We have robins. My mum always felt it was her dad. He lingers in our garden for ages and gets very close to the house. He plopped down right beside my feet one day I was walking to school with all my children. After his brother died (my mum's uncle and biological father) we got 2 robins for a whole summer. And they still had red breasts. Is it a myth that they only get red breasts in winter?
OH
MY
GOD
I was lugging mattresses and nipping up and down the loft and generally looking a state, still with the spot the size of everest on my chin. Tesco delivery arrived and I was thinking "damn, forgot about that, now an hour to put away shopping". When I got to the door......
OH
MY
GOD
The delivery boy was just a boy, maybe 20 at a big push. He had black, shiny hair, a glow from his skin that I wanted to lick. Hands that were smooth and strong with two silver rings and a red bracelet thing. Olive skin. Eyes like brown puddles. His voice. Oh his voice. You should have seen the way he handled my mangoes!!!! He thanked me for unloading my own shopping, I nearly paid him for visiting and almost jumped on him asked him to come in for coffee. He was desirable. I unpacked my shopping very quietly and couldn't look him in the eye
That was a turn up for the books. I get a weekly delivery, always adorable delivery guys, get a good chat with them and a laugh but none that I would lure inside ask to look at my cupboards. I'm a quivering wreck.
I have turned into a housewife. A proper old fashioned housewife. I never thought it would happen.