Busy weekend. In-laws staying with us. Or ‘Outlaws’ as my
boss refers to them! Even if I hadn’t been ill all week, this weekend would
have been tough.
The course (Intro to NLP) on Saturday was really interesting
and will be useful. It was run by the Stress Management organisation and the
man running it was very personable. I suppose he has to be in his job – but the
whole thing made me feel better and had led to a support network for at least
the next three weeks in reaching the goals we were talking about. A very long
day though. I was exhausted on Sat night.
Yesterday was grand. I really could've done with longer in bed, but when poor Al got up at 8 I started feeling a bit guilty about staying in bed, so made it up at 8:45. Apparently this was an unholy hour to sleep in until. I didn't like to break it to them that it was probably the earliest I'd gotten up on a Sunday in quite a while! And then, they went out to buy bread for breakfast, completely ignoring the loaf on the kitchen counter. Apparently, home made bread isn’t right for them.
The Robin Hood Game and Country Show was fun. We went on Sunday for the afternoon, mainly to get out of the house. We saw jousting and a few bits of archery and plenty of dogs for Gail to fuss over. Plus Al and I got a few mins to ourselves walking around as well. I loved watching the jousting. This young lad managed to squirm his way to the front, but then couldn’t see through the fence, so I held him up for the duration. His poor mother was frantic with embarrassment, but sure, he wanted to see the horses and he couldn’t from as close to the ground as he was.
Yesterday was grand. I really could've done with longer in bed, but when poor Al got up at 8 I started feeling a bit guilty about staying in bed, so made it up at 8:45. Apparently this was an unholy hour to sleep in until. I didn't like to break it to them that it was probably the earliest I'd gotten up on a Sunday in quite a while! And then, they went out to buy bread for breakfast, completely ignoring the loaf on the kitchen counter. Apparently, home made bread isn’t right for them.
The Robin Hood Game and Country Show was fun. We went on Sunday for the afternoon, mainly to get out of the house. We saw jousting and a few bits of archery and plenty of dogs for Gail to fuss over. Plus Al and I got a few mins to ourselves walking around as well. I loved watching the jousting. This young lad managed to squirm his way to the front, but then couldn’t see through the fence, so I held him up for the duration. His poor mother was frantic with embarrassment, but sure, he wanted to see the horses and he couldn’t from as close to the ground as he was.
Those horses were magnificent though. Really lovely looking!
Still, they bought dinner last night to say thank you for organising it. In the end we had to go to the Harvester and she managed to complain about everything in there, but it was her suggestion so nothing we could do. I found it quite nice – chicken burger followed by chocolate sundae. OK I was nearly falling asleep into my ice cream, but that’s ok, I enjoyed it and was full, slightly overfull but not bursting.
Anyway, when I got up this morning - the kitchen table was already occupied so I got to work slightly earlier than I had planned. I'm looking forward to tonight and relaxing and having the house back! I think Al feels the same way – I had an escape on Sat but he was full on for both days!
Gail wanted to do some washing while she was with us, but Al swears he put it on so all she got to do in the line of housework was some washing up and that was cos I wasn't there either. I think the message is getting through though. Bill wanted to fix our bathroom door (it wedges shut in damp weather) but I convinced him he shouldn’t since it was a rented house and any damage would come out of the deposit.
Roll on tonight, an early night, a nice dinner, maybe a glass of wine or something......
Still, they bought dinner last night to say thank you for organising it. In the end we had to go to the Harvester and she managed to complain about everything in there, but it was her suggestion so nothing we could do. I found it quite nice – chicken burger followed by chocolate sundae. OK I was nearly falling asleep into my ice cream, but that’s ok, I enjoyed it and was full, slightly overfull but not bursting.
Anyway, when I got up this morning - the kitchen table was already occupied so I got to work slightly earlier than I had planned. I'm looking forward to tonight and relaxing and having the house back! I think Al feels the same way – I had an escape on Sat but he was full on for both days!
Gail wanted to do some washing while she was with us, but Al swears he put it on so all she got to do in the line of housework was some washing up and that was cos I wasn't there either. I think the message is getting through though. Bill wanted to fix our bathroom door (it wedges shut in damp weather) but I convinced him he shouldn’t since it was a rented house and any damage would come out of the deposit.
Roll on tonight, an early night, a nice dinner, maybe a glass of wine or something......
I'll post properly in a while about the course on Sat and the outcomes, mainly cos I want to publicise it while still keeping it private - but there are some things I want to do, so do them I will.
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