YANBU this is what a sane person would class as an inconvenient and disruptive time!! argh i do love my friends/aquaintances but they are for times such as, you know, 10.30am if i am not in work, or 2pm at a mutually convenient time for a coffee and a gossip. I thought everyones evening with kids was;
1] wrestle children upstairs, whilst having older one talk nonstop about Ben 10 and liitle one try and mess on top stair...
2] scream at dp if present to do his sodding bit
3]Get ignored by dP who has developed temporary hearing problem
4]Get drenched by lukewarm soapy water and smeared with toothpaste in a tangle of little arms and small bottoms with pants around ankles...
5]Some how find pjs still soggy from repition of step 4 from the AM shift, wrestle them onto preferably correct size child
6] play musical beds for 30mins then read a
Mr Man story no-one except the cat listens to, and thats out of pity, find middle pages missing so you have to improvise, skip a bit cos that Hargreaves man can really waffle!
7]try and get correct child into correct bed
this takes several attempts until every one has been kissed by little one including some photos and cuddly toys...
8] shut doors and switch lights off on still taking children whilst backing down stairs
9] tell dp he does NOTHING and if it hadnt been for raising HIS kids you could have been an astronaut or something
10] get on couch with HIS Dairy Milk, fall asleep dribbling and jump to at 9pm to go on mumsnet to try and get some form of communication from someone who may understand.
Now where oh where would some vague friend fit into that routine?