In Crepey Remembrance Of CremCat Past

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Hope that's an OK unilateral decision!

Monty, ime, the school are very good at helping, and take pupils well-being really seriously. When dd1 started, a mum with a girl in year 8 said, 'pipe up as soon as there's a problem, WAF' The head at the time said, 'If it's a problem to your daughter, it's a problem to us,' and I see no reason to think it's changed.

Herbs, I feel your pain re the networking. Even now I can head into Tahn at will, it's not the same.

Am on first step of heading east, with remarkably little angst. Too knackered for angst. Supposed to be doing a test chapter for a fiction editing gig. My main conclusion so far is that most people write really badly. But then if they didn't, I'd be out of a job.

Addle - so glad that things are moving gently in a positive direction.

Monty - teenage girls are can be awful - glad the school seem to have it in hand. We have one little girl, who is impeccably behaved in class, model student, polite etc. I then overheard one of the girls in a class a couple of years above say they'd taken "model pupil" in the car and she was a total trouble maker and manipulator. I am now on the look out for trouble - I think it's Queen Bee syndrome.

Have been out for a lovely walk today - as it's a bank holiday - dragged reluctant DS with us before he gets Vitamin D deficient.

Oh Crepeys, what a lot of worries and troubles. Addle you can't live on the edge like this. I do hope you've been able to make contact with the GP and that things are calmer.

Monty re DD...I agree with the others....support from school is vital. Its right to flag this up.

Herbs yes I feel that too. We just don't have the spontaneity or freedom...and by the time we do, we have lost confidence. Online helps, and whatsapp groups.

Tilly Any news? I do hope you and DS have had a better day.

Beachy there are a lot of us here who identify with what you feel. But first pat yourself on the back for what you are doing at the moment...

I have a big family celebration weekend ahead of me. Ds2 is on his way from Brum...and I'm tying myself in knots to work around DD's rehearsals which are hotting up. We all need some cheer. Does anyone fancy a Crepeys block booking for our Xmas show, with a bit of supper either before or after? Just a bit of escapism and magic?

Addle, could I just mention the Maytree Centre, which I heard about through Radio 4's All in the Mind? It's supposed to be amazing, and won a prize from the programme for its excellence.

www.maytree.org.uk/

Oh Addle, so sorry to read your first post but much relieved to see a chink of light in the second one. Did the on call doc ring back at all?

Monty - the others are dead right - make sure the pastoral staff know so that they can do something about it. IMHE at another school, they are great at doing it sensitively and unobtrusively. Fingers crossed.

Herbs, I used to feel exactly like you despite working outside the home because I was the one who dropped and picked up, so I HAD to be there and couldn't just go for a drink from work

I am having a better day (after a wobbly start) - DS's HOY rang to say DS was getting a "prize" in the Prizegiving today and could he/I come. DS was rather surprised (and so was I!) and a bit anxious about it, but we went in and it went really well He looked so much more like his old self when he went up, and has been upbeat since. Don't know how long this will last, but I'm relishing it this evening.
And I'm off round a friends for a "mums" night - prosecco here I come!

magimedi - Fab news - you go girl!

Monserrat - I'm sitting here looking at some lovely sloes a friend has managed to procure for us - there are none around here. Also HUGE bottle of Tescos gin. How does your girls sloe evening work? Is it BYOBG?(BringYourOwnBottleofGin?)

Addle - and . Collys suggestion looks like it might help you.

Herbs - I am vv jealous of your haul

Monty - Ive been there with teens and school/ health troubles - its the pits, it really is - and was just as much of a worry then, as my DF gives me now... (Obvs for different reasons)

Don't belittle it - young people need sooooooo much help these days. When I make it to a Crepy meet up, I will elaborate as my story is very 'outing'. Hang in there...

In other news - or reasons to be cheerful:

1.I have a date for a counselling assessment with local hospice. The Good Doctor (for I shall now call her that) has made up for my hour long nightmare on her couch, by faxing through my details, so the wheels are turning.

1. Another great day for a dog walk in a high up place with big views.

1. DS now finished work, and is preparing to leave for NZ. I'm not sure thats good. It is for him, and it will reduce my food bill, but my sleepless nights may become more sleepless (if that is indeed possible)

Oh Lalsy - I have found you, but not sent a request. You look so lovely, that I've decided I need a new picture. I look truly terrible :)

Cocoa, hit that send friend request button and you will see plenty of horrors!

Monty, I fourth everyone else. Really good to tell school. dd was bullied at primary, who showed no signs of caring or even remembering from one incident to the next. Sec school was the opposite. They have all sorts of cunning ways to help dc settle and integrate. And taking the baton when needed - good on your ds school, BTM, glad there has been some cheer.

Molly thank you so much. He's now gone for a pint with a friend so my worry is relieved for the moment. (And of course echoes that discussions about just popping out for a drink up thread) But that info is great as I don't know what the w/e will bring. And although I feel like maybe I over reacted I actually know I didn't. And the on call doctor brought forward his next appt to next week and gave some v useful advice and reassuring info (the police can track someone wandering the streets surprisingly quickly).

MM - great news

Cocoa - pleased wheels are turning, hope goes well. when is ds actually off?

BTM - have a really, really good evening.

Knackered. Picking up ds and lalsy's ds from a talk then subsiding with wine. Making the cod and clementine curry from guardian a couple of weeks ago because it just sounded so odd (and easy). Will let you know.

MM - congrats on your solo voyage. What a long haul.

BTM - lovely that DS went to collect his prize. That will have done him good.

I think even non Parks and Recreation viewers will find a belly laugh in this:

www.yahoo.com/tv/parks-and-recreation-leslie-knope-writes-letter-to-america-following-donald-trumps-victory-142904267.html

addle - this coming Thursday.

My brain feels like its full of soup. I'm trying to concentrate hard this w/end on his packing etc etc. I'm brimming with excitement for him, and just total sadness that he's off. Its been great having him around these last 3 months.

Talking of soup, I'm intrigued by the cod and clementine combo.

DH has turned up with HUGE box of chocs from v smart choccy place. I asked was it because I was looking so gaunt these days....?? (I'm a 16 on a good day...)

Seems like he has a grateful client... and who am I to argue?

Aw, cocoa. And sadly yes, I think you have to take vast quantities of lovely chocs on the chin.

Rose - yes to block booking for show.

I have had awful week at work, and am now home (via pub) and wallowing in Leonard Cohen with the cat, who is looking alarmed. I have absolutely hit "cannot cope". Nice Young Man who works for me told boss that there is far too much work for our team to do, and that he was being very unfair to me. Have to say, my team absolutely stepped up to the mark this week, in the face of adversity and delivered in spades, even the flaky intern. Told Other Young Man who is losing the plot on the other side of the world to go to bed and get some sleep and not to worry. (He is not supposed to be on his own, but boss pulled out at the last minute and dumped the lot on him.)

I think we pulled through, and one team member is back on Monday after extended leave (hoorah!).

Next week I will be in Forrin Parts for part of the week and have Friday off to see my cousin from Shetland, who is venturing south.

I will be buying chocolates on my travels. No doubt about that.

As most old timer Crepes will know I am completely in love with Leonard Cohen and have often been heard to say that although he was almost the same age as my dad I'd be off with him like a shot should the opportunity arise. I was so sad this morning to hear about poor Leonard. I saw him I've about 5 times in the last 10 years - often at vast expense and I'm solo glad I did.
Am wallowing in BBC 4 documentary.

What a totally shit week in most respects.

Love to all suffering shit times in whatever form that takes. X

3 reasons to be not completely miserable.

1. Leonard has left behind his songs.
2. Leonard's death is a sad but good reason to hold a Leonard memorial dinner - dress code - black.
3. Remembering Leonard is a lot better than thinking about that fucker Trump.

LIVE. SOOOO.

Bon voyage foe next week, MrsS, and I hope you get some answers from dd2 this w/e.
Addle, I hope that all developments are positive and dh keeps talking. Never be afraid to call 999 if you feel the situation is critical. That's what they're there for.
BTM, so, so glad to hear ds went to get his award. That will have done him a ton of good. Hope you are all still basking in the afterglow.
Monty, am :( to hear of your dd's school travails. I hope the school is properly responsive and supportive. I would like to say that I've had positive experiences of schools sorting these kinds of issues, but I haven't - but that is prob because my dd is a particularly tricky customer.
Last year, I couldn't afford to indulge in a beauty advent calendar, but this year I have a bit more cash, so have got the m&s one to give to dd. It has all weird young person things in that I would never use (like lots of aha and face peel stuff that will just aggravate my rosacea) and I note that l'occitane advent calendar contains many more nice treats that I would actually use. Well done, dh, for buying me that one .
Off to Bristol to visit dd tomorrow...

GGG, totes with you about Leonard. Unlike that twatsicle Bob Dylan. Bah, LC should have had the Nobel.. But anyway...

Soz about lack of paragraphs: on phone.

Oh bollocks.
It is not a good idea to take down old crappy curtains and mouldy blackout blind, and then decide to break for supper and a bottle of wine before remembering that you still have to put up brand new curtains.

Robert Vaughn! Sob!

He was my first ever love as Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. & I still loved him in Hustle.

Suave & sexy - I am very sad.

Oh no ... Not Robert Vaughn...??
He was one of the few older actors I could have got down and dirty with. Loved him in Hustle.

What is happening to the world?

I loved hi in Hustle too thought he looked very frail.

Stropps, have a lovely treat-packed day with dd, hope it all goes well.

Addle, you didn't over-react. You have lived with low-level worry for a long time but this is different - if someone may be in danger surely it is always right to try to get help? I hope the weekend is reasonably calm.

GGG, I know, especially point 3. I woke up furious this morning thinking oh hell we have to stay informed to stay united blah de blah but that means waking up every morning to an image of Trump .

Girls please read my link. It's about US election and v funny. This is the first Sat I've not got straight up and worked for months. Am in pit feeling it slip away already. Will bake a red velvet cake for dh's birthday tomorrow, replace various bulbs, clean the house with DH and try and bite tongue at our different take on this endeavour.