Crepe Oddity

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Sorry.

Er, naked saunas are the only way to go in Germany and Switzerland (well, in fairness I am only familiar with the German-speaking bit of Switzerland). You get told off if you wear yr swimmers. I never really got over the embarrassment of having to step over people while starkers on my way to the top bench in the mixed sauna. I lived near the German-Swiss border for a while and am not hugely keen on Switzerland. It is too....Swiss. Far too keen on regulating everything you can possibly think of and a few things you can't. Is like Singapore, but with mountains and cuckoo clocks.

Switzerland = Gnomes.

Say no more.

My gay friend who sent me the Father Dreamy calendar lives in Geneva because he works for the UN. They bought a flat in the French bit where it isn't illegal to do washing or have the telly on late at night.

Or put the wrong bins out on the wrong day. Or drive the wrong way around a car park.

All this and naked gnomes too!

MrsS I'm glad it was a good birthday :)

I want a lover.... Actually no I probably don't as I don't have the energy....

Here I have texted another person in the village to find out the goss... Couple have split and from convo in pub he's with someone else - like the bloody Archers round here :)

omg sorry all I can't keep up with the thread & may be replying too late .
My Sil did a press trip to iceland, if anyone has any stuff they want me to ask her, no problem.

this thread moves very fast & I'm in snail mode.
hope all is well with aged parents tonight & over the weekend. I only have MUm still & she is well. (she is immensley proud that she can desdlift her own bodyweight whereas I'm happy to get my heavy shopping bags indoors)
Happy Friday Crepeys & thank you so much for your very warm welcome into your group. I really feel the warmth & understanding on here, in RL I'm not a really "girlie" friend person but for some strange reason I feel I can unburden all sorts of stuff on here. i only joined on here before Christmas & it's funny how looking to see who has posted has become a big part of my day. It;s like a kind of therapy.
Sorry for rambling. xxx

Oh yes, like Singapore. Good analogy.

Dang, I've got flu, so won't come to you for hugs just now, Beachy. Took me all day to admit I'm not actually well. While fighting it off, in vain, I chucked away masses of stuff so feel cleansed.

Fortnums sounds loverly, but I will need you to make me feel like I deserve to be there, Rose. I did pop in the other day and felt a bit intimidated.

Anyway, I'm going to take to my bed for the weekend and read Mill on the Floss. I last read it as quite a young teen. It is amazing.

DreamQ believe half of us aren't 'girlie' either, but these are an amazing bunch of people I feel blessed to have fallen into/onto the original thread!

Colly you SO deserve it....

Happy Friday all... Knackered, in bed, light off any mo... Gonna have a quiet one.

Aw, DreamQ, that's a lovely thing to say. Don't worry about keeping up - I never do. This lot could talk for Britain.

Have just enjoyed a massive and delicious takeaway curry, which has cheered everyone up no end. It's been a looong week and I really couldn't be arsed to cook.

Tomorrow I am going to Apply For Some Jobs. Yes, really.

Very glad you are feeling welcome DQ. Have a lovely weekend.

Mollyyyyyy, boo to the flu! So sorry you are out of sorts. No wonder you feel down if you are poorly. Fill a hotty, express deeply to to Dh and ds, that it is !!Code Red!! ( otherwise it will pass them by and they'll not use appropriate soothing language or be available to make cups of tea) I have to over exaggerate illness to Dh to elicit any sort of reaction apart form " unuh ".

Mrs S , glad you had a giggle at boss people's appraisals. Most uplifting to ones confidence.

BD, BTM hope there is better news for dms in the next wee while.

CV poor broken child. Sorry about the breakage. I must admit I've never seen those plastic covers for plaster in my life. I always used to say to dd that the proof of true love is whether your beloved is able to fashion a bandage covering out of a bin bag oyb. ( Dh di this for me after peritonitis hospital stay, when I was desperate for a hair wash.) IMHO if they don't pass the 'bin bag test' move on.

Sheltering form a vicious storm with my cat friend. Went to the island capital today which was not very nice really. Hiving with life and in full prep for carnival next week. It seemed that every single shop sells pink wigs and glitter leggings. all a bit bonkers. We did found a gorgeous salad bar place in the market, and enjoyed the dancing vendors selling rhum.

That's really nice of you DQ. I hope you feel welcome.

Very TFIF here - your early night sounds tempting BD!
Happy Happy Weekends everyone - or at least bearable ones for those dealing with 1001 versions of crap.

Go CV, Go!

Cremo are you at Trinidad carnival if so thats who I'm from! sorry for asking.
Went for a lovely 'old fashioned" chinese dinner tonight. It was amazing. I'm full & happy.
If the Fortmuns trip happens, count me in please.
x

DQ, I'm now v excited about meeting you at Fortnums. I love MUs (Meet Ups) - you must do your best to come to them, then you'll remember stuff about other crepeys more easily. Slightly more easily, anyhow.

CV, good luck with your job applications. Crem, I have to be in bed and unable to get up before dh believes I am ill. We have discussed this; he acknowledges, but it changes nothing. With flu, I have no choice anyway. But it's a luxury with a good book. Recommended to other crepeys battling the odds.

Crepeys, quick poll. My mother has just had another cancerous mole removed. She had one removed just before Christmas, and this one has grown right next to it and is three times the size of the one she had removed (it has appeared in weeks). The hospital are clearly worried about this, because of the speed in which they had her in to remove the mole, and I think, largely because her consultant said that the mole they removed before Christmas had been there a while and had been missed by the doctor during her three monthly checkups.

Should I nip back and see her briefly tomorrow - our old neighbour is taking her out for lunch, so I could ask her to pick me up from the station and surprise my Mum. The downside to this: I have 101 things to do tomorrow before spending most of next week with my arse on a plane, it is DD2's birthday on the Sunday and we plan to go out to dinner tomorrow night, and finally, my Mum's not particularly pleasant to me. I don't really want to go, but feel a bit obliged.

Dreamqueen - it feels like you have been here forever! Looking forward to seeing you at a meet up.

And I am still monumentally hungover from last night.

No. Don't do it Mrs S. Call her instead and be sympathetic (until she's rude in which case you can then end the call). Save your energy for getting over your hangover so you can enjoy the birthday outing and have a bit in reserve for your hard week ahead... (Well that's my advice but I'm hard hearted like that).

Hear hear. GGG. Mrs S the phone, esp if she is going out with friend.

DQ- not far, Martinique ! I have a very dear college friend from Trinidad though!

I wouldn't go tomorrow but phone with a planned visit for next weekend or whenever you are back from furrin parts.

MrsS, and I wouldn't go if she's got something else on anyway tomorrow. Agree - phone her and arrange a visit when it makes sense for you and she won't otherwise have company. Important to pace oneself, I think, in all this.

Aww, DQ .

Just back from massive school quiz, very good fun and got home later than ds, which is rare on a Friday these days .

DH miraculously remembered that there was a meeting about the orchestra tour and prised me away from my desk in time. It was brilliant.

Arf at recollections of Swiss anal retentiveness. DL used to amuse himself by getting other drivers to honk at him, just by pretending to point things out to me through the car window. In our flats, putting rubbish in the wrong bin or hanging washing on the balcony would get you evicted. Still, great place for a holiday, as long as you don't have to live there.

Cremo, that sounds like our local high street And I would love to visit Martinique, Trinidad, Jamaica, St Lucia....

MrsS, I echo GGG's wise words - save your visit for when she hasn't got someone else visiting and when you have enough time. I feel the same burden of guilt/responsibility - when you are the only child, you feel it all falls to you.

DQ, you are very welcome - I guess you live in London or nearby? Quite a few of us are in London and all the best ones are in SE London

I am awake early again despite not getting to bed till 1am - good catch up with friends - my subconscious is clearly doing overtime ATM.

MrsS, your mum will grumble whichever you do. So don't.

And once again I head East. Albeit with geographical variants this time.

And DP suddenly announced various dates he is away in the next few weeks including overnight on Monday. This isn't too hard to handle logistically except if things kick off with my mum (though I can pick up the phone and sort this instantly if so, as I have arranged quite a lot of backup) but it also makes me feel massively taken for granted. Stolid little woman who will of course have no plans of her own beyond her household duties.AIBU?