The Crepe Escape

[herbaceous]

New thread!

Title can refer either to our upcoming holidays, or our upcoming fleeing from the Bojo-led charabanc of doom.

Ooooh How exciting! Where is she going?

Yeah, also, there are 16 million voters out there whose wishes count too and many of them won't be crazy about either May or Corbyn as PM. Rich pickings for a pro-European perhaps?

Happy hols to Beachy's DD.

Crem - good plan on cupboard cleaning.

Is there a march? I would if I could - I who was pretty politically apathetic as a young person am now an angry middle aged person who feels like marching for all sorts of reasons.

Well done to Wales

There was a legal argument on R4 saying that the government cannot trigger Article 50 it is a parliamentary decision and that referendums are stricktly advisory. Also, as we know, this one asked the wrong questions and was based on lies.

Woohoo to Welsh Wales .!!!!

Have left Dh with a roller and a pot of paint called "Chinese whispers" or summat.
I am in a jumper today.wtf? July , NI stylee. 99.9% of the population will be off on holiday today as schools finished yesterday here. The streets are eerily quiet. Love it.

Addle, the concert sounds blissful, and that's lovely that Dh was up to hobbling with you.
Ah Beachy, best of luck to dd on her adventure. Twill be the making of her. Xx

How fab Beachy - what is there itinerary?

Great night round with gfs. Drank a bucket of prosecco but no hangover yet - just meeting another friend for a coffee and catchup, and DD doesn't need picking up till 4 as they have a team-building afternoon

I am about to muck out DD1's bedroom in her absence. Unfortunately it seems to be full of DH's shit as well.

Am still raging at Brexit. There is no plan, so anything will take quite a long time - if we invoked Article 50 now, it would be nuts (it would be nuts anyway) as it will probably take us a couple of years (at least) to work out what to do. Hopefully there will be sense and the referendum will be overruled. Because people like my mother, who voted "because she doesn't want the EU telling her that she can't have a hoover that works properly" have clearly thought through all the rational arguments. And I have yet to hear any rational argument for Brexit anyway.

With sound advice from MI, I emailed boss on the back of his email, saying I thought some of his comments were fair, but pointed out my health issues over the past few months, saying that just one of them probably would have finished a few people off, but I'd taken no sick leave, apart from one day when I had an operation and was specifically told not to go back to work, but had come to work and kept going. And the issue of potentially losing my sight was of very real concern to me, even if I didn't show it. I watched him read it (open plan office, could tell he was reading it from his face). He came over and said I had a point, he wasn't up to discussing it then (he was about to go home; I didn't want to discuss it then either), but we would discuss it next week. Not sure how we are going to get through this.

I am actually not going to march today: I am dog-tired - really, really exhausted - and I have to do some writing and some music practice. Feel totally wrung out. I do realise how pathetic this is but thinking about it, I probably am entitled to cut myself a bit of slack (appeals desperately for agreement)...

MrsS (and MI) good on you. His comments, partic the one about you having to improve your personal impact makes me seethe. Here we are going to try (for the third time) for me to get performance related pay. I have said if I don't get put forward I want a full and detailed explaination as to why not. I am tired of doing more than my share, getting exceptional performance for four years running (20would have been five, but management downgraded MPs one year) and getting nothing for it.

I am off to sit in a field for the day.....

MI consider the slack cut.....

MrsS what did he email - have I missed that?

BD - the "actions" from our "management discussion."

MI - be kind to yourself. After my DM died I was bone weary for several months. You must take things easy for now.

I see MrsS - including the personal impact one??

Gone back to bed

Good on you MI!

I have just driven to Camden and back to pick up a bike from an eBay seller. It was such a bargain! Brand new - well, ridden once - £190. They retail for £270. It's for DS's birthday, BTW.

I was tempted by the march, but dreaded the crowded tube scenario...

Was just thinking I felt better yesterday. Went up to collect my birthday present with DH; felt a bit odd on the way. Not long after picking up present but before planned visit to the BM, I realised I couldn't see properly. Hello again, migraine. Necked a load of drugs & came home, with DH leading me half-blind on and off buses to Charing Cross. So, no marching for me today

DD has gone off for a singing weekend in Cambridge, for which the preparations included a haircut, lots of shaving/exfoliating/creaming and even some ironing. Interesting, no? I asked if she wanted me to get her some condoms, just in case but she assured me there was no need

Have taken on a temporary job, which I'm enjoying hugely. Partly, of course, because there's a well-defined limit to what I can be expected to achieve in the time. Partly because the house is still so strange without my mother.

Between us we have five concerts in the next eight days, which also helps. Going to spend this afternoon practising and baking, I think. Courage to all those in need of it.

I suspect canoodling, Auriga

Ah, I suspect canoodling too. Actually that's one thing I forgot to send in dd1's rucksack

She's off to Northern Malaysia and Southern Thailand. Roughly speaking city, jungle, islands, mosques, islands, temples and home....five weeks to the day.

That is excellent news on the interview Herbs. Now that is the job you trained for, surely.

Good cheer to marchers. I can't really work out who or what I want in charge anymore. I think probably May, but dh is radically anti-May. I used to work with Leadsom (and went in a couple of dates with her dashing dh , obviously pre her!), so I'm not sure she is my cup of tea. She was always very forthright and quite shouty. We are talking many, many moons ago though, so she could have softened somewhat.....

Two more days to go at work

Standing in front of booze at Aldi suddenly missed my mum quite badly

Awk MI, poor soul. get said booze home lickety split....

Take booze home and drink it. Make yourself a lovely kir or G & T.

I hear Caroline Aherne has died.

Can I just say that teenage girls are utterly revolting and stinky? And DD1 never throws anything away like her father. And I have had to wash DD2's stinking T shirts in Ariel because Fairy doesn't get rid of the smell of the sweat.

DD2 also appears to have gone on a hiking trip to the Lake District this week without taking her hiking boots with her...

Have bought limoncello. Shall mix with fresh lime for a citrusy aperitif.

Attempting to sneak the shot glasses I got in the chazzer past Mr Not More Stuff...they have elephants on, dammit, how could I resist?

£1.99 worth of elephantine loveliness!

Eeek at stinky sweat, MrsS - perhaps there is something to be said for my teens who spend hours every day in the shower, so blocking the bathroom!

Limoncello aperitif sounds good MI. Hope that the elephant glasses survive!

I just spent an hour picking DD up (should have been a 20min round trip) due to massive jams - accident on South Circ combined with blimming Founders Day traffic

Another phonecall with DM who moaned and complained the whole time no matter how I tried to change the subject. She tries to cover up her own (dementia) failings with blaming the home/weather/whatever. It is draining

Btw did take stuff to chazzer. And donated bras to the bra appeal thingyy.