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Date: 18 April 2004 19:56:58
The Needles Battery might have been effective protection against invasion from "ship"ping, had they not all sneaked in on the North Coast. Every single mug in my house is currently in the dishwasher recovering from overuse this weekend, as a dozen Ship friends descended on my sunny part of the Island for the weekend. And a great time was had by all - we didn't even manage to lose anyone in the convoy this time.
We're all exhausted now, though. The boys fell asleep in the car this afternoon and were devestated to discover they'd slept right through saying goodbye to the last person to leave. They've thoroughly enjoyed the weekend too, and I was really proud of how well they behaved... even if Smudgelet did manage to nearly blind Dave C by whacking him full force in the eye as one waved his arm back ready to throw a stone in the sea and the other bent to pick up a stone from the beach.
The boys went to sleep at my friend M's house, rejoining us during the day for the daytime activities and then retiring to give us a bit of grown up time in the evening. When I picked them up, M was in hysterics. She'd asked them if their bedroom was left tidy, and they assured her it was spick and span. She went in to see that they'd got everything and discovered underwear all over the place. "I thought you said your bedroom was left tidy, boys?" "Yes, we tidied it up". M points enquiringly at the debris all over her spare room and they look innocently at her and say "But that's not OUR bedroom, it's yours! There are people sleeping in OUR bedroom!"
I think the funniest memory of the weekend will be of Smudgelet running across the parade ground at the Needles Battery. It was blowing a gale up there - we know it was officially a gale as they have a wind measuring device which told us so. He ran with all his might and was getting absolutly nowhere! We waited in eager anticipation for the wind to drop to see what happened to him, but he eventually fought his way to us uninjured!
I don't know how much sleep we'll get tonight, despite being so tired. Tiddles has now got the cough, so that's three of us. As soon as one stops coughing and falls asleep, another one starts and wakes the rest. I think I'll be ringing the doctor in the morning as I'm fed up of coughing. Last night was particularly bad as my special expensive meal and I parted company - in a pitch-black ladies toilet on the beach at midnight! And this morning I had to leave church in the middle of the intercessory prayers because I was drowning out the voice of the minister as he prayed for those who were suffering.
Tomorrow I am being very naughty. I am going to look at a piano that's for sale. I can't afford a piano - I mustn't buy a piano - I want a piano. I rang the elderly lady who's selling it because she has to go into a home, and she sounded a really lovely lady so I can't wait to meet her. I asked her for her address, and she went and got a piece of paper to write it down for me - asking me to spell out where I lived for her. Fortunately she realised in time it was HER address I needed, and it was ME who was going to have to write it down. She was concerned, too, to give me her telephone number so I could ring her if I needed to, but then was extremely embarrassed when the penny dropped that I already had it!
I must not buy a piano.