Though She Be Crepey, She Is FIERCE!

[QueenQueenie]

Ta Da!

I can do Friday 21st, BD - any time except mid-afternoon and even that could be changed if necessary.

Keen to MU as ever...

Oh oh looking like mini meet :).

Well I need to down my expectations and only deliver what I can I guess. They can ask - I can point at workload and mouth 'told you so'..... Don't make me feel good though....

Fingers firmly crossed for tomorrow, but from what dp has said it looks like a tough year (sorry guys....)

Yay for mini-MUs!

Oh Lalsy, you poor thing.... hope you are feeling a bit better. Hot water bottle and gin sounds just the ticket.

Strops - what a lovely day. It's those little glimpses of the wonderful human being under all the layers of teenage attitude that make parenting worthwhile. My heart positively sings whenever I have one of those "moments" with my little darlings, however fleeting.

BD - horrible situation. Push back. "With my current resource I can do either this or this, but not both; you choose". And try not to let it get you down. At the end of the working day, leave it behind, if you can.

Meet up.... not sure... Friday 21st is DD2's birthday.

I have a Mulberry wallet (ooooo!). I didn't buy it, I hasten to add; it was a gift from my wealthy (and label-conscious) SIL. But it is very sturdy, swallows all my crap, and has lasted for years.

Just realised I booked a hair appointment on Fri 21st, but I could do any time from 4ish

I can do early evening on 21st.

Sorry BD, I'll be in the Lakes. Hope the mini-meet works out.

Glad you had a good day Stropps. Save it up

I've been amused by all the label-conscious people who've asked me where I got my handbag M & S sale. They immediately lose interest when I tell them

Rounded off the day with a midnight walk looking for Perseids but there's full cloud cover here. Enjoyed the walk, though.

Hope you're feeling better, Lalsy.

And MI, resigning does seem in keeping with the rigorous type of person you are. You distinguish yourself from the chain of people who missed the error by being the one who takes responsibility. Hope the commissions keep piling in to fill the gap.

Sorry what I meant when I said did anyone die was not how MI was reacting but how other people turn a drama into a crisis and its a be all and end all.....

Sorry feeling a tad raw at the moment.

Hope this morning brings good news for those waiting on results.

BD, I am so sorry but we are off to Cornwall tomorrow for a fortnight so I won't be here to join you for a sherry or two. Next time!

MI, I think that offering to fall on one's sword is the right response, as you show you recognise the severity of the situation and are not furiously back pedalling. I do hope that it won't come to that. Given the usual quality of your output, I hope that the employer does the decent thing and refuses. Strength to you.

Lalsy, hope you are feeling better.

Huge amounts of thoughts and good wishes to the results Crepeys today and their children - I really feel for you all and remember driving to school to get my A level results 27 years ago. Fingers crossed it goes as smoothly as possible.

Right, we are off tomorrow and I have 1001 things to do today. DH says he won't be home til at least 9. Hm. Better get a wriggle on.

So post 4.00/early evening on 21st? Sounds good.... I can do my 'meet the crepeys, take ds for a curry'....

Good luck with the exam results, Crepey DC. Sorry to hear about errors, MI. Am now feeling slightly ashamed as I am one of those people who draw attention to mistakes in the printed world - I never thought about the poor devil who made them.

Are you feeling any better, Lalsy? Good news about DF, Beachy.

I, too, went looking for Persaids last night with DH - slightly spoilt by argument as to which way was North East (he was right, dammit, when I installed a compass app on my phone). The meteorites remained stubbornly absent despite a clear sky.

Good luck today at work, BD.

Oh, and on the subject of antsi teenagers, Stropps and others, when the DC reached their late teens/early 20s, mine turned into delightful, caring people and now they're in their 30s (holding down responsible jobs, married with DC and, importantly happy) I look upon them as my most important achievement. (Swivels and realises that she sounds maudlin).

Good luck, everyone, today.

BD, I understood what you meant. And I also meant it that being in-house is much worse. I've had a boss (not Molly) who made me just shake and feel ill a lot. name available on request: he's a People's Peer now. And that 'you just have to take this on. I don't care how but you have to do it' is also horribly familiar.

Ho yes, "You have to do more with less," we are urged.

Lalsy, I have your AF as well as mine.

Good luck with exam results. Please don't do what my mother did, and scream "But I told everyone you were going to university!" when I got my grades.

Good Luck to everyone.

I was going to post something very similar to NUF - mine took till mid 20's to come through the angst & is now mid 30's and as well as still being my DC is a good friend.

I've just been messaging him as I got the happy news that PFGD (now 12 weeks old) slept in her crib and not on Mum for the first time last night.

I gave him the only useful bit of advice re children: "This too shall pass" !

That's good advice Magi. I am taking it to heart right now. DD is being unbelievably vile and rude. I have just not minced my words with her and she has huffed off to the bedroom. Hope she stays in there all night frankly

Go Crepeys DC's
Strength Crepeys Mums.

Good news here for ds - Cambridge place confirmed on UCAS track - won't find out his actual results til later.... Phew! Very pleased for him (and very relieved). Strength to all those waiting for results.... He seems rather non plussed and think he has gone back to sleep.

Wow, well done to your DS, QQ

Well done PrinceQueenie

And v pleased for the miniMagi's parents too.

My Unspeakable Boss used to say "Work smarter, not harder" which was particularly insulting as it implied I was only working flat out because I was a bit thick.

I am arguing over WhatsApp with DD1. Realised girls need to get sunglasses. I am a bit fussy about this as I work on eyes all the time - they need the proper kite mark, etc. Yes, we can get them at vast expense at the airport OR she could nip up to the local opticians and get a pair for a tenner, fitted to her pretty little bonce: I know this because I took their current glasses in yesterday and the v nice optician pointed out they're hopelessly scratched and therefore won't protect their eyes enough. DD1 protests there is no time whatsoever in her packed schedule between their return this afternoon and shop closing tomorrow. I have suggested 9am.

Thanks BTM. Sorry to hear of dd's vileness... you are not alone. We all went out for dinner last night to restaurant of dss' choosing - and then had to listen to them bickering - like toddlers only with swearing .

Congrats to mini QQ

Very well done to your ds, QQ!

Dd has just heard from a friend of hers in the year above that he has got into his first choice university. He completely stuffed up his AS levels last year and retook most of his modules this summer at the same time as doing his A2s, so it's no mean feat. She says he will be her role model, if she picks up a load of duff grades today. And she knows how hard he had to work this year to turn it around. I'm not fussed about Dd's actual grades, only her reaction to them. She is still being pleasant and polite so far today - I don't think she has managed 36 hours straight without being really vile since last October.

BD, have you had a chance to apply for that new job yet? It sounds almost as if someone at your current workplace is deliberately conspiring to create record levels of resentment and burnout.

When will dd get to find out her grades Stropps? Does she have to go into school? Fingers crossed (for you... and her )

Stropps, exactly the same here for next Thurs - don't care about the grades, just DDs reaction to them.

DH says his results (as in ones he taught) are shite. Poor kids