Men's singles final part two!

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It's squeaky bum time....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-23225058

Night magi-am off to cobble together a pe kit. Like teaspoons and socks, p.e. kits are always gong missing chez Raahh

and for the link Clay

Night Magi.

wondering if anyone is planning a Murray holding trophy tattoo?

Good morning - I am last to the party as per... I was so tired last night I fell asleep during the Doc...
Slept all night and it had to have been a hot one as I got up this morning and walked past Dc's rooms - all have got fans whirring so they must have had to dig them out of under stairs last night (hope they didn't disturb Boris).
I have lots of tattoo's Cats but will not be getting a Murray one I could have ''New Balls Please'' etched under my guitar and snake though?? I am nice person, honestly, even with tattoos I am a good mother! I swear to Living God! Aside form when is on!
Its so sad to get up and come straight onto the chat and still attempt to use the ....

Morning Sieze!
Second day of detox... As I have never had the chance to watch the whole tournament before, never had to experience this level of tennis low! Yesterday I didn't really know what to do with myself after 11.30am! Need to get a job...

oh myeyes- that tattoo on his arse!!

Will continue doing that, until they bring the balls back!

BBMs- it's a very odd thing. Like when you are waiting for Christmas as a kid- and suddenly it's Boxing day, and it's a bit dull. One of my worst ever lows was the post 1989 Final- the first year of my A levels, and I was off due toyear end mocks/study leave.I only had one day left - which happened to be the day after Edberg lost.I spent most of the day nipping to the loo to sob

This year, it's not as bad as my post Olympic/Paralympic slump, after spending the best part of 4 weeks sat watching, it was really hard to get back to real life

Don't bother with a job, BBM. It's overrated.

Morning - checking in to day 2 detox too.

I want Kim Sears job I want to go to all the tennis tournaments and sit in good seats and have the 'clapping in encouragement' job - be a fluff head like she is according to some people... Tut... I know there were a lot of people defending her as a great artist but - tut - leave the girl alone.
I want that job!!

OMG! Don't even mention the Olympics and Paralympics... I suffered!! I got absolutely obsessed and sat for days in front of the pc and managed to get tickets for 13 events apart from the 3 my dh got on the ballot thingy. I watched all the hrs of tv broadcast I could...ran from event to event... I bought lots of merchandise... I went crazy! After the Olympics ended I waited for the Paralympics and the day that finished, I didn't know what to do with myself... Specially coz I had just quit my job at the end of July.
Talking about jobs, I need to get off my ass and start looking for one... I just can't seem to gather up the courage to start job hunting.

bbms You need a mantel of steel to look for a job today so don't whatever you do, berate yourself over it all. I gave up trying to find a job that could fit around my ds care - its tough enough to find a job, its impossible if you have restrictions on when you can and can't work. So, decided to re-train so I could work from home after qualified therefore solving the issue. I begin college in September.
Keep at it, don't loose courage

Sieze that was the idea, to do some training! I've been off work for nearly a year trying to do some soul searching to find out what I would like to do but my mind is blank and I'm more confused than ever. As we are not rich, the pressure is on for me to do something :(
I worked as a nanny for 9years and it destroyed my soul in the end. Need to find a way to get moving again, I used to take pride on being an independent woman...

Morning ,

That documentary changed my view on Judy Murray - she always looks so hard faced and I've always thought I wouldn't wanna cross her . She came across much nicer than I expected.

Judy is nice I think, didn't see the Doc as fell asleep and missed it first time around but she was shaking and crying when Murray won which shows that above all else, the woman loves her son. I think it has to be just gut wrenching to sit and watch your son play at Wimbledon knowing that he has the entire country on his back about winning on top of wanting to win it desperately himself - that would turn me into a steel faced looking mare as well as I would have to keep that face on otherwise I would cry for him.

bbms What was terrible about the nannying? Can you qualify as a child minder do you think and then work from home with a couple of kids or are you completely off the whole kids thing altogether?

What are you training as Seize? It is really hard trying to find jobs that fit around family life.

Luffly DH recorded the documentary for me.

I am doing Sports Massage cats but first have to complete 12 months training in Swedish massage, reflexology, holistics, alternative therapies and Indian Head massage. I can't go on to the 6 month sports massage course until I have done all the latter as its a lot of assignments about muscle structure and nerve endings and so forth. I need all that to qualify for the sports massage course. So its an 18 month course.

My dd elder is a qualified beautician and nail technician - the plan is to turn my front room here which is large into a salon type affair one half for her nails/tanning/waxing stuff and the other half a massage and therapies center for me. She has the baby in 4/5 weeks so will need a year off I suppose after the birth. I can set up in a years time and not offer sports massage until fully qualified but offer the other things.

My son has Aspergers, he can't be left home alone longer than 15 mins as he panics and gets upset. He's 20 - I can't explain it to people so they understand my predicament - I can not and will not leave him home alone and I am not a benefit scrounger either, I am vilified by the large majority of posters on Mn beccause of my situation with son so I never, ever get into it on those threads. It is too upsetting. I work part time, I am qualified in Interior Design and do it from home but its so boring, I don't hardly meet people, money is so tight and I am constantly on call for my son.
He is in the same college I will be attending which makes the training possible for me right now. I grabbed it while I got the chance to do it But there is no financial help for me - I have to still work part time and struggle along while studying. Which I will do as am determined to do it. This time next year, it will be largely all completed and the actual stress of it all over. Give or take the last 6 months which is a shorter training week so much easier to cope with.

That's pretty impressive, Sieze. I used to do therapeutic deep tissue massage (not dissimilar to sports massage in some ways) and after I had DS1 I did it from home, but only with clients I already had, knew and trusted to come to my home. I was back working when DS1 was 6wo - some of my clients were just desperate for me to be back available again! :)

sieze- it sounds like you've got a good plan in place.

DD2 and I have just slept for an hour- I'm totally shattered. Tired and emotional, that's me.

At least whilst I'm asleep,the lack 'of doesn't bother me

I live on a road where all the neighbours up this end are pretty tight. We all know each other, even the resident quirky lady in end house has got our backs! She gives us sweets when she sees us outside! I am pretty confident I will be okay working from home as I know they are about and watching what is going on here. Most of them are dd's clients already so they will just come here as opposed to her going to them. They see cars come and go, know who the regular visitors to the street are and what cars they drive - it really spooked me when we first moved in as it felt a bit like there was no privacy. We quickly became the new people to meet and greet and it was a bit much at first. We moved here to escape the ex and so on so wanted to be left alone but we were faced with all these neighbours all popping in and so on. It was strange at first. They are all following every stage of dd's pregnancy and counting the days down and are giving her actual things to take with her to new flat, next door gave her a 3 piece suit as they had a new one for free! She has a washing machine in the lady over the roads garage until she moves...
Because dd's are Air Force Officer and cadet respectively, the road seems to like my kids. They see them as 'proper behaved kids' Shocking - if they could only see us behind closed doors Pretty sure I am secure working from home They have all given their blessing to a business on the road - thank God.

raahh Chin up - we will carry this thread on for donkeys years (a year until next Wimbledon!) and we get our back. Or. Until Mn hq gets together our ip addressed and sends around a therapist for us all - mind who knocks our front door

Sounds like you have a good neighbourhood there, Sieze. All I'd say is watch for the occasional odd client who, despite everything, somehow gets the wrong end of the stick about the type of massage you're offering! I only had 2 in the whole 7 years I was in business, but there were a few more that the receptionists (at the therapy centre where I worked) weeded out - mostly men who refused to give their surnames when attempting to book appointments.

sieze- yes, I fear we will soon all look a little nuts says the woman who frequents a 'Doctors' thread [grin ]
Don't care

Nice pic of Djoko and his gf at his charity foundation ball in the dm Not so lovely pic of Ronnie Wood flogging a guitar at the auction

And a picture of Nadal's feet and lovely calf muscles on my FB feed, in his practice trainers. Which is a good sign

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