I see red.
Yesterday I had a really tight schedule, dropping the kids off to school, bring a letter to the post office for recorded delivery to the UK, get her groceries, appointment with the company who makes my kitchen, drop groceries home, pick up dh and go to and appointment to the police station to finalize his work permit and permission to stay, go to the language school to enrol him on his Norwegian course, appoinment in town to see a woman I know who works in a shop such as Dixons and had promised to get me a good deal on all the white and brown goods, come home and do an hour or so of work before going to school for parents evening.
She announces: TOday I will take down the summer curtains of all the windows in the living room, shake the dust out, fold, carry to the loft and hang up the winter curtains.
I say: "Mum, leave it til tomorrow please and I will help you. I have a free day tomorrow, but today is jampacked"
She says "I will see...."
She changes the curtains.
I come home around 5pm with the kids, AND she has gone and cooked our tea. She knew what I was making, as I had bought our tea at the same time as I bougth what she was having with my father.
Of course it is nice of her. BUT, I dont want her to do all this.
Today, she is in bed. Feeling exhausted, and unwell. Typical.
Why will she not listen? Why could she not wait with the bloody curtains till today?
I am now going out to pick blackcurrants, and wash the living room windows. They are on the first floor. I better go do it before she gets the idea it needs doing.
ARGH!