This ought to be a joyful reunion. My Aussie aunt and uncle have finally retired and are doing the grand tour of the relatives. I haven't seen them for 25 years. It actually could be longer as for a number of years during my wannabe rock chick hippie goth punk stage I didn't have a lot of time for my family....
Anyway I'm rambling again.
I'm wondering how I'm going to entertain them. They want to stay with me, even though I tried to explain that the teenage Angel stays up mega late with her music, and the CD gets up just a few hours later, before the children's TV even starts. Smiley sometimes wakes in the night, and laughs and rolls around her bed - better than crying but not ideal. So sleep is in short supply in this house. Then once the children start to get up, things can deteriorate. There's a lot of work involved, besides the usual cooking, cleaning and washing. Angel needs money and lifts - no surprises there. CD wants attention ALL DAY unless on the PC/DS/Wii, so I am a bad Mammy and let him spend far too much time on these. Then Smiley needs help with everything and is very very heavy now.
On top of that Smiley loves to go for walks and CD insists on being driven everywhere. Result: we usually go nowhere. Well Angel does but that is with her gang, obviously no longer with me and her annoying brother. She does actually adore Smiley.
So how am I going to show the Aussies the sights of Dublin and pay them enough attention?
Also I don't know what they eat. Maybe I should introduce them to the delights of Irish Stew and Colcannon. On second thoughts that would mean cooking two meals every night, because guess what? My kids won't eat real food like that any more.
Am burying head in sand and hoping for the best. Am really looking forward to tales of life Down Under, and hopefully they will play chess with the CD, cook the odd meal and give Smiley a bit of attention. If all that happens I know we'll have a great time.
Editor's Note
Had to revise this any number of times. Have realised how easy it is to cause offence. Wonder does anyone blog on this? Is there a list of rules for bloggers somewhere? If you only say good things about everyone and everything, isn't your blog going to be a bit dull? As it is there are a number of areas of my life that I feel I can't blog about at all - RH you are so lucky....
Anyway I'm rambling again.
I'm wondering how I'm going to entertain them. They want to stay with me, even though I tried to explain that the teenage Angel stays up mega late with her music, and the CD gets up just a few hours later, before the children's TV even starts. Smiley sometimes wakes in the night, and laughs and rolls around her bed - better than crying but not ideal. So sleep is in short supply in this house. Then once the children start to get up, things can deteriorate. There's a lot of work involved, besides the usual cooking, cleaning and washing. Angel needs money and lifts - no surprises there. CD wants attention ALL DAY unless on the PC/DS/Wii, so I am a bad Mammy and let him spend far too much time on these. Then Smiley needs help with everything and is very very heavy now.
On top of that Smiley loves to go for walks and CD insists on being driven everywhere. Result: we usually go nowhere. Well Angel does but that is with her gang, obviously no longer with me and her annoying brother. She does actually adore Smiley.
So how am I going to show the Aussies the sights of Dublin and pay them enough attention?
Also I don't know what they eat. Maybe I should introduce them to the delights of Irish Stew and Colcannon. On second thoughts that would mean cooking two meals every night, because guess what? My kids won't eat real food like that any more.
Am burying head in sand and hoping for the best. Am really looking forward to tales of life Down Under, and hopefully they will play chess with the CD, cook the odd meal and give Smiley a bit of attention. If all that happens I know we'll have a great time.
Editor's Note
Had to revise this any number of times. Have realised how easy it is to cause offence. Wonder does anyone blog on this? Is there a list of rules for bloggers somewhere? If you only say good things about everyone and everything, isn't your blog going to be a bit dull? As it is there are a number of areas of my life that I feel I can't blog about at all - RH you are so lucky....
