Crepe Oddity

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Sorry.

Lord, MI. How do you do it so fast??? I am halfway through a revision draft on the big agent's notes re-write draft that I started in Sept and I work on it for hours (between 2 and 7 hours) EVERY day. (And it's about draft 8) Managing to cut as I go. 6,000 words down, 4-6 thousand to go.

Dreamqueen that sounds tough.

Am supposed to be delivering two bits of work this afternoon but distracted by packing for the M4. We are picking girls up after school for funeral tomorrow of DH's uncle.

BD, MI, BTM, Auriga - truly awful time with aged parents. Good wishes and much strength to you all.

Stropps - I don't know how you manage it - I guess because you have to - I'm lucky to have not had the 2.30 am panic call so far .

Rose - try to get some rest.

Sounds like everybody needs a week at Crem's holiday destination.

Meanwhile - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS S

Oh yes Happy birthday Mrs S and a belated one to you Stropps. Sorry it was so difficult with dd, but thank goodness she had enough wit to contact you. Hope dd is contrite and calmer today. I see a girl who just wants to be like everyone else her age, but struggles to keep up. There's nothing that can sort that out really until she matures. Love and strength to you Stropps.

Sorry to hear of entangled and confusing childhoods. It's very sad. Mine was not easy either, but for completely different reasons.
BD. BTM MI love to you all in the coming weeks of uncertainty. MM speaks very good sense about clearing out of memories. So hard. I cannot bear to think what will happen with my own dps.no doubt my sister will take over and boss me about.

We are going in a yellow submarine today to see reefs and fishes. Very exciting, if touristy. Dh has a monumental hangover. Haha serves him right. We are mostly drinking Ti Punch, which is rum based fruit cocktail. That and cold coconut water directly out of the shell. Still all magical and jaw dropping for us Northern Europeans.

You are going in a yellow submarine . Oh joy.

And more joy!

Yes, happy birthday Mrs S.

But, Crem... your friends are not all aboard.... come and get us all!!!

Oh God it's all kicking off with the oldies, isn't it?

I had a call this morning from DM's GP. Shortened version is that she turned up v confused, GP worried about her safety, so is alerting some service which will hopefully get her into a bed somewhere (Care Home of some sort, I think) for the foreseeable. In the next 24 hours. I am going to ring back later when hopefully there will be some news. Feeling like I should be up there, but the lovely Care Manager said it is better if I leave the NHS/SS to deal with it or they will push it all back onto me. And I can't take on all of that with a job and a family 200miles away. I am crossing everything that they can get her into somewhere and keep her there until I am able to come up and sort something else.

DreamQueen - sadly your childhood story is still being repeated these days.

Happppy Birrrrrrthday MrsS!

Cremo, keep putting up calming pictures, please!

Auriga Good Luck!

BD, looks like we are in a similar boat.

tilly it looks like events have taken over which feels very anxiety provoking but actually might be for the best. I am so glad the GP is on the case. Some of them really don't care. Please don't beat yourself up over not being able to drop everything and run there. Believe me, even though we were more local to Ddad and split the duties between us, nothing got solved any quicker because of it in actual fact. Too many cooks. {{{}}} from me. Xx

So glad it's going well crem. Have a lovely time in the yellow sub. You lucky things, you.

We are tentatively starting to think about the summer hols, which up until this week was The Topic To Avoid. I fancy Lucerne. Has anyone got any experience of Switzerland?

conS has sent me a veiled apology in an email. I am ignoring it and taking more pain killers, and tonight we have FIL's 80th in a restaurant bloody miles away...and DSIL, who doesn't talk to us, and who has not seen the DC since they were literally babies, will be there. God knows how to play this one. Last time this happened a few years ago, at DMILs 70th, when we tried to say hello to her, she warded us off with a sweeping hand gesture, and ran to the other side of the room. Nut job. How to play it, Crepeys?

BD and BTM

Rose at SIL

Happy birthday MrsS and

BD & BTM so sorry to read about your struggles to help aged parents.
Good luck Rose at the birthday meal.

Just spoken to the GP and DM - seems that it's not within 24 hours, but soon. Hope it is soon.

Rose, SIL sounds lovely I wouldn't bother to approach her - talk to the other people there and don't over-think it. It's her, not you.

Rose, ignore her. Do not let her grab control of the agenda. Rise above. I personally would Drink, but I realise this would be ill-advised.

Sorry, Dreamqueen, meant to respond earlier – that truly is crap.

Happy Birthday, MrsS

Crem - I can see a cloud in that sky - demand your money back.. Am v of yellow submarine.

BTM I am with the wise Rose & reckon this might just be a blessing in disguise. And adding another no to the thought of going up there. You appear & people will think you are always able to do so.

Rose - just say hallo to SIL & then ignore her if she produces such wierd behaviour.

Just had a good swim, but am exhausted as there was someone slightly faster in the same lane so I swam somewhat faster than normal so as not to impede her. But have rewarded myself with toast & PNB

BTM, that must feel like a huge shock, but it is good that things are moving. Good advice not to go up, or the powers that be will offload all responsibility onto you.

Rose, we went to Switzerland last summer - it's glorious, albeit eye-wateringly pricey. I've got two brand new guidebooks I could lend you - a Rough Guide and something else. Will need a mini-MU to hand them over......and show you our photos, which feature many goats.

Thanks crepeys! Manager of the Care Agency is lovely and is popping round to DM and will put in extra visits for her till (hopefully) she gets a place somewhere. I agree that I must let them get on with it or it will all land back on my plate.

I have guiltily decided to nip up to my parents' on Sat morning but then I will COME BACK after lunch.

But agree that it's never, ever enough.

Still angry with panicking aunt.

BTM - that must be a relief to have them take over - if they do it properly.

Switzerland is lovely but I've only been just over the border on a day trip from Annecy. Did go to Evian though.

Crem - I would love to go in the yellow submarine. Damn it - I'm singing now. .

We are still contemplating Iceland as contrary to my expectations the DC's were really enthusiastic when I suggested it. I really want to just sit in those natural hot springs for hours on end.

MI is it super-easy to get to your DPs? You are doing very well at going up so often.

I have only been to Geneva which is very clean and very expensive and very OCD Annecy is a truly beautiful town. May I suggest Haute-Savoie as a cheaper alternative?!

Hatty I have a friend who is boring my ski kit to go to Iceland in March!

Haute Savoie is where DS & family live. It is really lovely in the summer - Lake Annecy is a favourite swimming spot of mine, lovely 'beaches' all round the lake & amazingly clean water. Fabulous walks, some of the ski lifts are still open so you can up quite high to start a walk.

MI - you are being wonderful to go up so much.

Another hour on the phone this afternoon, another four wrong numbers. Every time they give you a number to try and it doesn't work, you have to go through the bloody telephone tree again to get back to the person who gave you the wrong number.

Finally, I got through to someone who has heard of the OT I'm looking for and who could give me two numbers for her.

Neither of those numbers worked either . How many is that now?

Stair-lift engineer is stuck in traffic, so has cancelled.

Thing is, I'm used to lots of frustration & things that take endless goes to get right & people who are hard to contact & try to palm off responsibility. But when it's all DM's stuff it's disproportionately frustrating. I'm living on the brink of a toddler tantrum since I seem to have lost the ability to cry.

Dreamqueen, I'm sorry to hear about your childhood. A hard thing to live with.

DH managed to cheer me up a little with his comical precautions to prevent DDog from picking up a discarded chip on the pavement . Have to take my laughs where I can get them atm.

Hope you're having a great birthday MrsS.
On with the wafting, Crem & enjoy the submarine.

Auriga, I would actually be murderous by now.

It's not errr madly easy to get to Norwich from London this weekend as the direct trains aren't running so I'll go via Cambridge. On the other hand I can catch up with old friends (who are turning out to be v lovely) in Nch or see my cousin in Cambridge. I v much do not want to go but it, you know, salves my conscience. And she was not sounding great today.

You're very brave to go when you don't want to, MI. It is very hard.