Mission Crepe: no surrender

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Here ya go...

Thinking of your DN and family, Herbs. I hope the outcome is better than anticipated. Good luck with your teaching, btw.

MI, is DP any better and are you getting any more sleep? Lalsy, sorry to hear things are a bit topsy turvy for you (seems to be my default atm).

DGS1 is very excited as we are picking him up from school later and taking him and his DSis to see Fenwick's windows in Newcastle (they also want to go to Old McDonald's).

Oh Rose, I'm so dreadfully sorry. I wish you and your family much love and all my sympathy.
I know things might be difficult with your dmum now, but we are here to listen to any venting you might need to do, with no judgement and all our Crepey love and support.
Keeping my candles lit, my love.
X Crem.

Talk about "all over the place". I
Had a stand up row with a colleague yesterday which ended in me saying FU. Not very professional of me, but I think I am broken tbh and cannot hear any more poor me nonsense. Am a bit today. No doubt I've started some disciplinary process or other. Just want to leave.

Got everything crossed Herbs.

Crem, respect. I have often wanted to say FU to colleagues. And bosses.

DP is a bit better and more to the point was away yesterday with work, but then I got up ludicrously early and went swimming.

Have a meeting later for ‘revision skills’ for DD1. It’s the groundhog day bit of parenting. I have revised perfectly adequately for many exams in my time, dammit, must I be revisited with this fresh hell. And DP, who could have done with some revision practice back in the day (snigger), won’t be back and will then be Skewered by Martyrdom of some kind (odds on his putting a load of washing on within five minutes of getting in, in order to demonstrate his put-uponness). Then tomorrow I have to take DD2 to an accompanist session in the run-up to her sax grade 5 (see practice rants passim) while DP does hippy t’ai chi. So much for my smug declarations that oh, I never have to shuttle them anywhere….

Oh Cremo, I missed that! Hope you have survived the day - such a horrible, stressful time.

MI, I hope they come up with the magic answer re revision!

Have just had a meeting practising a variation on Stomp for the adults contribution to our Christmas show - my head is beating!

Herbs, found the invite on your fb page so no need to resend me any info.
Hope your teaching went well and fingers crossed for your poor dn and family.

Hope you are ok Rose and know that we are thinking of you.

Crem, well why not? You've been so pushed around and treated badly that I'm not surprised you resorted to some plain speaking. Did it feel good or make you feel worse?

Mixture of both GG. Al I could think at the time was stop whinging stop whinging shut up shut up. She was a a raft of negativity with a soupçon of blame towards me. Passive Aggression whilst gazing shiftily at the floor.
Am a bit -bloody hell did that actually come out of my mouth? With a bit of embarrassment.

BD are you there, and ok?

You rock Crem. Sometimes it has to be said.

Crem - well done from me as well.

Very sad news here as our doctor lost his daughter at the Bataclan - I didn't know her but he had pictures of her all over his office. She was only 21 - it really brings home the atrocities of the weekend. Security is high as expected, on entering school the DC's had to show their bag contents.

Other news - I had a nice weekend at home but join all those who have doddery old parents. DM has some form of dementia and forgets everything, although you can have a conversation with her. Dad spends his time worrying about her and follows her around giving orders. He has to assemble all the ingredients before she can cook and supervise or she forgets what she's making.

DD1 came up for the weekend - she's cut all her hair short and I'm unsure about it although she loves it. It was great to see (and feed her).
I also caught up with dear dear friends whom I don't get to see nearly enough - it is so nice to be able to laugh in easy, non judgemental company.

If you like a laugh in esy non-judgmental company Hatty then you really MUST come to a MU - we always have such a nice time.

How awful about your doctor's daughter - they showed photos of some of the victims at the end of the news last night - of course so many of them were very young and just starting out on their own lives. Awful.

I'm desperate to come to a meet up GG. Mind you given the state of the house when I got back yesterday, not sure I should take off too regularly. DH had to leave at 5.30 am so it was up to the DC's to get themselves out. The breakfast dishes had been left on the side. I asked DD which she hadn't put them in the dishwasher. She said it was because the dishwasher was full .

Oh Hatty, how sad. It is all so sad.

Crikey - just looked at the photos - she's there - I just hadn't made the connection. Such a waste of life - for no reason at all - I cannot imagine how awful it must be to lose a child.

Hatty, what sad news about your doctors daughter. I also can't believe how awful it must be to lose your child.

I thought your DD looked fab when she somehow popped up on my newsfeed. And like you

- didn't realise she was popping up everywhere BTM. She's lots more gorgeous than me though. Strangely, I'm actually trying to grow my hair whilst she's doing the reverse - I'm not succeeding very well though and will probably have cracked by the end of the month!

Oh Hattie. That is sad.

Leave the buggers to sort themselves out.

Allegedly Revision can be Fun!!! Yeah, right. Also apparently the approved forms of parental support do not include "just tell them to get on with it", when I proffered this suggestion.

NO MI, that is not the prescribed way. Lots of cups of tea, plates of toast and sympathetic / encouraging noises and a moratorium on expecting any help with menial chores. Turn yourself into a willing handmaiden for the duration (usually about 4 years should do it if you have approx the same age gap as mine)

.... And assuming all goes well the buggers thank you by buggering off

No, it's 6 years for me GGG - 2yrs GCSE for DD, 2yrs A'level for DD plus GCSE for DS and then 2 yrs A'level/something for DS

I feel like I know his French writing CA off by heart myself and it's not till Friday.

Well wishing you all the best for a good grade BTM -you deserve it!

I do not, in all honesty, think I am in your parenting league.

MI, I was telling you what is prescribed - NOT what I have done / am doing / will do! Haven't the patience. As someone pithily said to me when I was busy not taking any credit for ds1's academic achievements - "Well, you've managed not to get in his way.." Thanks I said.

Was throwing packets of biscuits at the reviser before going for a nice walk with addle a friend mentioned?