A Day In The Life

For the first time on this blog, here’s my Day In The Life as chosen by my lovely friend Claire from Miso Funky.

Saturday 9th May.

6am Wake up. Baby Black is gently dancing. Sun is shining. Fall back asleep.

10am Wake up. Baby Black is kicking. Grey clouds looming. Rain is coming. Get up and eat breakfast.

11am Chat to Mr B. Drink redbush tea. Generally lounge about as one should on a wet weekend.

1pm Shower and get dressed.

1.30pm Chat to Mum. We are both excited about a baby mat from the bargain wonderland that is Aldi. We decide my Dad is in charge of purchasing this on Sunday.

2pm Eat cheese and tomato toasted sandwich. Check Rangers scores. Find toast crumbs everywhere.

2.30pm Pouring rain outside. Brave the water to go for eye test. I love getting my eyes tested.

2.50pm Get a prime parking space in West End and head towards opticians. The air smells nice; of wet summer plants. I like.

3pm Eye test. Did I mention I LOVE getting my eyes tested? It always seems fun. All is fine. Slight long sightedness in left eye, but not enough to worry about or need a prescription. Enough to secretly irritate me though. I’m a perfectionist and after years of 20/20 vision I am filled with horror.  

4pm Back home. Chat to Mr B who is falling asleep. I mock him but slowly find myself getting tired too.

4.45pm Sister phones. They will be home soon. I can go visit. I close my eyes for two minutes…

5.15pm Dammit I fell asleep.

5.30pm At my sister’s house. Niece Eva is delighted with goodie bag of craft supplies I brought her. Nephew Josh is pretending to be shy.

5.45pm Chat to my sister and sit scrapbooking with Eva. She is very good at drawing and writing. “I like that very much. I do. So I do. I like it,” is her favourite phrase at the moment. Josh sits in high chair saying “choochoo” to his Thomas the Tank Engine comic.

7.30pm Children are bathed and put to bed. I chop mushrooms for dinner. Brother-in-law tells me about £10,000 competition at Domino’s Pizza. We discuss pizza at length.

8.30pm Dinner is seafood pasta and perfect. My sister never makes a bad meal.

9pm Brother-in-law wanders off muttering about pizza again. I produce a long list of baby questions and proceed to quiz my sister about what I need to purchase for baby Black.

10pm We eat ice-cream.

11pm Back home. Sit far too late watching tv, chatting to Mr B and looking at baby merchandise online. When I finally go to bed, baby Black begins a full blown jumping and kicking session. I fall asleep smiling.

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