Today is looking to be a crap day
March 20, 2007 at 11:42 AM
by Ashleigh
Today seems to be working out to be a crap day.
I still have the flu, which has settled down into a more 'cold' like pattern than a flu pattern, if only I could shake the hot flushes! Gads, is this what life in my forties is going to be like? One minute I'm freezing, the next so warm that I'm disrobing in the street. Well, not quite, but you know ...
I have a pile of ironing to rival a commercial laundry, classes tonight, no idea what to make for dinner because I can't eat meat from the supermarket anymore without feeling nauseous, and I'm waiting until Thursday for our meat order to come from Odin.
It will have to be eggs. Maybe a quiche.
Today Seb has his swimming lesson, and while he is there I must rush to the garden centre to buy more plastic pots for the dwarf beans, which are anything but dwarf and have completely expanded themselves out of their 2 inch trays. Note to self: Plant dwarf beans in larger pots next time.
Joe lay on the floor and cried this morning because he didn't want to go to school. Thus, we were late for school.
The one swimming mom, who is the last one to pay her bill, which was due at the end of December, and for whom I have been waiting so that I can transfer the money across to the swimming pool, hasn't paid. She phoned me yesterday to say that she would definitely be paying the money in and that I could go to the post office to do the transfer this morning.
Guess what? When I got there her money wasn't in yet so I couldn't do the transfer. So now I have a 'situation' and I must be more forceful with her to try and stress the urgency of paying one's bills on time.
I saw the podiatrist this morning about my achilles tendon and he told me that 'achilles tendon injuries are notoriously difficult to heal'. It appears I will not be walking the Avondvierdaagse this year, or indeed walking anywhere this year. Maybe I will have to get one of those awful scooters...
Zimbabwe is going head over heels into civil war and my family still live there. Plus something happened to change the ever-delicate balance of my relationship with my mom and now I feel as if I am on the wrong foot. Ever have that feeling?
On a more positive note, Francine has written a letter to Mother Nature which we can all take to heart! Especially the bit about the teeth and the chocolate and the... oh, just go read it for yourself!
And in the moestuin the red peppers have come up, so has the lettuce. The tomatoes are growing nicely. The plum tree has no blossom yet, but the blackberries are growing wildly. Good thing we put the trellis in for the last week. The weather is cold, but destined to warm up on Saturday. Just in time for football.
Here's to a better day tomorrow!
Comments
I am sorry to hear about your family, my prayers are with you all. As for being on the wrong foot, I think that could just sum up my relationship with my mother lol. Seriously though, I know how that balance can be and the only thing I know that gets us through is lots of patience and love (even when it looks like one of us is going to kill the other). Good luck and take care.
My mom and I go through phases like that, too. No idea what brings them on or why they clear up. They're mysterious - like traffic jams.
I've heard rumblings about the situation in Zimbabwe. I hate to think of your family in the middle of it. I hope everyone there is doing okay.
Crap days. It's the weather. Take care.
Oh Ash, it looks like this is a day to stay in bed with the covers up or above your nose (easy wiping hehehe).
So sorry to hear about all your situations, that is so not helping now. I hope things will sort out, they happen to do that you know? It's awful to think of Zimbabwe and your family there.
Please take care!! {{hugs}}
Hi Ashleigh,
I am often on the wrong foot with my mum too.
Even though we live apart.
I'm in Ireland and when I visit her she won't let me move from my chair.
She is like the spider who wants to keep her kids in her web.
So i would be sitting in a chair from morning till time to go asleep.
I can not go to the neighbours, friends, family so basically visit the chair.
I stopped visiting as all i want is shopping, seeing friends.
I did once to with my daughters and my daughters friends to amsterdam and travel to all action things for the girls, but i had to stay away from family visits as my mother would have known i was visiting holland.
So as you can see is that my daughters have not seen holland hte way i have as all we do is sit on a chair and young children like to do things.
Neither have they met many family members as they will never get a change to meet them.
apart from the chair.
So i am basically my whole life on the wrong foot with my mother.
I am sorry to hear about the troubles in Zimbabwe.
carla
Ash. I'm sorry. I know how a million things can gather into one large looming storm cloud and ruin a day. When you wake up tomorrow morning, things will look better.
I can barely read a newspaper article about Zimbabwe anymore without my heart breaking. I had my honeymoon there in 1994 and it was such a stunning country, we were fantasising about moving there to live. I can understand how worried and anxious you must be feeling. I sincerely hope that your family will all be okay.
March 20, 2007 12:59 PM