G'day, everyone. My day has been busier than expected and it's still going.
We WERE planning a short shopping trip. difficult child 3's Friend's mother came too. mother in law had to see the doctor but on the way there she broke her glasses. The last pair. I rang the optometrist and had to make an appointment for mid afternoon. We did our shopping, difficult child 3 went home with Friend's mother (who bought him the expensive toy I'd been making him save up for) and we finally got home at about 5 pm. I dropped off Friend's mother's shopping and went home to collapse for half an hour.
I had been rung this morning by a hippy friend of mine who needed a babysitter, she and her husband had a rare opportunity to mix business with pleasure and attend a music conference together. She had lined up another friend to collect the boys from after school care, and I was to collect them from her at 7 pm. They had been fed, we were told. I bathed them (they had to put school clothes back on) but then they got hungry again, so I gave them a second dinner and some chocolate cake I had defrosting (I needed to make space in the freezer). Meanwhile difficult child 3 has been keeping the boys entertained with computer games and a DVD. I read them all a story.
Then hippy mum rang - they missed the fast train from the city, had to wait an hour for the next train, then another hour's travel, then a half hour drive. It's now two hours past difficult child 3's bedtime. Her boys are night owls, so they're doing OK. difficult child 3 is getting a bit irritable, I might need to send him to bed and take over. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is currently supervising while she does the washing up. husband is getting ready for bed - it takes a lot to break his evening routine! Plus, I can get away with less sleep than he can.
easy child 2/difficult child 2 is now nervous about the proposed film role - doesn't think she can "make out" with a total stranger, and she's worried about boyfriend getting upset. I thought it was too good to be true. I think it's going to be a matter of talking to the producer, see EXACTLY what they want, because chances are the boy they hire will feel the same. There are ways, and there are ways.
I'd better go - I can hear things getting heated in the kitchen. Time to dig out a midnight screening!
Marg
