yup it's Ryan's birthday, he's 12, 12!!!!!, I demand a recount, he can't be 12, why only last week I was changing his nappy...cuh, time flies eh.
06:15: we all troll downstairs, the wife doing her best to pretend to actually be awake, but I know the truth. We all sit on the settee and Ryan begins opening his presents, I could tell you what he got, but I honestly can't remember, please note I am still semi conscious at this point having only had 4 hours sleep!!
07:00: Present opening is done, and he's getting ready for school...I slope off upstairs and find my bed...aaaagghhhhh zzzzZZZZZZ
08:15: Woken to the sound of an aircraft landing on my house, nope it's the wife drying her hair, apparently I've been snoring and I really should stop it (like I've any control over it). Feeling like I'm in the wrong for something, the make up is going on with some force at this point so I know I've done something wrong...I go to walk past and she deliberately lifts the flex of the hair dryer across the door way, but I'm aware of this so I manage to escape.
08:20: Made her a cup of tea PMT week isn't for another week or so, so I know I'm in the wrong. "I thought I was taking Jack to school ?" I say helpfully, "You were snoring" she replies, "It's ok" I say almost meaning it, "I'll take him", the things you do eh?
08:25: I look outside and there's been a modest snow fall, I mean about 3 milimetres so we'll have to go steady.. Outside de-snowing the car which takes about a nanosecond, open car, turn on car, turn on air conditioning and heated rear window, leave to simmer for 5 minutes....
08:30: Take Jack to school. Fortunately it's not raining, it's always raining when I take him to school, but not today.
08:45: Back home now, and I've got a day off...Wife is having breakfast so I nip upstairs un-noticed and see what's new on the email front...ooh another 30 "Improve your sex life" emails to delete.
09:00: Check work's email, nothing doing...so I guess I'll have to get on with downstairs loo, undersink cabinet..maybe in a bit...
10:30: Ok guilt has finally got the better of me so I come down and begin, not really much to report here, just a lot of me swearing and screwing bits of wood together.
16:00: yup bit of jump there but days off are days off, not much to report on that score. The cabinet is looking good, the doors aren't looking so good, so I make a mental note to redo them on Saturday.
16:30: Everyone is coming over ! Well ok, My Mum, My Stepdad, and the Wife's parents, for dinner. Wife's in a bit of a panic over her insinerated roast beef, but it's actually looking eminently edible.
18:00: Dinner's over, washing up to do, though I have help tonight, I dish the tea towels out and claim that I'll do the putting away as I know where everything goes (that one always works !!)
19:00: Everyone's in the front room, and we're discussing a variety of intelligent topics, from politics, to the Royal family.
# posted by cre8 @ 2:33 AM 
