So I have this week off work. We *were* supposed to be going on holiays to a beach of some description this week, but alas, the farmer had to start feeding stock (every second day) so the trip did not go ahead.
But my week off work did go ahead, I was able to keep the Destroyers daycare days the same as I would have had if I was at work, so I intended to take FULL ADVANTAGE of this and get some stuff done around here - like finally painting my ensuite (yeah, I know, it's only been 18 months, but I have been THAT indecisive about colour it is ridiciulous).
When I thought about my time off on Friday, these are some of the things I thought I might do on different days.
MONDAY: Take the destroyer to daycare, buy paint (I finally found colour I liked), paint stuff, P&F meeting .
TUESDAY: Paint more stuff. Watch gossip girl and skins.
WEDNESDAY: scoot around like a chook with its head chopped off getting things spick & span for the my parents stay on Wednesday night. DO about 50 loads of washing if the smoke haze has disappeared.
THURSDAY: Destroyer to daycare, Farm bookwork (*ugh*), finish up painting, evening talk in town at the princesses school. Watch the repeat of True Blood.
FRIDAY: Trip to the big town down for scary meeting with farm accountant (*shudder*).
SATURDAY: Day at home. Ignore whole family while I do stuff I wish to do. On my OWN! Maybe a trip to the flicks with the chicks (ha I can rhyme like).
SUNDAY: be all annoyed that I have to go back to work the next day. Trust me, that DOES take me a while.
SO I got to yesterday and the destroyer was crook. Here is what monday turned out like.
MONDAY: wonder in disbelief that the destroyer would be sick with very big indications that anibiotics may be needed, try to ring dr surgery about 50 times to get an appointment. Finally get through. Get told that no appointments availalbe, can only see a dr via nurse. Trapse into town. Wait for nurse for 35 minutes. Finally see nurse and am told he'll need appointment with Dr. Get appointment with Dr scheduled for 1hr and 15 minutes later. Trapse around town doing nothing but keeping the destroyer moving in the pram so he doesnt destroy stuff. Get back to surgery 3 minutes before appoitment time. Dr still has six people to see before us. Let the destroyer run riot in the surgery as I am right pissed off and believe I am absolved of all responsibility for him due to exteme stress and the fact that it is not my fault they can't schedule correctly. Finally see Dr 2 hours and 15 minutes after first seeing the nurse. He tells me to just watch him and just bring the destroyer back in the afternoon if he gets worse, or in the morning and he'll give him some antibiotics. Dr hears my very calmly voiced "i already told you we live a 50km round trip out of town" then notices the extreme rage in my eyes, and quickly offers to do up the script then. Walk around to chemist (no pram) and wait another 1/2 an hour for the chemist to bet script done. Go to green grocers while script is being done to get some grapes and zucchini. Go to pay for grapes and zucchini and find the destroyer has pulled out very expensive gourmet peach and licked it. Also pay for a very expensive gourmet peach. Get back to chemist. Dare not try to get paint with destroyer in mood he is in. Get drugs. Go home. Get nothing else done for the day because destroyer is there destroying everything after I get it cleaned. Go to P&F meeting.
TUESDAY: Destroyer is better so drop him to daycare and attempt to get paint. Hardware store does not have paint combo on computer to make it up. Wait while they ring to get combo. Agree to go for a bit and come back as paint will be done by then. Go and buy stuff at supermarket that I forgot to get yesterday, then get bread at bakery, and pick up papers at newsagent. Cannot find more piffling tasks to do. Go back to Hardware store. Paint isn't ready. Give up in defeat and go home as the Farmer can pick up paint in afternoon. Decide that hopefully Thursday I'll finally get to paint uninterrupted. Get incredibly pissed off that my week off work is turning to shit. Make coconut muffins. Drink copious amounts of filty rotten bad-for-you diet coke.
Which brings me to right now when I am coming to terms with the fact that I will now have to do my wednesday jobs today, which in itself is fine, except for the fact that it will all be fucking messed up by tomorrow when my parents arrive. Am contemplating wether or not to even bother with any of that today and just wander aimlessly around the house for a bit and kick something instead.
ON another note, wasn't Hugh Jackman just delish in his Oscar hosting job? Well I only bothered watching his opening bit, then turned the telly over afte best supporting actress was announced. But Hugh is just tooooo good! ANd I never realised Anne Hathaway had a set of pipes on her - that was a turn up for the books! I will say that the "praise by others" of the nominees thing was crap - just put up a clip of the nominee in the movie like always - the gush gush suck gush bit that the presenters did was just BORING. That is way I turned it off after BSActress was announced.
And finally, I saw a little bit of the telecast for the National Day of Mourning on Sunday (Kev vie Rudd's speaking voice and speeches make me want to vomit AND tear my eardrums out with a spoon - so I didn't watch much). Anyway, I saw the bit where "We Are Australian" was sung - it was so good! They changed a couple of choruses and some Kingslake survivors sang those - totally fantastic, watch it here on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx5eWbjQ-XA
This is Lee the Wicked and Evil mother to the Princess and the Destroyer, Cranky wife of the Farmer. I like CHOCOLATE and SCRAPBOOKING and *ahem*"attempting" to surf and hottie bombottie stars like Matthew Fox and Orlando Bloom and Naveen Andrews and Wentworth Miller ESPECIALLY when they take their shirts off. I hope you enjoy reading my blog - beware you do so at your own risk to your retinas and brain, cause after you read my slightly delusional rantings your noggin may just want to implode. CHEERIO! L. :)
