Good Friends …

While I was “married” … I know I let a lot of friendships slide and I’ll take full responsibility for that. It was so easy to settle into “normal” life and use the excuse of being busy … when really all it would have taken is a phone call, email or text to stay in touch. It takes two yes … but if neither of you make the effort – then, well one of you has to!

Since I’ve been “single” I have been back in touch with so many friends and I am absolutely loving it!! I tell ya, Facebook has a lot to answer to! I’ve got online friends that I “met” a few years ago through various forums and networking sites and lost contact with, as well as people I haven’t spoken to in over 18 years that I went to school with!!! My social circle has widened so much and I am loving it!!

I’m determined to stay on top of my friendships from now on. Everyone needs a venting post and someone to laugh, cry and smile with them. My friends have really been there for me – I’m really lucky!

Hi ho hi ho it’s off to school they go …

Well it was a tad more stressful than I had planned! My alarm went off and hub had already got the kids up and sorted breakfast – he up at 7 and out of the house by 8am, so I take over when I get up at half seven.

Hub’s clothes were all over the floor – where they’ve been for the past few days and I’ve refused to pick them up for him. I tripped over his pile of crap this morning and hurt my foot. Made it to the bathroom and it was stinking like only a bloke can leave it with dribbles of – well, use your imagination over the toilet seat and before I had even started my day I was throwing up. Great! So yeah, by the time I faced the family I was in a foul mood. Hub immediately started on me with the “Oh you’re so cheerful in the mornings” crap – which of course only serves to make the mood worse!! Needless to say he scuttled out of the house pretty quickly and I dealt with the fallout.

Nathan had a complete and utter refusal to get dressed. He wanted to go and play on his computer – his computer that Hub was SUPPOSED to have put a time lock on a few days ago – but errr apparently Hub has been “too busy” to do that (too busy playing PC games all evening) Megan was dressed and ready with her coat on half an hour before we needed to even go anywhere!!!

Finally got out of the house and thank you thank you to the god of rain for allowing us parents to be able to chuck them straight through the school doors instead of hanging around in the playground!

I’d wanted to get a photo of them before they went off on their first day … but the rain was too much outside and I couldn’t get a decent shot indoors because it was so DARK! Autumn is definitely gone!!

So I am having a very well deserved cup of coffee before I go to work!