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Bloody farce of a bloody day!

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colditz · 06/12/2005 22:02

Have had D&V since Saturday, and have had nothing solid since until tonight.

Got up this am to go to antenatal appointment, clinic running 1 hour late, spent that hour vomiting into the toilet at the clinic.

Got home, dp answered the door to someone who turned out to be serving me a summons for non payment of rent (it's his job to pay the rent)

Nipped to shop after blazing row about financial resposibility, came back to find 2 yo demolishing Christmas tree, and dp lying on floor crying in pain - he has seriously injured his back, bending down to put beef in the oven.

so, rang NHS direct. Then GP. Dp still immobile on floor. Gp writes prescription that needs to be picked up and collected in 1/2 hour - diazepam.

One problem - we don't have a car. So I pack snowsuited, hungry (5:15pm!) toddler into pushchair, and set off (22 weeks pregnant and faint from lack of food) for the 25 minute walk to the surgery, leaving dp on the floor with the phone and the Tv remote. Forgetting to put beef in the oven before I leave.

6:30 pm, I arrive back, Dp has managed to move 70cm to the sofa. Put beef in the oven. Dose Dp with diazepam. Occupy toddler with books and drawing. Give toddler and dp a cheese sandwich as both are starving. Berate toddler for jumping on daddy. Berate daddy for shouting at toddler. Berate toddler for trying to decorate Christmas tree with cheese sandwich and pencils.

Remove beef from oven, and realise I have forgotten to put potatoes in. Leave beef on plate in the kitchen.

7:45 pm. Toddler now hysterical. I hear a smash from the kitchen, caused by the cat endeavoring to mount the beef, and tipping entire plate onto the floor. Beef joint now covered in shards of pyrex. Scream at cat, scream at dp, scream at beef, and consider phoning mother to scream at her too for not bloody helping me. Scrub beef with nail brush under hot tap and serve anyway, reasoning toddler gets the middle, I will pick pyrex out if I find any and dp deserves it for putting me in such a bad mood.

Toddler throws beef on floor and demands yoghurt. Exhausted colditz wordlessly provides yoghurt, as she is past caring, strip washes toddler and puts him to bed.

Dp has been in a diazepam induced stupor since plate was removed from his lap.

I will be so glad when today is over. Make me go to bed at 10:30.

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Glitterygook · 06/12/2005 22:04

YOu need a stiff drink! But do make sure you get to bed. I'm in bed for 10pm tonight don't ya know?!

AwayInAMunker · 06/12/2005 22:04

Oh, Colditz! Nooo - what a rotten day!

Tomorrow can surely only be better? Hope DP enjoyed his pyrex btw.

Epiffany · 06/12/2005 22:06

Dp is experiencing karma
he deserves to be in shitloads of pain.
Get him to agree to things while stoned
Darling take a deep breath, tomorrow can not be worse.
Get a good nights kip (D+V, stoned dp, pyrex beef and stroppy toddlers and pregancy not withstanding)

sunchowder · 06/12/2005 22:07

Just read this colditz, I also hope your DP enjoyed the shards! Some day you might laugh about this you know...

followthestarlover · 06/12/2005 22:07

omg what on earth did you do to desreve a day like that??????????

unfortunately dp and i are laughing a LOT about it ..... you will see the funny side in a few days.... honest!

GoodKingWestCountryLass · 06/12/2005 22:08

Now that is a terrible day, I really feel for mya (((hugs))) Tomorrow can only be better, can't it????

colditz · 06/12/2005 22:11

And the worst of it?

I lied to my toddler and told him his roast potatoes were chopped up Smiles, and he ate them after that!

yes, I think he deserves it too, unfortunately I cannot see how I am going to go to work tomorrow, as dp isn't going to be fit to care for Ds.

am wound up beyond recognition today.

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moondog · 06/12/2005 22:12

Dreadful day.

Nightmare.

Hope tomorrow is better (it couldn't be worse could it??)

followthestarlover · 06/12/2005 22:13

oh that's fine colditz! amazing what they'll eat when you tell them it's chips or chicken! lol

BudaBabeInAManger · 06/12/2005 22:13

Oh your poor thing! Tomorrow will be better! It can't be worse!

colditz · 06/12/2005 22:14

Actually, all the sympathy makes me feel better already. Thanks guys

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Bozza · 06/12/2005 22:16

Colditz I don't think you will be fit to go in tomorrow. Surely you can class it as sick? Or is the issue that you don't get sick pay for odd days?

I think its a good thing personally if he ate the roast potatoes. Am I bad?

Heathcliffscathy · 06/12/2005 22:16

terrible terrible terrible awful day of doom.

you poor thing.

start getting ready for bed now.

i am so thick and so didn't know you were pregnant and congratulations and you soooo didn't look it at the meetup!

colditz · 06/12/2005 22:23

I wasn't at the meetup darling.....

As for the sick thing, I've had 3 days off sick with this bug, and it's not paid at all. I have to go in, if only because of the bloody buggering rent arrears. I am feeling a lot better now, since eating half a joint of beef.

Maybe the pyrex is doing clever acupuncture on my innards.......

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colditz · 06/12/2005 22:24

Did you get my name confused with Caligula? Or is there another Colditz out there?!!!!

Or.... did you think someone else started the thread?

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sallyhollyberry · 06/12/2005 22:26

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Heathcliffscathy · 06/12/2005 22:29

well that just about sums my state of being up nicely....

sorry sorry sorry it was caligula i was thinking of...are you a looney leftie too (tis a compliment)??? otherwise i'm just a total f*ckwit sorry...

i'm also so sorry about your day....really hope you have a better one tomorrow...

colditz · 06/12/2005 22:30

Don't be sorry Sophable you have really cheered me up and made me smile. I love the thought of some slim, non pregnant lady out there pretending to be me, that's all.

PMSL now....

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colditz · 06/12/2005 22:32

No, not a loony leftie, just a rantaholic.

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Heathcliffscathy · 06/12/2005 22:34
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