Crepe And Stormy

[Cremo]

Over here Crepemunks!
Hope no one else has started one

waf my DM is a real silver surfer and just loves her iPhone. The DC sorted her out with it and now she doesn't miss her ancient Nokia...where you had to press each key several times to get to the right letter. Get yours an iPhone where she can use voice recognition and dictate the text. Ddad on the other hand never mastered his phone or any keyboard. My inlaws never switch theirs on....

A pie has to have a pie crust surely? Even though we say shepherds and fish "pie" they aren't, are they. I think it's great Mi that you had lively debate with DM about pies. And your story about your DDad Rudy is beautiful and sad and heartwarming all in one go.

Gosh beachy good on you for being decisive and brave. Onward and upwards. What plans do you have? [start]

BD we all have those sort of ding dongs. It'll pass as cremo says. These blokes need pulling up from time to time, don't they.

I am ashamed to say I have just walked out on the DC. I am in my secret hideaway in St. Albans. Alone. I just couldn't stand another moment in their company. No teen is ever joyous where revision and finishing coursework is concerned but I've got to the end of the line and just needed time out.

AND to add insult to injury, being in a very morose mood when DH got in last night, I asked him to name anything that I would be remembered for that have nothing, directly or indirectly, to do with taking care of him and the DC. He couldn't think of one thing and then when I put him under pressure he said it was a "rhetorical question"

AND annoying trustee is STILL stalking me, by text and has added me on Twitter
( I have an account I'd forgotten about, but don't tweet) and via the office in an email asking me to teach a course with her in Jan 2017. Fucking hell, Crepeys.

Well Rose, you will be remembered for being a Crepey (and that has nothing to do with looking after anyone other than yourself!). Surely your teaching has nothing to do with looking after any of your family? Or your previous career?

Thanks all so much for your good wishes for my future .....eeeek

I have no plans as yet, but I have some ideas. I've put some feelers out, but I just knew what I didn't want to do, IYKWIM. It may be September, November or January but something will swing by, maybe Annette I think ddad, ds and stupido doggo will keep me busy for a little while.

MI, I'm glad you had a pie moment. And Crem, was this latest relapse due to recent travels? How did they manage abroad? Quite incredible....

We will survive

Sorry to post and run but..... Thanks Crem - Zalando are fantastic! I just phoned to say I had somehow lost the tag on some jeans that I wanted to return so I suppose I couldn't..... and they said actually, you can return them. I'd better make sure there's no cat hair on them... there's cat hair on everything. No idea where the tag went. I did only try them on, promise!

Well played Beachy! I wish my DP would do that. He's miserable. Though we couldn't live on my salary. No-one, not even an ant in a hole, could live on my salary.

Talking of which, in career quandary. The part of my week that brings me the most joy and fulfilment is my volunteering helping the year 2s with literacy. I have now discovered there are such jobs as higher-level TAs, helping small groups of primary children with literacy. Not well paid, but probably no worse than actually teaching, once the endless unpaid hours of marking and admin are taken into account. Have sent CV off to agency.

Or... there's the option of part time web and comms person at secondary school, with two days a week teaching. Perhaps supply in a primary school? Perhaps continuing with adult ed?

Or... there's just continuing with adult ed, in the hope that a) I get better at it and b) I'm not made redundant in forthcoming restructuring.

Herbs, TA (HLTA or not) would be a great job - I could see you being fantastic at it. And probably not such a terrible idea money-wise when you take into account all the other stuff. Great to keep all your options open.

Sympathies on the exam-stress front, Rose.

I am back from the dental hygienist who didn't seem too shocked by my rotten old teeth, so that's something. Back to the nice implantologist next week for the planning for the extractions It's horrible having problems with your teeth

Hello all!

Rose, you will be remembered for writing plays, sterling work with the NCT supporting new parents, theatre work, your previous professional practice, choir director - need I go on?!

Beachy - well done on the resignation. I am glad you slept well. It is awful being in a really pants job.

BD - sending you love

Crem - fingers crossed for the interview.

WAF - glad things are on the up. I nearly bought that book you suggested on DH's amazon account, which might have been a bit . I will pm you now re Syd and meeting up. Thank you.

MI, love the pie chat.

I am moving offices (same job) and have packed up my stuff, so can do very little til next week when I am in my new home. I might go to Tiger and buy a few items. After the last few weeks, I am still tired but feeling relatively chipper. Thanks for all the kind words and support. for you all.

Thank you Beachy Monty etc I do feel upset that DH couldn't see any of that, though...

Herbs a good TA is worth his/her weight in gold. Lots of qualified teachers become TA's.... for the hands on teaching, one to one, with less of the hassle.

Beachy do you fancy a stint as a stage producer

Tilly a new profession..."implantologist" I guess it's short term horribleness for a beautiful new set....?

Monty so glad you feel not to bad. Hope the new office is better than the old one? I love Tiger....

Well, I'm home...not liking the DC any better for having gone AWOL for the afternoon. Vile beasts. Now for my sins I am required to make a attempt at a matzo veggie lasagna. oh joy.

Mmm.....pie!

Crikey, Beachy, that's a brave leap, with ne'er a backward glance. I'm impressed.

WAF - selling your drum kit??! But you loved having a good old bash! Who will you vent your frustrations on now? (as if we can't guess....)

Herbs - your "portfolio career" appears to be developing nicely.

Rose - sorry things are getting you down and your nearest and dearest are being so unappreciative.

My Baukjen goodies arrived today, and both the trousers and the dress are keepers. DH won't like the pattern on the trousers, but I'm not wearing them for him, so there. The dress will require some firm underwear to keep my horrible flabby tum in check - I am so lardy at the moment - but it is very flattering and comfortable.

Rose, I'm furious on your behalf. You had a damn senior career, you are a damn good antenatal teacher, you have skills and talents and qualifications - and quite frankly you also work full-time as DD's support person, which has made it possible for her to do all kinds of things that she wouldn't have otherwise. How dare he?

DM had a not brilliant day but is still hanging on. DSis going home for much-needed respite tomorrow. The care we're getting is brilliant, but there are still huge chunks which we need to fill...

AND. You've written a play. And directed a choir. And and and...

DH has committed a very fundamental marital blunder, and deserves to be punished.

Off with his head

CV I cannot for the life of me imagine "flabby" and "lardy" ever being appropriate adjectives for you...

Speaking of patterned trousers, I am strangely drawn to these despite being win danger of committing a cardinal MN S&B sin... here

Punished in a non-enjoyable way

Indeed, MI. Nothing physical. Mental torture only. The next three weekends on homework duty, perhaps.

In S&B news, I have bought the snappily titled L'Oreal Age Perfect Intensive Re-nourish Extraordinary restoring serum. For menopausal skin, appaz. I am very tight under me eyes. AND some Touch of Silver conditioner. I am embracing my silver streak.

Herbs - how does that work? Do you just condition the silver streak?

I have to say I enjoy being the TA as I don't have the stress of lesson planning or class control. I get all the gossip, and I can do lots of hands on, one to one which I enjoy. I am crapping myself at the thought of teaching the first year primary next week to cover for a school trip - I think they might be mean to me

Rose - you sound multi-talented. Ignore DH - men are useless at rising to the occasion like this - at least my DH is. He was paralysed with fear when I asked him if my hair was better long or short. I quite like patterned trousers - they are sort of summery.

Hmmm...I'm on the fence regarding the purple trews, I'm afraid, Rose. They look a bit....floppy.

So, Herbs, what's he done?

Hatty, you need to master a Paddington hard stare

I am so looking forward to 3pm tomorrow.

Everything MI said Rose . I think though that sometimes our other halves panic and flake out when we put ourselves in their hands to be esteemed. It doesn't mean we're not estimable, or that they don't esteem us.

Fear not, CV. I am trading it in for an electronic kit so I can deafen myself through earphones.

I have to say that Mr Inferior is good at the old ego boosting.

Oh Rose, Dh is so wrong. Orf with his head, indeed.

Dh here is not too bad about giving me a boost , if prompted. Rarely , out of the blue though.

Dmum and Ddad have stayed out of bed all day , but are now on their last legs. I have just tucked them up and am off home to watch Masterchef and Line of Duty Finale. This, Crepeys, will be the highlight of a very trying week.

It was terrific, wasn't it.

Thinking about it: DP does think, and frequently say, that he thinks I'm pretty terrific at writing (which is what matters to me). He also finds me very annoying, mind, and is more prone to mention my large bosoms physical charms as the reason for his esteem, but he does value me.

When I come to think of it, DP has never spontaneously bigged me up about anything. If I asked him, I'm sure he could dredge something up, but it would be nice to have a spontaneous bit of praise.

Re touch of silver, I'm imagining it lends a vibrant hue to grey hair, and will leave the rest unaffected.

I never get an ego boost from DH. Usually the reverse. Although he hasn't said anything since I bit his head off once, when he was running me down about something trivial I'd cocked up, with his family. I'm not proud, but I snapped "If I'm so fucking stupid, how come I'm earning twice what you do?" My mother does it too. My cousin asked her once if she was proud of me, and she clamped her lips together and refused to speak. Fuck the lot of them.

Ouch MrsS.......

Do says I am far More intelligent than him, and I certainly have more (mainly thwarted) ambition. In his position I'd be VC by now :)

I just felt totally undervalued on every front and was darn tired.

Yes to the undervaluing. Saw an email my dad sent to a friend about how DSis and I come 'when we can to help out '. Yeah right. Don't think the professionals quite see it that way...

Attractive high-powered visitors occasionally drop in, reminding me of when I was more than just a dutiful middle-aged daughter.
I have actually met quite a few deadlines too, none too onerous) in the 'getting a bit of work done' manner I firmly eschewed in the days when my girls were little.