Crepe Oddity

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Sorry.

Giddy - DD would probably like leopard skin .

BTM - I can't believe it's nearly half term.

DD1 has another interview - by telephone this time, so she's bucked up a bit.

Am feeling very tired today, fell asleep in front of the telly last night only to wake up as soon as I hit the pillow .

Am in hotel in v dull place. What shall I do for food? Room service or sad lonely meal out? Am tempted by room service, Bath and bed, TBH.

Room service and a glass of wine in bed.

Tilly Feeling the relief with you. I hope it's the start of less worrying times. x

Good luck to DD1, Hatty*

CV its great DS loves work experience. Last summer DS2 was dead set against it and grumbled like mad the first day or two. Then he suddenly got in to it and didn't want to leave when the week came to an end.

I have to join a conference call between 8-9.30 this evening. This is annoying for two reasons...one, I don't do very well when I can't see people and two, it's my Holby City night.

Room service and a movie, I should think, MrsS

Steak and chips and crème brulee on its way.

And Holby. Thank you Rose, just what I need. Would also love to do Fortnums brunch but will need to check diary.

Sounds parfait MrsS.

DD I'd having a meltdown about skiing. Partly because she is panicking about revising for her AS levels (more exams at Easter) and partly because she doesn't want to miss out on friends/bf There is no way I am leaving her home alone, but I am now dreading it, especially the 4.30am start and drive

BTM, I am so pleased for you. I hope you will be able to relax a bit now and enjoy a good holiday without any emergency phone calls. Wishing you lots of good nights' sleep to catch up.

WAF, have the tooth out, I say. Wisdom teeth are just designed to be a pain. I had mine all out at once (along with a goodly chunk of jaw bone that had gone squishy after being messed about by the impacted wisdoms) under a general anaesthetic 30 years ago. I've never missed them.

Enjoy the peace and quiet, MrsS.

Um, was going to write more, but suddenly feel as though I am about to keel over. Time for bed.

x-posts, BTM. Oh dear, much sympathy. Hope dd is just tired and will come round to the idea of skiing by the w/e.

I still have all my wisdom teeth. They just grew happily, not a bother. I seem to be in a minority!

CV - I have my wisdom teeth too. They are the only teeth I have that seem to be in the right place. I'm going to get my bottom teeth braced today - feeling slightly apprehensive.

Stropps - hope you got a great night's sleep.

BTM - we did leave DD1 at home in Feb, the year she was doing her Bac. She pulled a muscle and had to lie on the floor in her bedroom until BF's parents came for her. I felt really guilty - even though it was provoked by similar meltdown. I think a bit of mountain air and exercise will be good for DD. Good luck.

Agree with Hatty - she will be fine once she gets there BTM. And so glad that your DM is sorted - must be a huge relief.

So pleased to hear that DM is safely ensconced, BTM, and I hope you had a good night's sleep? DD will love the skiing when she's there, I am sure.

WAF, I would recommend having the wisdom teeth out, too. I had mine out under GA after having trouble with them.

Hatty, good luck to DD and her phone interview.

CV, how nice that DS is enjoying his work experience, DD hated hers, and I don't think DS ever did it. Love the idea of ice cream on tap.

Rose, it must be a relief that DH is enjoying his new job.

Off for a swim and Aquafit shortly and then DDiL is bringing the toddler to stay while she goes off with her DD to soft play. Only about ten days to go until they all move in with us. Am feeling rather apprehensive the nearer it gets.

Thanks for the posititves - she sent a huge long text late last night detailing why she is not coming. DH won't read it - says he will text me from work later I am thinking that we need to tell her to find a friend to stay with from Friday night if she is seriously refusing to come. Not sure we will be able to drag her out of bed at 4.30am on Saturday if she is serious.

Fucking teenagers

BTM, good news about DM. Re funeral services my Ddad took out a plan with Dignity which I think is a huge organisation with local branches. I thought it was a terrible waste of his money at the time and tried to persuade him not to worry but it turned out to be a huge relief.

How vv annoying about DD - we used to get this alot with ours. DS on the other hand is having gf to stay from Saturday to Wed. over half term - that's really quite a lot.

WAF, you poor thing.

Can I join the list for 12/3 please?

Oh Addle, do you have any tips? Frankly, I'd rather she didn't come if she is going to be obnoxious the whole time, but we are not happy leaving her in the house for a week.

BTM, so glad about your dm but urgh about dd! I would be the same - worried about leaving her (also holidays and normal life matter in keeping exams in perspective, I think) and also worried about getting her out of bed! We had this with dd - she did always come, but leaving the house often used to involve major meltdowns and she was sometimes very grumpy when away (anxiety/homesickness not a good combo). Even though she wanted to come. She is loads better now. ds is away next week and probably for a week at Easter, on school-related trips which will leave him exhausted. I found his AS timetable in his washbag yesterday . It is quite spaced out which reassured me a bit - does dd have hers and might that help (if she knows her boards and syllabi she can look them up)? It is very different from GCSE, much less full on.

Mucho sympathy Tilly re DD. Some of it is just teens but as readers on this board know, I do have issues with how the current education system impacts on family life. It's really not unusual for teens to refuse (some quite lovely) trips away because they have so much school work to do. We've been battling with this for quite some time, especially with odd trips down to the flat. This half term for example, DS2 refuses to come at all, DH has new job so can't. DD and I were due to go from Sunday to Friday...but now DD has to go in to school on the Friday ALL DAY for drama; wants to be back on Wednesday so she can go to Covent Garden with friends the next day, and assuming we do go, we will have a massive Art assignment to take with, her lines to learn for the drama final piece, a French speaking CA to commit to memory and various bits of Food tech course work. This on top of after school sessions every Monday and Friday, and sometimes Thursdays as well in term time.

I have steam coming out of my ears about it all. One thing I have noticed, is that if we manage to prevail upon the buggers to come away in the end, once they're away from everything, they're a lot nicer....

NU good luck with the family moving in. I guess once a few ground rules are laid down it'll be fine.

Sorry to hear about the teen angst, Tilly. Agree that I wouldn't want her to stay 'home alone' for a week at that age. Could you tell her that she can stay next year as you'll have time to sort it?

NU - I'd be sitting down to dinner the first night & having a gentle chat about ground rules. How long are they going to be with you for?

BTM - Oh feck, talk about straight on to the next thing! She did lots of revision while you were in NY, didn't she... is it the work or the social side of life she wants to be around for? So sorry this is blowing up just when your nerves need a chance to de-frazzle.

Here, I slept well and have got down to work. This has been my first infection in my one errupted wisdom tooth (I don't even have them in my bottom jaw - how about that!) and I don't want another one. I am thinking about being referred for extraction (in that way in which unpleasant/difficult things slip slowly off the radar and get forgotten about sort of way).

DD1 is showing signs of recovery. DD2 hasn't surfaced yet and is a day behind. Neither have been properly flat out ill for 3/4 days in years. We have been very lucky. Also, the timing could have been awful. They are due to ship out up the M4 on Sat with DH for almost the whole of half term, during which time I plan to work my arse off on my novel while cupboards stay closed, the stairs remain uncluttered and no-one except the people in my head say a damned thing. If that little urban fantasy had been blown out of the water, it would not have been pretty. Mind you, shouldn't really uncross fingers until they are packed and gone... tempting fate there.

Thanks crepeys! She started by moaning that she wanted to take bf, now it is work/needing sleep/no wifi in chalet... haha at doing lots of work in NYC - she did a little bit (no time tbh) - she is not at all swotty, but she is now panicking about AS level marks for uni application I think. She is predicted high grades but didn't get them in last exams (missed some by more than others) because she hasn't been doing enough work regularly.

I totally agree Rose, the bloody exam system is awful and pressurised and is only getting worse by the day - the recently published exemplifications for KS1 and 2 writing are shockingly demanding

I would actually prefer her not to come if she is going to make it unpleasant for everyone. But it could be an issue for her to find someone to stay with for a week

Really feel for you BTM, teenage meltdowns with a deadline are always the worst, so stressful! Why she should be hitting her predictions now, given exams are May/June and the course only started in Sept.....I hope she calms down so you can discuss properly. And then have a bloody good trip .

BTM, such good news about your dmum, and then this with your dd! DD would do this kind of thing as well, you never know where you are.

Thinking about the March Meet-Up - are we aiming at lunch? Could I suggest the Florence gastro-pub in Herne Hill? www.florencehernehill.com/

I'd be happy to book it. I know it very well, and because I'll be bringing Crem, possibly with luggage, it would be handy that I can easily drive there and know where to park. Herne Hill is easy to get to via overground, for N. Londoners (not that I know much about overground lines).

Agree lalsy it seems that grades are being predicted at earlier and earlier points in the academic year when the students haven't even studied a third of the course. I was taking to Ds2 about this predicted grades stuff...he said all sorts of dodgy dada is fed into the computer to get the result...including whether you're make or female, and your postcode!!! Big brother or what?

tilly would DD be more amenable if you could somehow get wifi in the chalet? I know it's selling out, but....we tried without it in the flat but it was social experiment that failed badly. and I like having wifi too

I have this morning sat with a new mother from a teaching colleagues class, who reached out for help after her baby came. She's feeling so low and isolated, and we all know what that's like. It's a little known about, informal service we provide occasionally. What better use of time, eh?

That'll be "taLking" not taking, and dodgy " data" not dada! MaLe not make