Who’s Normal Anyway?

Feeling virtuous cos we’re just about packed for tomorrow when we’re going to stay in Okehampton YH with some other HE friends. We’ve even got the car packed - just the toiletries, bed guard and fridge empty out stuff to fit in somewhere in the morning. The plan is to set off as soon as we’re up and had breakfast, even if it means putting L in in his PJs for the first part of the journey. No idea how long it’ll take us to get all the way from Yorskhire to Devon, but it’s going to be a while with a 4.5 month old baby!

So, a quick catch up before we go. On Friday we had a mad day where A was rushing around sorting out work related stuff and form filling and all sorts of admin stuff all morning, including going into town for the bank. M, L and I stayed home and did bits and bobs, can’t really remember what now.

In the afternoon M had musical theatre and for a change they were learning Christmas songs. “Miss Jo” surprised me by inviting me in to watch them singing and swaying to Away in a Manger and Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer. Next week is parents week (about time, first one they’ve had since he started in January!) but we’re on holiday so was going to completely miss seeing him. They did a lovely performance. The teachers reckon M has really come on recently from being a bit “lost” initially to being keen to join in the drama and dancing now and has also improved in not giving his opinion on everything they’re asked to do! LOL. I can just imagine. When we set off out, A went to MR for his weekend away.

On Saturday I was sorting out holiday stuff and did some baking, while M played on the PC and then on A’s laptop til I told him to find something non-screen-related to do. In the early afternoon he had his dancing class.

Today we did more packing up and I tried (and failed) to catch up on some emails in and among. We went to Church and I tried to get a copy of the service sheet for M & L’s thanksgiving service next Sunday (bit late for M, but better late than never and we were a bit between vicars after he was born so didn’t sort anything). N was vague as usual and since we are away all week was supposedly going to drop round with it this afternoon, but as per he failed to show up. I just hope he gets it sorted OK in the week. Might phone his secretary while we’re away. I told J the organist which hymns we picked for when in the service and she said she’d get onto him too.

This afternoon I chatted with my sis and with T about passwording blogs and I’ve come to the conclusion it’s a difficult bit of netiquette I haven’t sussed yet! I decided this time I wouldn’t email passwords out cos I don’t want people to feel obligated to read it. But then A & T both said they wouldn’t ask in principle - can’t bl***y win! If you send them you feel like you’re forcing yourself on folk, if you don’t send them they get all reticent and huffy LOL!! But basically, happy for anyone I know IRL to read it all, don’t want anyone to feel they have to, but don’t want to put all the details up for strangers to read.

This evening I’ve watched Bleak House while cooking tea and got lost with what was going on, but I also videoed it (if I can ever find time to watch it). A got back about 7.30pm and after M went to bed we’ve been packing up, A’s cleaned the fish tank etc. Ought to go talk to him about his weekend really instead of sitting here blogging!