Planet of the Crepes

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New bowl of crisps, tuck in Ruby!

I am thrilled at this Pixi lust. Another of their things wot I like is the cheek gel in natural. It doesn't stay on very long but while it does it's well pretty.

I felt a bit rubbish yesterday and spent much too long hunched over the computer looking at not very edifying things. Today is better. Have shredded, spot cleaned the stair carpet, written a letter to DD who will be at an outdoor pursuity place with school next week and am now going out to buy some fabric conditioner at Wilkos. When the mice are away the cat does rather boring things, it would seem .

Oh sweetie.

Sympathies.

Oh Stropps, hopefully they are just being ultra cautious, but, yes, I guess that won't be a barrell of laughs.

Oh Strops, how worrying for you. But at least they are onto it. Hope your DD is relaxing at home and not worrying about what she is missing at school (as my DD would be!)

Really sorry to hear that Stropps. Not such a good time for you at the mo.

BTM I'd knock any exercise on the head for a few days if I was you.

Strops - sorry about your dh and dd. These things do seem to come in piles. Do you think some of your dd's aches and pains could be growing pains (aside from the virus)? I used to get joint pains at around that age, went on for about 6 months and then stopped, and I'd grown a couple fo inches in that time. When are they going to do the biopsy? Hope he gets it over with quickly.

And Ruby - go to the doctor! (There's an echo on this thread ) Your symptoms sound fixable, but they con only be fixed if you know what it is!

I'm off to Cotswolds for a few days with kids this afternon, can't wait (late half term for some reason). Work been very hectic and will continue to be after I get back, so it will be great to have a break. I'm promising myself I will swim every day....

Yes, you are all right (GP said I should rest it too and has referred me for physio) but it's soooo frustrating!

ruby, why is your aunt not talking to you? Is it because she is upset about your great uncles death? Can you visit her in person?
BTW, glad to hear you went to the drs!

Happy hols Wilbur!

Families, eh?! DH's parents always seem to be having an argument with one or another of their siblings. And my DM fell out with her brother for a few years, but now they are the best of friends.
Maybe you could visit her when you are feeling better?

Oh dear, sounds very formal - like she could be getting things a little out of proportion? Anyway, sending the book is a good idea - will make her realise you are thinking about her.

Mmm. Do you think she has a right to be worried that X and Y might do /say something untoward which would affect her badly? Or is she perhaps overly worrying? Just thinking how my DM gets things a bit wrong these days.

I could write a book on family feuds - none in my generation, thank goodness (apart from DB's slightly spiky relationship with our parents, mainly on account of him being an arse a lot of the time), but various nonsense on my mum's side of the family in previous generations. People written out of wills and all sorts. It can't be fun being stuck in the middle, Ruby.

Strops, sorry to hear RL is so full of woe at the moment; your DH has my sympathies - ow!

I must tear myself away from MN and go and rustle up some pancakes for the DDs. I've hopped back onto the low-carb bandwagon, so none for me....boo.

In other, hilarious news I gather the textbook I have been co-writing (well, actually my mate did most of the being in charge, I just did some of the chapters) has been, and I quote, 'a brilliant piece of work ... of enormous interest to the education community'.

You have been warned

MI - your under-achieving yet promising ex can stick that in his proverbial and smoke it! Marv.

See MI - what are you talking about! Congrats......

Meanwhile Chez Blackduck we have just had the most expensive meal EVER (waiter rung in hundreds instead of tens of pounds....) and dp is pacing the floor at four in the morning re the (non) house move. I had my meltdown last week and am remarkably sanguine about the whole thing.....

Excellent addition to the cv there, MI!

(The Stropps family could have volunteered as a case study )

Woe updates: dd still feeling manky, but the GP has basically told her to get back to school and put up with feeling rubbish until the virus is gone. He completely contradicted what the A&E doctor (yes, to my shame, I got so stressed about dd creeping about moaning last w/e that I cracked and took her down to A&E) said about post-viral syndrome and said if she didn't get back to school now she would find it increasingly difficult to go back at all. So there we are: 2 different doctors, 2 completely different opinions. I do get what the GP is saying because dd is nearly as neurotic as I am, which is why it is so damn difficult to tell whether she is really ill or not. Sadly, the GP has also been wrong about a few things over the years, so I do not entirely trust his judgement. Still, I will send her back tomorrow, even though she is hearing virtually nothing.

Letter with biopsy date for dh should arrive today.

And now to busy myself with work. Old friend I saw last w/e said she thought I needed a job outside the home and to see more people. She is probably right.

Faaaantastic thread title:)

Ahh, Merryberry, stay....staaaayyyy!

Strops, is it possible to get a second opinion? Well, third really
I just think that GP's often don't really know and can give the wrong advice. What if you keep her off tomorrow and try to get a second opinion? (So speaks the mother whose children are never allowed to be ill )

Well done MI - I will have to give it the educationalists once-over. Got any free signed copies?

And FWIW, there is no way I could cope with working from home, though I do love my 2 days at home not working. Well, supposedly doing the housework. Yes, I am that 50's wifey

I think, my lovely friends, we should set a date for a Spring Meetup, don't you?