West London chat into Spring

[sfxmum]

thought I would start a new one

SFX that's horrible, poor bus driver, they get loads of stick and often get attacked by piggish mad people :( Must have been scarey for the driver and all the passengers

hi dusty nothing much to report, weather dull
see you have Our MAdge round yours, saw her outfit this morning

bit of a slog today must push on

speaking of pregnancies, would someone kindly get on with it, I miss smelling newborns and squeezing their knees

Hello Dusty .

Weather dry dry dry. Have you got rain? Can we have some, just in the front and back garden. But not during school and home time. Thank you very much.

Newborns are a nightmare (unless you can hand them back to owners).

Sfx- sorry to disappoint but no more babes from me (unless it's accidental!) I would love to have a another one if I was younger, but alas I'm worn ragged with the 2 boys

Dusty - hello Dry so far but it does look like it might rain and day soon

Got to sort out house insurance today, yawn, can't believe it's coming up to 1yr in (not so) new house, better on with getting quotes

Copper - funny how they don't tell you that in the antenatal classes

I do tell my classes that, though maybe not with that exact phrasing

Well, apparently dh cannot read emails correctly. All ready for guests to arrive today, dh spent 2hrs at airport with them not showing up. Apparently, they're leaving this evening & arriving tomorrow morning!!

Oh, and no more babies from me either. I get my newborn fix at the reunions

you lot are not cooperating I was older than you when I had dd, plenty of time young ladies

tilly something along the lines of ' for the first 6 weeks you exist in a parallel universe with weird cycles of sleep and exhaustion, ask family and relatives to thread carefully and do ALL the work' and then it all kicks off

so is it going to rain?

sfx , btw have you read I am Number Four? Just finished it, and really enjoyed it. Am on the lookout for the next one now!

I don't think it's going to rain.

We are going to play football.

Really depressed. Eve of exam and students asking me basic questions. I shall log off work now. Can't cope.

Slng - you can only ask if you've done your best, the rest is up to them

Tilly - oops DH, I guess today was a practice run

Just been out to water all the plants, I can smell rain

copper that is their problem, do you get paid by percentage of passes?

tilly not yet but heard about it, will probably leave it until there are a couple more book and I can whirl through the, will avoid the film

heard a lot of alarming things from dd today regarding kissing boys and what not all girl school and GPS chip implant coming up

What is Number Four?

Am reading the Ramayana atm. Pretty surreal. So strange to be coming across sanskrit words that I actually know from Malay. Can't wait till the chief raksasa turned up.

Re students - makes you feel that you've wasted three months of your life trying to teach them things.

Some little girls in school behave like thugs, encouraged by misguided parents. Teachers don't seem to believe girls can torment boys. But clearly boys can't thump girls or they will get into trouble. Thorny problem.

Girls can be mean. One of my friends has a ds in Yr 4, one of the girls in that class seems to be the ringleader & has told everyone not to be friends with the boy . I'm more concerned that they're all listening to her & doing her bidding

Copper, could it be they just need reassurance?!

I Am Number 4. Picked it up as the cheapest book in a 3 for 2 deal, ended up being the best one! Am now annoyed that I can't read the rest of them immediately

Tilly - Book looks good, please could I borrow it? Looking for something to read (despite pile of unread books on dresser )
That is pretty mean. I am discovering that the meanness doesn't stop at school age. There is one mum who keeps blowing hot and cold with me and is playing childish games. Mostly I brush it off but do find it upsetting from time to time and then next minute she is really pally with me I can't keep up and wouldn't really care apart from I see her most days at school so it does feel awkward Anyway I just try and focus my energies on enjoying life

vbus I thought the school gate thing would be far worst than it is, since I am not readily very sociable, but it has been fine once I manage to work out what tribes there are and decodify their words and behaviours, such nonsense

like you say focus on enjoying life and ignore silly teen behaviour of people who have nothing better to do, having said that most just concern themselves with their kids and remaining civil to all

copper/tilly that is bad but there are always queen bee types (see above) it is hard to get away from the pack and fostering individuality is quite hard when there is so much pressure to conform

I found myself telling people (grown-ups and children) off for sexist behaviour. Have even told somebody's grandmother off. Cannot abide sexism. This "remaining civil" business only works until I discover the horrors.

speaking of awkward conversations dh texted me from the GP's waiting room HELP, well apparently he was waiting with a grand old lady and a mother with toddler, about 18months dh commented to the mother -that is so lovely I remember that stage well'

anyway woman and child are called, the old lady says to dh

• these people are lucky they get such good treatment here

(dh slightly apoplectic open mouth)

• well there is something to be said for the NHS
• quite and for free, mind you some of these people work very hard I am told

(dh slightly purple)

• well yes quite a lot of then in the NHS

apropos of nothing

• I like this boy Cameron

-Really?! said dh

• and what have you got against him, she demanded
• (dh diplomatic) well he is a politician I don't like politicians you can't trust them

that waiting room is gold, last time is was me with the imperialist pensioners upset at having to get visas for India

reminded me of that Kate Atkinson character going on about 'the blecks'
and obsessing about cats

I am rubbish at school gate politics. I talk to anyone who smiles at me, am totally unaware of cliques so just barge in and talk to them. I think I am needy. Or am I just living on a different plane (that sounds better)

Sfx- I think I underestimated the playground politics as everyone else is so nice. I cannot abide this sort of catty behaviour and not sure why she does it, but sadly I have seen her do it to other women too. Friend's recent death puts things into perspective, life really is there to be enjoyed.

Going to make 2 cakes this afternoon for school fair. Hope they'll keep til Saturday

we will likely be fundraising at the school just after half term for our GOSH family fun run on the 12th of June I guess a few cookies, tray bakes and a couple of loaf cakes should do it maybe garish cupcakes too

sfx - doctors waiting rooms are bad - not just nutters, but ill and grumpy (and perhaps even infectious) ones too.

I talk to anyone who talks to me. I even try smiling at people. But sometimes conversations can be scary. I stick to the weather and cakes.