yikes.
Today a friend of mine had my two little ones for the morning and lunchtime. This is a rare treat right…'cos i have small kids with me all the time mostly, so much so that i have often found myself about to shout 'Matiiiilda' even when she is not actually with me. Such is my habit of trying to stop that kid legging it. Anyway a friend had offered it to me as a birthday gift and today was the cashing in day.
So today when i dropped them off i was full of 'ooh ohh ohh..what should i do, what will i do…' Arriving back at our house my intention was to get the ipad and go sit in a cafe with a slice of cake the size of my hand. As i was getting out of the car i noticed the monkey nut shell, the banana skin, the school letters, toys and general detritus and suddenly thought 'nope i can't bear it any longer'
and so i hoovered out the car, sprayed the fabrics with that covershorridsmellonlytemporarily stuff and removed all the rubbish…then after an hour i went to the car wash and sat reading while those crazy brushes did their thing and spruced up the outside.
I know….i sure know how to live don't i?
But y'see I am completely unable to clean the car when i have the little ones around. If they are asleep the hoover will wake them up, if they are awake they are trying to run into the road and get squashed…so its impossible and by Natalie having the girls it made it possible and i could sit in my car and look around and see the carpet….and it is sad, and depressing somewhat that, that gave me a really happy feeling but it is what it is….and this at the moment folks, is my life.
I did manage to squeeze in a trip to Halfords (booster seat) and a quick fleeting trip to costa for a cup of tea….which was great but i think i felt blessed far more by the fact that i could walk into Halfords look at the booster seat, decide on the booster seat, purchase booster seat and leave the shop..whereas normally those very short tasks would be interrupted by 'stop kid climbing on bike, rescue small child from lift/stairs/behind the cash register, say sorry many times as things get moved/played with/opened and leave the shop hot and flustered and shouting 'I"M LEAVING!" at the top of my voice.
do people who don't have children think all adults who do have kids have tourettes syndrome you think?
So now im being all strict and wouldn't even let the girls eat a packet of raisins in my newly clean car but shabby car. Wont last long =)
So happy birthday to me, happy clean car day to my…er….car and thanks a lot natalie =)
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