Countdown to summer
Work has been
manic in the run up to the end of term and what with working
through my lunchtime, I've found I'm becoming quite giddy
by the end of the weekday afternoons. The children have been
learning new songs and one of them is about knights and ladies, so
I wasn't surprised to find that while in charge of a group of
children one afternoon, I noticed a couple of them had drawn the
most beautiful castles, complete with knights and horses. However
what struck me as odd was that none of the knights had any hair!
When I suggested to one of the boys that it would be nice if he
drew some on, he looked at me in sheer horror and exclaimed,
"Oh no, I can't do that - he's valiant and bald!"
It took a second for the penny to drop and as he walked away, I
shouted across the classroom, "He was BOLD, not BALD!"
The children shot me strange looks before continuing with their
drawings, obviously thinking I had lost the plot, having hysterics
all by myself!
With the summer holidays looming, we have decided to forget all the
stress and take a holiday in the caravan anyway. When I say forget
all the stress, I mean work stress - holidaying in the caravan
never ends up being as 'restful' as Pete and I hope for.
Why we think taking our children into a more confined environment
will be an enjoyable experience, I don't know! We're
ever-optimistic that they will share our enthusiasm for getting
back to basics, but somehow, I'm not too sure. Given our past
experiences with either wheels shooting off into orbit or becoming
deflated less than two miles from home I say 'holiday' with
great trepidation. At least it is just the three younger children
this time - and Baxter. We said he was banned, after the last
camping episode, but having been left without a reliable dog sitter
for two weeks, he's coming on probation. This, in itself, will
lead to disruption as the children will be smothered in black
dog-hair, five minutes into the trip.
We plan to go to Devon; despite the fact the last time we went, we
had all three younger children plus the temperamental
then-15-year-old Colby, who most definitely did not want to be
coming away with us 'cretins,' let alone be seen dead in a
caravan!! Suffice it to say, it poured with rain for the whole two
weeks and I was beginning to get cabin fever towards the end - I
felt like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. As for Colby, she was
beside herself, having left her phone charger at home and so had no
option but to join in with the umpteenth jigsaw puzzle we had
tucked away...
Anyway, I shall not think negatively - I'll think of all the
lovely holiday moments and smile, as at least we shall be getting
away from it all... or are we?
Kelvin's uni brochures have been coming through thick and fast
and I decided to broach the subject with him this evening. He is
planning to go next year, so hopefully he's not dashing off
just yet. With the 'Nook' taking forever with the
renovation work, it doesn't seem likely he will be moving out
for a good few months. I suddenly realised last night that the
psychic lady I went to see back in January was adamant that one of
my children would be considering going to university this year and
I dismissed it, as I couldn't think of any of them that wanted
to! Maybe it's time to go and visit her again, but perhaps
I'll wait until after the Devon trip. I don't want to know
what piece might fly off or break down this time...
So, at the end of this month the 'Griswalds' will be
hitting the road again, caravan in tow, laden down with enough tins
of food to sink a battleship, everything but the kitchen sink,
three kids and one moose-like dog... God help everyone on the A1
and I should apologise in advance, in case we cause any major
disruptions!
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