The Naked Crepe

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Psst, over here!

MI, am impressed by your community spirit. I'd only be supplying myself with coffee at that time on a Saturday morning.

for all those feeling bereft at dcs going off to university this w/e. I'm with Lalsy's dh - so glad to have reclaimed the sitting room.

I have now reclaimed dd's room. Didn't need an NBC suit this year so that's progress.

Auriga, crepey hug to your DN .

ds has hinted he may be willing to discuss my mooncup universities this weekend. Anyone know anything about Lancaster? dd wants to do an MA so we have two lots of this this year. Thought I had planned better.

MrsS, where are you going if you want to say?

Thanks everyone for careers advice - will pass it all on to dd2. Lalsy, code breaking would be perfect for her - I think her dream jobs would be either working on the Rosetta Stone or at Bletchley Park - sadly neither are currently recruiting. I think she would make a good spy though - in a Ruth from Spooks style rather than James Bond. She is mega secretive - eg i didn't know she had started her periods for over a year. In my defence she is super skinny and having an older sister there was always a supply of sanpro in the bathroom. But it does make me feel like a Bad Mother whenever I think of it. I asked her once why she hadn't told me and she said she thought I was busy and she didn't need help. Which actually made me feel worse as however busy I might have been she would always have come first and I do hope she knows that.

Hope everyone else has the Saturday they hope for.

MrsW, she can apply for MI5 and MI6 online now, if that is what she fancies doing. But the reality is very, very far removed from Spooks!

MrsW, my dd would love to work on the Rosetta Stone too! She also got the impression from a careers talk at an army base (don't ask) that they send classicists to negotiate with the Taliban but I assume/hope she got the wrong end of the stick.Her other idea is the Vatican. I am sure your dd knows that, some people don't find it a big deal either emotionally or physically - maybe she was one of those?

My careers advisor at school once suggested that I should be a spy. I would be the worst spy in the entire world. Everything I think is immediately written on my face.

Have unearthed inside story on potential job. Mag has had a high churn of editors, mainly due to it seems the boss not knowing arse from elbow but being bossy with it. It's now going in a new direction,Mohicans he has initiate, so could be good. Could also be shit.

I may be a negligent mother but there is no way I'm going to be involved in any of my dds going near the Taliban! But the Vatican sounds interesting - is it necessary to be Catholic though as we're not.

you and me both.

Herbs, DD would be the worst spy in the world - not just showing on her face, but blurting it out too!

Go for it Herbs, what have you got to lose if you decide to ditch it in a few months?

Mercy me. Autocorrect went kinda mental back there. I meant that the change in direction of the magazine has been the initiative of Nightmare Boss, so could be bearable.

Apparently the whole team has also left, apart from one stalwart, so I'd have to recruit three members of staff... And that if I didn't get the job, I know I could freelance there instead!

I guess if it all goes wrong, I could legitimately become a lecturer/teacher of journalism, with such recent experience behind me.

Again, not to pour cold water, Stropps, but those jobs are quite hard to get - but you'd be in a decent position for some lecturing, definitely.

You can tell I didn't get shortlisted for the post I applied for at the place where I had done some teaching, can't you.

Nooo, not me, MI, 'tis Herbs :)

ps: it looks like the whole "reclaiming the sitting room" thing isn't going to work. Ds has already assumed the standard "teenage" position on the sofa and total control of the remote. Bah.

Mmm, Herbs, there is a magazine publisher very near me with that kind of turnover (in my field). I guess you could apply and sniff the air?

Stropps, Operation Reclaim has to be immediate and use overwhelming force and hide all batteries or it is doomed to failure.

Hello Crepeys,I finally have some wifi and am only now reporting from Iceland. Waiting at airport for return flight. We are delayed.
Have had the most incredible trip. Insane weather( should have brought thick winter coat , as hadn't realised wind chill factor is -15degrees
The things we have seen! Oh my !
What an incredible place.

Stropps, glad to hear dd is still away.
Haven't read whole thread, but sounds positive.
at all The Crepeys, and lovely new people!

Akchewally, MI, I was asked if I wanted to apply for the media teacher job at the sixth form college where I worked. I did not, as it involved horrid teenagers and a ridiculous amount of work. Which is why all three teachers left in one term. And why they were desperate enough to ask me! Lecturing some more grown up teenagers might be better!

Wow - minus 15 Crem - I'm awaiting report back . Here, the weather is simply gorgeous. DS has taken himself off with friends so DH and I had a meal on a restaurant terrace, whilst we still can.

DD2 - has finally checked in through FB Messenger but I missed her and now she is apparently at Tesco (much excitement) and she absolutely needs a kettle (a thing we don't have here being French and all that).

I would be a rubbish spy as I like chatting too much and also go red when caught in any awkward situation (like lying).

Here dragged self in to town as ds promised breakfast, cleaned the fridge - including dumping various out of date jars, discovered smell of burning plastic was the fact ds's computers mains lead had melted but this prompted mega clean up of ds's room...

I hope things are better today, WAF.

Hatty, Americans don't seem to do kettles either - we are always ringing up guest services to ask for one. I suppose it all comes down to the fact I don't drink coffee and all our rooms and apartments tend to have posh coffee machines which don't boil water. I have got used to being brought hot water, a tea bag and - shudder - little packets of honey, when I ask for a weak, black tea in a restaurant!

Crem, can't wait to hear all about your travels. Safe journey home.

for all bereft parents. I can't remember crying when I left DC at uni, but I expect I did. We found that within a month the childless house had become our new norm. Someone was asking about Lancaster: DD read Law there many moons ago, and her DH English; they both enjoyed themselves and liked a campus uni (they have been known to make emotional trips back).

BD, you were so lucky with the cable.

Only three days to go now before we head for home. DGS1 loves "Blaze and the Monster Machines" and yesterday when we were looking for GC gifts we managed to get a Blaze and Crusher car: my stock is going to be high when we get home.

I am tired of being so disorganised. I have just ordered (hoorah for Amazon Prime) some books for the family in NYC that we are staying with. I had planned these books for weeks, if not months, so why I left it until now to order them, I have no idea. And am now fretting about the gift for the children - got a Neil Gaiman boxed set of graphic novels and worry that they may be too old/scary for them. Also have nothing for friends in Atlanta, but can remedy that at the duty free.

Bought new pants from M & S this morning, and some perfume for meeee. Got roots done, and hairdresser had a cancellation, so DD2 came and had a trim too. I feel that I have so much to do before we go, and nowhere near enough time to do it in, and am getting stressed. DD2 was witness to an assault and the police want to interview her on Monday, so will have to leave work early to go up to the school to sit with her during interview. Can I ask nice policeman for lift to the station afterwards, do you think? Otherwise it is 30 minutes brisk walk, and there is never a taxi to be had for love nor money.

Crem, Iceland looks amazing - and not a prawn ring in sight!

Oh, am also going out for cocktails the night before we go away with Drinky Friend. Feel this may have been unwise suggestion...

Crem I'm also looking forward to hearing about Iceland. A friend has just got back and had a wonderful time, so we're rather tempted. We actually hanker after a week in the sun somewhere at the moment, but don't think we'll manage to get away this year.

Sorry, Herbs, in that case I was talking embittered bollocks and I apologise. I am feeling very gloomy about work and clearly taking it out on others in Unreasonable Manner. I am also dog-tired after yet another crappy night - I can't go on like this, really, I just can't.

And then I spent the afternoon reading stuff that isn't quite what I need to read. Nearly fell asleep in the British Library. Then I left to do some shopping and DP rang while I was in Bravissimo and he got really huffy because he couldn't get a signal, and then it turned out DD2 was at London Bridge and had lost her travel card so I had to drop everything and try to get there and then she rang saying she'd found it so I lingered pointlessly in shops that aren't Bravissimo and I am a sweaty knackered wreck. A sweaty knackered wreck who talks embittered bollocks, apologies again.

Unreasonably excited about hearing about Crem's Iceland adventures. So glad it was so good.

MI, bath, gin, sofa. You poor thing.

And DP is huffy because clearly his night was worse than mine, innit.