Month: March 2020

‘Oh Asda we love you’

The shopping arrived today, yes folks I am one of them lucky/crazy people who managed to bag a slot.  I say lucky because I actually managed to get a delivery slot, I say crazy because […]

Mum on a ledge

Even though I am a self -confessed anti-social who generally avoids talking to real life people I do miss elements of my life pre-isolation.  For example, routine, I miss actually going into the office, having […]

Day 657 of Isolation

The Fantasy So, we start the day with Yoga, then we do some school work followed by creative time with an online art class. Then there is PE, a walk outside in some jazzy leggings, […]

Change is a comin’

Big change is coming.  No longer can I go out and live the crazy, manic and joy filled social life I have been living for the past 7 years. I can no longer go to those big […]

Baby’s first birthday!

It’s Mother’s Day but it’s also the little one’s first birthday, so obviously Mother’s Day doesn’t count in our house today.  I think this may be the first of many birthdays in isolation for us, luckily the little one doesn’t have a […]

Toilet Roll and other precious items

Why, why, why in the midst of a toilet roll shortage does the little one decide to destroy roll after roll then proceed to try and stuff as much as he can down the toilet?  […]

No more School

The first born spent all morning yesterday trying to convince us (with tears and everything) that he should not be going to school.  To give him credit, his arguments are fair and probably accurate, of course we didn’t […]

I will not say fuck in front of the kids

As eager as I am to have my children home and safe given the girl’s medical condition, I am also quietly panicking inside.  I suspect I’m not the only one but obviously the ‘Laws of Mum’ dictate that I should […]

Social contact and other likes, shares and tweets

A virus that spreads via actual contact?  How on earth has this happened?  Don’t we all live valiantly via Facebook, Twitter and what’s the other one, Instagram?  When did conversations with real life people become the social norm? […]