Monday – I nearly crashed the car. The car slid down a hill as I was approaching a junction and I had to mount the pavement to stop killing the person/s in the car infront … Sod the pedestrians (of which, before you start, there were none). The children found this inpromptu off-roading too exciting and cheered whilst I muttered about it being “f*cking treacherous out there”.
Abandoning the car I deposited the children at school and walked to work in a mock skiing style. I arrived at work still clutching the 3 year old’s Ben 10 lunchbox.
Tuesday - After spending an awful lot of time over the weekend fiddling in his ears, the 3 year old proudly told me “It’s OK Mummy, the little balls have fallen out of my ears”. In blind panic I booked a Dr’s appointment. It seems that one of his grommets has fallen out into his ear canal and he has an ear infection. So, what are they going to do? No worries, says the Dr, he has his 9 month check-up in March at the hospital, they’ll assess him then. Marvellous, I’m so looking forward to spending the next 8 weeks with a partially deaf boy … whilst thinking about the possibility of having to go through this again.
Last night I spent 2 hours sewing badges onto the 5 year old’s Rainbows t-shirt for tonight. 2 bloody hours. I don’t do sewing. My sister sensing that my sewing skills were not up to scratch bought me a sewing kit for Christmas. I felt I ought to try, and I proudly showed the results to the husband who looked unimpressed. He was thinking he could have done better. He could.
Wednesday -This morning we were all ready about to go out of the door (dressed in the current trend of ’Yeti’) when I got a call saying that school was shut due to the ice. The 3 year old was devastated and wept uncontrollably. He wanted to go to school, he loves school. The 5 year old on the other hand had an air of cool relief about her as she mentally planned how long she would be able to play on her DS today.
Teacher Friend Mother of 3 rang up and ranted about bloody teachers not going to work because of the ice. The husband then ranted about writing a bloody long letter to the local council regarding their gritters … or lack of.
So, the husband, who works from home drove me to work over slippy slidy roads whilst attempting handbrake turns. Please tell me it isn’t just my husband that does this at every opportunity.
He is once again burdened with the children during work hours. Just before lunch I had the following message … “The 5 year old is watching TV whilst playing on her DS [note multi-tasking] whilst the 3 year old is playing on CBeebies on the computer. I am having trouble concentrating”
It’s only bloody Wednesday.
… and the 2 hours I spent last night swearing sewing whilst piercing my hands with needles and concentrating far too hard were wasted. Due to the ice, Rainbows is off.
Chunter f*cking chunter.
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Rosie Scribble on January 13, 2010
Sounds like a nightmare (although I laughed at your children’s reaction to off-roading!)
Today our entire town is a sheet of black ice and half the schools are shut. Need I say more?!!
admin on January 14, 2010
The y loved it – total speed freaks like their father!
Becky on January 13, 2010
I can so empathise with that one. I only work Weds-Fri so this year so far I haven’t managed to get into work once! Stuck at home with 3 & 6 year old having wasted 1.5 hours driving the 1.5 miles to nursery and back to discover once I’d got there they had just decided to shut…
admin on January 14, 2010
Arrrrgh, what a nightmare
TheMadHouse on January 13, 2010
Sounds like you should have all stayed in bed this week, things can only get better, as they sing eh!!
admin on January 14, 2010
You know what song I now have on repeat in my head? Yes!
Tara@Sticky Fingers on January 13, 2010
Oh boy, I hear you.
The children are off work again today. Funny, as everyone in my road has managed to go to work (and we live in a nightmare road to get out of in the show) and yet the teachers cannot. Hmm
Also we have no grit in our grit boxes let alone council vehicles actually doing it for us because ‘the roads here haven’t ben officially adopted by the council yet’.
Not happy
admin on January 14, 2010
From your blog post seems that you had fun though. We had good fun last week bum sliding. I just hate the stop start of it … and the fact there have been no gritters out.
Tamsin on January 13, 2010
Sounds like a bad start to the week
My Hubby likes to try and skid the car as much as possible too, saying that I was very tempted to try it myself arriving at work this morning, unfortunately the car park was a bit full!
I can’t believe the Doctors are just going to leave his ears until his appointment in March, that’s disgraceful!
I hope your week improves
admin on January 14, 2010
Last night he started complaining of something going on in his other ear too. Let’s hope he can hear and won’t need them replacing.
pinkmilkisyummy on January 13, 2010
Sorry, but I’m still snorting with laughter. (I’m so ladylike.) I thought it was just my husband with the handbrake slides. I won’t actually let him drive in this weather, just in case he forgets that I’min the car with him, and can see what he’s up to… and does have a go at some handbrake slides.
admin on January 14, 2010
He gets a glint in his eye. This is the moment I grab hold of the chair.
Last night Gramps took the 5 year old swimming. The only reason I knew they were home without looking out of the window is because I heard lots of revving then a lot of sliding.
Dulwich Divorcee on January 13, 2010
So with you on it all, nearly wept this morning when I saw it had sneakily snowed AGAIN all night long and the ‘light dusting’ forecast was 2 inches of ice – got half way to school then abandoned and spent the day trying to get Child Two to revise geography while she kept saying, ‘what’s the point, it’s only going to snow?’ grrrr ….
admin on January 14, 2010
I get the 3 year old to give me his version of the weather forecast each morning from our window … it’s always far better than reality.
Insomniac Mummy on January 13, 2010
Don’t get me started on the lack of gritted roads round here!
The husband drives all day in his job and is astounded at how unprepared our council were compared to Huddersfield and Calderdale whose roads have been reasonable during the ‘Snowpocalype’ (nicked that word
). Having said that, he did slide about a quarter of a mile back down a hill today.
Oh AND our bins haven’t been collected since Christmas week. Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
I’m glad we couldn’t go to school today. I’d've probably gone for a six on the ice knowing my luck.
I’ll be glad when we’re back to our usual mediocre climate of over cast skies and drizzle.
admin on January 14, 2010
Bring on the rain and dull grey clouds.
Annie on January 13, 2010
I think we all share your pain this week in some way shape or form.
It’s not just your hubby that does handbrake turns. Mine does too and scares the crap out of me every time he does it because he has to rev our poor little car like mad and get as much speed as he can on a none grip, ice / snow covered road.
I hope tomorrow is better.
admin on January 14, 2010
Today is much better thanks.
The husband gets a glint in his eye just before he does his handbrake turns … I need a crash helmet.
Pippa on January 13, 2010
I just wanted to say I feel your pain.
admin on January 14, 2010
Thank you!
Hot Cross Mum on January 13, 2010
Sounds pretty bloody shocking alright. Here’s hoping things get better for you very soon. In the meantime, could a nice bottle of red help….?
admin on January 14, 2010
A couple of bottles of red could help, do you want my address
Eclipse on January 13, 2010
Nope… I think it’s all males who love doing handbrake turns. Mine likes to do it and try and slide perfectly into our parking space… one day he isn’t gonna make it and end up hitting the large no parking sign right next to our spot…
I remember mum getting me to sew my badges for brownies on to my sash. A friend’s mum used to use superglue instead and then just put a couple of sticthes round the edge just for show – maybe that could work better?
admin on January 14, 2010
Hopefully the husband won’t read your comment about sliding into car parking spaces. I may start wearing a crash helmet.
Thanks for the superglue tip
Sue on January 13, 2010
I am sorry but it was such a funny read, it really has brightened up my shitty day. So thanks for sharing and I do hope your week improves as it can’t really get any worse for you …can it. Sue x
admin on January 14, 2010
I’m glad it entertained you. Despite the crapola start I’m still smiling!
English Mum on January 13, 2010
Funny. Oops, I mean shit what a crap start to the week. My husband attempts handbrake turns too. They’re such children.
admin on January 14, 2010
Tut … such children.
Metropolitan Mum on January 13, 2010
Islington council is absolutely incapable of gritting the streets whatsoever. I think they’ve sent somebody round about 3 weeks ago, to empty a few buckets of what looks like vomit randomly on the pavements. WTF?
Hang in there, 50% of the week is over and done with. Yay!
admin on January 14, 2010
And now it’s Thursday, Friday tomorrow *big sigh of relief*
Amy on January 14, 2010
Hope your week gets better.
admin on January 14, 2010
Thank you Amy!
Littlemummy on January 14, 2010
I can feel the rage from here. I just rang the school and it’s open, hoping for a snow day as I’m a lazy sod
admin on January 14, 2010
I love snow days when I’m not working but it’s such a pain in the arse when they decide to shut at the last minute so I’m late for work.
Victoria on January 14, 2010
It’s almost Friday now, yay! Here’s to drizzle next week. Still, you got a good blog post out of it
Magic Mummy on January 14, 2010
I know it’s not nice to laugh at someones misfortune but you have just really made me laugh…. I would have been tempted to go to bed and stay there till the weekend…. Poor you
Hope everythings under control now lol
Mwa on January 15, 2010
Winter sucks. None of this would happen in June.