Someone left a Crepe out in the rain

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Here we go, ready for the Autumn.....

Teenage party not going so well

Half-price Cloudy Bay? I must go to Margate and get some immediately.

Crem, I hope your ddad can get on top of the lung infection very soon. He does sound as though he is keeping the nurses entertained, though. As regards dd, I know you've been in a very similar place with your dd. I'm just going to keep hoping that my dd will find her way forward eventually - much as yours did. It is all very .. complicated. And as for the jeune homme situation, er, well, it appears that is .. extremely complicated. It is more like jeunes hommes. And the one that you think might be important isn't, and the one who you think wouldn't be important is.

Rudy, I hope you and the family managed to get some rest and that ds is feeling better. How is the pain? Sorry to hear that the results were inconclusive after all that waiting. Really frustrating, to put it mildly.

I am back into work officially on Thurs, but I don't appear to have a timetable yet and I have to go in for unpaid INSET on Wed. But the way things are, it looks as though I will have to go in tomorrow afternoon and Tues as well, because I can't be sure I will be allowed to work here. I am already going to be in trouble for what I haven't done so far, owing to the last few weeks not going entirely according to plan.

BTM, hope your Reading germs evaporate very quickly. Horrible to start term with a grotty throat and no voice. :(

Well done on the re-write, MI. And I see you are now FB friends with someone I was hanging out with in Bournemouth and few weeks ago. :)

(or maybe you always were fb friends and I just didn't notice :) )

Herbs - re food - get fish and chips from Peter's Fish Factory and eat it on the steps on the sea front. GB Pizza is also excellent, but either book or go for a late or early lunch. Good Indian food at Cinnamon Spice (don't go to Masala Gate, it's crap and the service was poor). The Lifeboat is a nice pub with a good selection of beers and ciders. The Harbour Cafe was good for lunch. The thing I found baffling in Margate was that hardly any places seem to take plastic, so take plenty of cash with you.

Dreamland is a must, I think.

Oh Rudy, what great news! I am sorry there are still things to sort but how marvellous that he can come home to sleep on his own bed. He must be so relieved, as must you.

Love to you all

Aww, poor Rudylad. It sounds miserable for him. Hopefully he will start feeling a bit better after a bit of TLC at home.

Strops - and so the rollercoaster continues. It must be unbelieveably stressful.

Crem - hoping DDad bounces back.

It's been a quiet weekend, all in all....I've hardly left the house. I cooked a forgettable Jalfrezi for tea, and listed some stuff on eBay. And had a lovely email from DS's Head of Sixth Form (who's supposed to be on paternity leave), saying he's delighted DS is staying. And, errr, that's it.

Oh Rudy , I so very glad ds is coming home. Poor thing having to deal with all the meds and the bruising and everything. I am sure you are all suffering from the shock. Once he's home, hopefully you can begin to feel more in control. My bestest wishes for you all.

Am sure you will feel better when he is home, Rudy. No place like etc etc...

Crem - hope your Dad picks up soon - such a worry.

CV, aww that's nice to get that email from the Head of 6th form. Clearly a dedicated chap. Best of luck to your ds in the 6th form. It sounds as though he put a lot of effort into thinking through his decision - good on him.

I cooked a pasta dish with crispy bacon, loads of garlic, peas, avocado, tomatoes, olives and basil. Most of my cooking involves throwing a lot of things in a pan with a vast amount of garlic. Most of the time this results in something reasonably edible.

Rudy, how excellent that he is deemed well enough to come home, but the aftercare does sound as though it's going to take some getting used to. Fingers crossed that he will come home tomorrow.

All quiet on the dd front Stropps? Hope so...

Yay to getting your boy home Rudy - what a relief. X

made new recipe white fish thing for supper - v spicy and surprisingly easy and more importantly well received by the inmates. Result.

Good luck for all the going back to workers.

Rudy really hope you get your boy back today/early this week. One day at a time.

Stropps hope DD stabilises - when is she supposed to go to Uni?

Here I have woken and it's dark :(. Summer is over, winter is coming...

Best wishes for return home to Rudy's DS.

Stropps hope you had a calm night.

Crem - hope DDad is stable.

Very early start this morning -DS - lessons starting.

BD, it's glorious here. I hope your job today isn't as stressful as you think it might be.

So pleased to hear DS will be home soon, Rudy, albeit needing lots of attention. I know you will all cope.

Crem, hope DDad is better today.

Stropps, what a day for you yesterday; complete roller coaster. You are an amazing mum and woman.

Good luck to school returners, I hope voices are back to full strength.

MI, well done on the writing.

Hatty, I envy you your first MU at the weekend.

Fingers crossed that we get our new confirmations today for the return flights back to the UK.

It's horrible here. Pouring, pouring....

No school for a couple more days, so everyone else is still asleep!

Good luck today, Rudy, in getting him home. What a time he's had. He'll be so pleased to be back in his own house, with home cooked food.

Oh Stropps, I can't add anything to what the others have said. It's such a roller coaster, with no indication as to where the end of the ride may be. Hope your return to work gives you some structure and time out.

My plantar fasciitis is playing up, so all hopes of wearing fancy shoes with heels at the w/e are gone! I'm hobbling around like an old lady!

NU, fingers crossed for you - when do you go?

I was awake from midnight till 4 fucking 30 last night. Not sure if it was the throat/ears/eyes, the effect of the curry or the after-effects of ringing DM on Saturday - probably a combination of all

It's raining here

Oh yes Rudy - that's great news! He must be making a good recovery from the surgery and being at home will be so much better for him and you all

BTM - I hate nights like that and yhe after effects of dragging through the next day.

Beachy - I still have tendonitis - will probably be wearing posh trainers.

Oh and raining and miserable here after a lovely week.

Hope he will be home soon, Rudy, albeit battered, bruised and fragile. Also that you and DH can take as much time off as you need to be at home with him, until everyone is starting to feel better.

Stropps, well done for coping with another crisis but at your DH. Maybe shoving him out the door and changing the locks would solve more problems in the short term? I get that he's under strain but he also causes a fair bit of it, doesn't he?

But perhaps he's offering lots of support, constructive advice and practical help to take the pressure off you and I've just missed it?

Still no internet and phone struggling but Rudy really hope you get your ds home soon. I am sure it will be easier to process all the uncertainty and medication issues an everything once you can all be at home together.

Stropps, hope all peaceful.

WAF sorry to hear dh struggling.

NU fingers crossed..

Oh BTM what a truly awful night.

WAF, do let me know if you need any neighbourly emergency support.

Stropps, Auriga speaks sense.

WAF, wanted to say the same as Rudy - sorry to hear about your DH's struggles. But it's good that he's taking direction from you about getting help. (wish the same could be said here)

It's been a quiet night and ds was off to school for his first day of Y7. Not very pleased to be going back. Y6 managed to really put him off school. Bloody SATs.

Dd is supposed to be off to university this coming Friday. She has a large amount of important admin and financial stuff to do, which only she can do, because she has all the passwords etc and I am not privy to them and so far she has shown little sign of doing anything. She has also not read either of the books I gave her (even though she asked for them) about the course subject she has signed up for (knowing fuck-all about). I have piled up all the domestic items I have bought/given her in the sitting room, but she has done nothing at all to sort out anything else. She claims she wants to go and I am supposed to be taking her up to Bristol on Friday morning. She has to register on her course before she goes and upload a photo for her student card etc. All things only she can do. I have asked her to do them repeatedly. She has also got to give the Student Finance people various details, otherwise she won't get her maintenance money. As we aren't giving her any money, she will be a bit stuffed if she doesn't sort this. Apart from one issue with her bank account, which she needs to visit the bank in town to sort out, everything can be done online. It is not arduous. But her modus operandi is always to scream and swear at me if I remind her to do this stuff, leave it to the last minute, then encounter a problem and expect me to wave a magic wand and sort it out. I have warned her that after this morning I am simply not available until Friday, as my work needs to take precedence. Which is why I wanted her to crack on and sort it all last week.

Auriga, actually I think dh is being pretty reasonable and has tried very hard to support me over the last year. I wouldn't post all the details on here of exactly what happens on a day-to-day basis in our house, because it would be way too much information and upset/bore everyone. Suffice to say, I have to suck up a lot (and I mean a lot) of extremely unpleasant behaviour from dd to stop it from getting to dh and ds. And me having to suck up the behaviour is having a bad effect on my health. And dh is worried about me. I'm quite worried about me just now.