The Crepe Escape

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New thread!

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

God, yes, lie-ins. Unspeakably immoral. DP faintly disapproves as well, but at least doesn't eject the Inferiorettes from their slumbers. He takes the MidlifeCrisis for a spin while we sleep.

La famille Stropp are off en vacances!

I had a crap start to my day - out at sparrows fart for annual bloods, only to find they hadn't been ordered, so down to Haematology which wasn't open.... finally done (second jab lucky - I have deep veins/arteries) and into work. Luckily they are relatively calm ATM.
I have to leave at 1.30 for my appointment with the consultant. Who is very lovely and from the EU.

DS has a speaking MFL CA today - am praying he can remember it - we have sweated blood for a fortnight.

Wish it was the holidays right now.

Café looks nice, Rose - I'd go with that option!

Glad to hear it is a nice reason Stropps is absent. Her FB post was worrying me!

Feel deadly today. Too much wine last night, then didn't sleep much, fretting about mum, career, money, etc etc. Now have banging headache. Just the thing for hosting a kiddy birthday party.

The more interviews I have, the more I realise there are considerable gaps in my knowledge that the PGCE didn't cover, and which I am unlikely to make up as can't get a job without them. i.e. levels, targets, etc. Half a mind to keep working v part time for hopeless FE place just to get more experience, but DP says he'll leave me.

Wise but v woo friend this morning said a nice thing. I was drivelling on about how difficult it's going to be to get a job teaching, or one that pays enough, but that if I didn't use my PGCE to do 'good' I'd feel guilty, and she said that as long as you do whatever career it is with integrity, and bring your whole self, and my 'spirit', I am doing 'good'. Which was a pleasing way of thinking about it.

Herbs, I have an idea for a feature you would be able to rattle off, about plain English - will send you an email!

And I think it's deadliness all round. I suspect I've got another lovely perimenopausal period brewing up too, what joy.

I am going to pick up my reserved books from the library at lunchtime and a bottle of wine from Aldi so that at least I have a pleasant evening's vegging ahead of me. Am starving. DD1 went off to work experience having breakfasted on stuffed pasta and pesto...

Nice day here so am going to cut small hedges, now that baby birds have fledged. Then blood test for me too BTM just after lunch.
Chose a very pretty cake with flowers and birds on , probably with the same icing type as Herbs' railway cake. She'll prob hate it , but they didn't do a lgbt cross gender cake, so tough tits.

So the person I need to see is now on leave and no one else can help...small team. Only one person has access to bookings, online diary etc etc Have had reasonable convo with box office person who will put an urgent note on appropriate desk for when person returns, next Tuesday Have had tea and sandwich in trendy cafe as suggested, and will now return home with tail between legs.

HAppy Birthday to mini herbs and rudy and hope stropps is having a great time wherever she is.

Hope appointment is ok tilly and bloods are alright for you and crem

at cross gender cake. One gets into trouble whatever one does, sometimes. What's the most gender neutral colour?

Yellow.

Long shot London crepeys - bit of work dd was doing has fallen through so she has some time next week. Any ideas on anything constructive and interesting she could do at such short notice? I have suggested some post-Brexit politicking/going to watch a court case/parliament. She has some academic work and possibly a bit of unpaid tutoring but seems quite up for Something Else.

Maybe something via volunteer now ?

Cremo, at LGB cake! White/green for gender-neutral?

Lalsy, I keep meaning to take DD up to parliament/to watch a court case - maybe we can go before we go away although she would rather be vegging/partying ! No other good ideas, I'm afraid.

Exists in England?

here

lalsy Not interesting and not well paid but DS2 is working for these people....you choose your shift and they send you an audio file to type and submit. He also registered with this lot mega cool and gets sent a day's/week's work here and there....a lot of stuffing envelopes for events and festivals...but on Monday he's getting day's pay for sitting in an office looking busy, because they have some kind of inspection and need to looks more corporate than they really are. He's to bring his lap top and do whatever he wants on it all day, wearing a suit!

Great, thanks people, I will keep those links, and point ds at them for next year too. The issue (such as it is - she is basically fine) - is that this is for next week (and the odd few days later in the summer). She has done a range of volunteering, casual work and education type things, but they all take a while to set up, even with a current DBS check. Leisure doesn't really suit her and she is very angry about Brexit etc......

Being driven MENTAL by trying to assemble DS's Hornby railway that we bought him for his birthday. We had a bit of it working, I fiddled, and now none of it works. Why are birthdays, and attendant parties, so STRESSFUL????

You can do it Herbs!

So I got sent back for another blood test by the consultant - apparently there's some new genetic profiling they can do.... And I am anaemic again (when sm I not?) so no wonder I am feeling drained.
I hate ferrous sulphate tablets so I am going to have to up the ante on the Easy Iron. Or any other suggestions?

Spatone or Ferroglobin, BTM? Both are quite nice, and good at getting iron into you. And red meat, obvs.

Mind you I am SO SO drained and tired today that I can't talk. I am on countdown to downing tools and crawling into bed. Possibly with a G&T. I have managed some work today but really am not at my best.

That is exactly how i feel I will be sending DS to the chippy!

Is spatone like floradix? That was fine but not strong enough I think. Is ferroglobin tablets?

I don't like iron tablets either but think they are the most effective at getting iron levels up fast. When I was anaemic, I was scared about crossing roads or going upstairs so it seemed worth it. Plus floradix, dark chocolate and liver.

I am going to try gentle iron 3x day and go round to natural health shop tomorrow to see what I can get!

Many, many years ago I was anaemic (after having DS) & I was fed up with iron tablets & the side effects. Half a pint of Guinness a day (the bottled stuff) & my iron levels were fine in 6 weeks. ANd what a lovely way to get the iron.

MM I don't think I could actually drinK a can of Guinness a day - bleurgh! Glad it worked for you though!