My peace is being shattered tomorrow and I'm being a brat

[zeezeek]

After a really stressful year I'm currently enjoying some "me" time at our holiday home in Sweden. I was at a conference in Norway until Wednesday and we had planned for me to come straight here instead of going back to the UK and then coming over with the husband and kids and dogs.

Have had a wonderful few days of absolute peace and quiet. I've slept in late, had a leisurely breakfast, met friends for coffee which has gone onto lunch then gone home for a nap before meeting more friends for dinner, or pottering around the house and just enjoying myself.

Tomorrow the hoardes arrive and it'll be the usual chaos that I love - all kids and dogs and meeting up with friends and family and noise, so, so much noise.

I actually found myself today wishing that the car would break down, or the ferry cancelled just to get a few more days alone. But no. It's a fucking Volvo isn't it (what else would a Swedish man drive lol). So they arrive tomorrow and my peace is shattered. AIBU to just want a few more days?

Yanbu.

Sounds amazing.

Can you change the locks before they get there??

Nope. Sounds blissful.

I got an afternoon to myself 3 weeks ago, and I still think of it fondly.

A few days? Heaven.

Enjoy tonight. Sleep starfish style in the bed. Or just diagonally for the hell of it

You could get "confused" and go home before they arrive at the holiday house...

It sounds amazing. Maybe call home and say you've come down with horrendous diarrhoea and don't want to risk passing it on, so best they all stay at home.

Changing the locks....now why didn't I think,of,that!!

I agree with Rise, haven't you just caught a nasty gastro and the GP says it'll take 72 hours til you're no longer contagious? What a pity, and you were so looking forward to an end to your relaxation time too

Yes go home! Your house is empty right? Whoops silly you!

That sounds wonderful. I once arrived 15 minutes early for a family gathering at a cafe. I drank a coffee on my own in total silence. I still remember it fondly. :o

For various reasons I'm off work next week but kids are booked into summer clubs. I CANNOT wait.

God that sounds amazing. YANBU.

When they knock on the door, open it and pretend to you don't know them and that they're JW's. Then say 'sorry not today ', and slam the door in their faces 👹

< envy!

Many years ago, on my twins first day in reception, I went straight to Fenwick for a large coffee and a scone. It was the best coffee ever.

The other parents were wailing some such shit about their poor little darlings, all grown up. Well, I'd supported ds through most of nursery and was looking forward to some peace for the first time in 4 and a half years.

Can you leave and go home while they are on their way there, then you'll have some peace there while they are on holiday

Sounds bliss!

I love the idea of getting confused and going home

Shameless hijack OP but what route is your husband taking? I want to drive to visit my brother next year and when my parents did it, they went from Hull to Rotterdam and drove through the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark to get to Sweden. Is there a better route because if not, my thoughts are with your husband as it does not sound like a fun drive to undertake with a car full of kids and dogs.

My new favourite thread. Please tell us more about your Swedish holiday home. Is it by a lake? Are you neighbours with Wallander? I have very romantic ideas about Scandinavian ways

Are you neighbours with Wallander? God, could it be any more perfect than that!?

I'm currently home alone, husband and toddler free for two weeks and it's bliss. I found the first few days hard because I missed DS but now I'm loving the peace and quiet and being able to do what I want, when I want. I'm currently still lying in bed, watching a film on the TV and munching my way though a box of Maltesers I've still got another 9 days until they're back and it feels like heaven!!

I'm glad you've enjoyed your break OP, it sounds like it's been wonderful. I'd agree with the suggestion of you coming down with a very nasty case of gastroenteritis.....

Shameless hijack OP but what route is your husband taking? I want to drive to visit my brother next year and when my parents did it, they went from Hull to Rotterdam and drove through the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark to get to Sweden. Is there a better route because if not, my thoughts are with your husband as it does not sound like a fun drive to undertake with a car full of kids and dogs.

We always do that one as well. Have just had a call from him - he and the kids decided to call in on some relatives who live in Denmark and they've been invited to stay for a massive family party tomorrow- so won't be with me until Wednesday. RESULT!!!

He actually sounded really apologetic

It's in Fjallbacka - so Camilla Lackberg and Ingrid Bergman rather than Wallander which I think is set in the South of the country.

It is gorgeous here. My husband is Swedish and so his ex wife, one of his sons and another daughter live here still as well as his extended family, so our kids have loads of cousins and friends to see when they are here - in fact we only tend to see them for bedtime most days. It is very idyllic but I guess that in a few years time, when the hormones start to kick in, they'll be less willing to leave their friends in England for the whole summer, as well as Christmas and Easter - so we are making the most of it at the moment.

Or will do, on Wednesday when they arrive.

Thank you writer. You enjoy yours too. From the other thread we're both on I have an idea about what your job is, so a rest and lots of treats definitely needed.