Walking in a Crepey Wonderland!

[MrsSchadenfreude]

I couldn't see that anyone else had started a new thread, after Stropps carelessly finished the old one without starting a new one, so here you are.

Am torn between the sparkly ones and next kids' uggalikes which are marginally more expensive but would last well.

Hope all's going well, rudy.

Well it may not be the HRT at all, but there is something going on upper lip wise may go for the threading option after a couple of cocodamol or not .....

Rudy hope all went well at the hospital. My dmum was in dreadful pain at the carol service but refuses to do anything about it. Pain is in her hip and back. X-Ray says the hip is in good condition but why is she in agony then? Can't do much about her denial can I? Despite dsis and my protestations she persists in
'soldiering on' ffs

Hope hospital going OK, RRR..... I'm sure you haven't got anything better to do.

My root canal is OVER and was successful and I am so happy it's done. And I did it with a slight hangover, which may or may not have helped

Ooh beachy think how AMAZING you will feel tomorrow! The day after the day after is always rather terrific...

Oh Beachy well done! You star.
Thank goodness together that sorted before Xmas.
Hope it wasn't too painful.

I have still not brought any wrapping paper, written any cards or bought any food. (The latter is not that important as we have been summoned to dm's for both Christmas Day and Boxing Day, which dh is not v. pleased about and I can't say as I completely blame him). Made it to ds's play this morning (last-ever dc Christmas performance that I will attend as he is off to middle school next Sept) and then got bunch of crabby emails from client, partially to do with software blips and partially to do with differences of opinion. At first I though "Oh it's all me, I am so useless, etc etc" and now I'm beginning to feel that someone else is being a wee bit unreasonable, frankly. It's going to be a late night, I suspect. And will prob drag on into tomorrow.
Dd got an A in geography to add to her tally. "Despite not really revising" she said, smugly. Bit of a shame, that, in some ways. No chance she wants to do languages at A level as she's only interested in sciencey careers and has no interest whatsoever in langs. And yes they were actual mocks, i.e. proper GCSE papers done under proper exam conditions and allegedly marked extra hard to take into account the changes in the grade banding. Hmm.
She has point-blank refused to go to any further counselling sessions, btw, although the counselling service very sweetly did their utmost and offered her an almost after-school slot at 3.15. So hey-ho. We've tried.

Oh Rudy.

Where have they found it?

So sorry.

X-posts Rudy. Really sorry to hear about your mum.

Ah rubes . Very sorry to hear that

Sorry to hear that Rudy, but you are right not to worry until you know more - although I know that's almost impossible.

Rudy that's awful news, just before Christmas as well . The 'C' word is always really frightening. Fingers crossed that it's benign.

Rudy, sorry to hear your news about dm. That must be quite hard to take in even if you were sort of half expecting it. Hope it doesn't blight christmas too much.

Stropps, your dd has done fantastically well! I think you'll find it might really help and give her confidence for the real thing in the summer. She cant exactly mope about saying it's all impossible and what's the point with those results. I also think that being offered counselling and you having tried to get that for her will in itself count for something and help her feel thought and cared about. That can only be a good thing.

Another vote for the metallic ones MI.

Crem, I have a fine moustache if I don't see to it on a regular basis, usually when the dc start taking the piss out of me. I have had it threaded which is effective but bloody painful and leaves me with revolting spots for days afterwards and have more recently resorted to zapping it with facial hair remover which is fine. It's no fun being crepey and hairy.

Does anyone else find that it's the week AFTER school finishes that the dc are at their most hideous? It happen here every time and yet it still takes me surprise. Mine are tired, grumpy and bickering like it's going out of fashion... which makes me very tired, grumpy etc. ho hum.

Oh Ruby fingers crossed... We are still waiting to hear on dp's sister - waiting on bone biopsy and I guess mil will not tell us anything whilst we are away.

Here we have had a stroppy day - all a bit tired and worrying about last long drive...

We head to the coast tomorrow for last couple of days - I intend to read for most of it....

Absolutely agree about school QQ but this is based on past experience as mine are still at school. They finish tomorrow, there is then an adjustment period of arguing and sleeping after which they become quite nice (just in time to go back to school).

DP also particularly tired and grumpy...he's working up to it now with magnificently repulsive cold.

QQ, thank you for your wise words. I think you are right to say that it will boost dd's confidence and I am choosing to hope that she may be more positive and sensible from now on. Well, on occasion, at least. She swears blind that she has no need of counselling as she is "not going to be weird again". :) She has always been v. good at maths and has always taken great delight in beating boys in that subject , so that's why it hit her really hard last year when she did badly in some tests because she froze. She is getting on far better in Set 2 than she did in Set 1 and is getting better results than a lot of the people in Set 1. I think she may, just may, have learnt a few important lessons from this. Tomorrow, her entire year group (all 600 of them!) are off on an outing to a huge cinema complex in Poole (as we do not have such things in our teeny town) and they all get to choose what film they want to see. So peace, lurve and harmony currently reign around here. Which makes a nice change.
Ds just won a prize for "Best Girl" at his taekwando Christmas party. He went dressed as a fairy princess with sparkly make-up and lipstick. Because someone dared him to. This after wowing the audience this morning with a spectacularly hammy Captain Hook. I actually thought dh was going to burst from pride, bless him.

Rudy, fingers crossed for your mum. It must be hard getting a diagnosis so close to Christmas and then having to wait to find out exactly what's going on.

Oh Rudy, sorry to hear about your DM

Stropps, I agree with QQ - great results which should boost confidence and fingers crossed re the not needing counselling. It's a bloody roller coaster isn't it!
And your DS sounds fab - great that he has that confidence

I am praying for peace, luurve and harmony here (I missed the bit where DH gave them a rocket about pick-ups after the parties!) - it was all teen snuggles and TV last night, but I know it won't last and will be spectacularly bad tomorrow morning when we head off to IL's, gulp!

I'm propped up in bed with a whopper hangover post work Christmas Party. It all went well, but I'm not convinced the Apple Sourz shots at midnight were the best idea. Anyway, today I subcontracted the school run to DH and I have the house to myself until 1pm when they finish. Bliss.

Thanks for the wise words about DS (he's 14, lalsy). I think you are right about the end-of-term-itus; we are all a bit frazzled to be honest, not just me. And I do hate being a shouty stressy mum because I know in the long term it will be counterproductive with DS.

Ruby - sorry to hear about your mum. Here's hoping it develops into a more positive situation soon.

MI - sequins are always good, but I do like a slipper I can bung in the washing machine. I currently have some M&S booties that make me look like a golf club but are very cosy. I hovered over the Boden ones yesterday, funnily enough, but I wasn't convinced.

Strops - brilliant news about DD's results - what a confidence boost. And I'm very amused at the mental image of your DS in a fairy dress. Mine takes himself far too seriously to get dressed up like that.

Oh, Rudy. I think one practical thing you can do is insist she's given adequate pain relief - loads and loads of it, dammit...how awful.

In my continuing series of Crappy Starts To the Day, I realised my Woolovers jumper is unravelling . Have harangued persuaded the company to send me free returns bag. I am sure this is just a one-off duff one, as I stressed to them....