Family Meetings

It would put the fear of god into you, having to chair one of these things. Espeically where Mammy2
and the kid's personalities are involved. They are sometimes so alike its scary. Although I wouldn't
dare say it to them. Friday was pants, I forgot my wallet and had to survive on a packet of crisps
and a snack bar all day. I wasn't going to ask my work collegagues for a lend of money, and yes
I am an idiot. I spent the day trying not to think of food. Mammy2 met me after work and we had
Luigi's finest. Pizza. Unhealthy but at that stage, I was pondering cannibalism so it was a step up
the ladder. We discussed our tactics for the meeting. I would don the blue helmut and say my bit.
In theory it seemed quire reasonable. That is until we put it into practice.

I said my bit as we rehearsed. The kid said her bit. Mammy2 refrained from rolling her eyes, an achievement in itself. The kid didn't think she had done anything wrong by going to Kill and hanging with L. We explained that it was wrong. It hovered somewhere above her head not quite reaching her brain. We empahisesed how we were worried and we couldn't contact her as her phone had died. There was a lot of going around in circles with her explaining that she ALWAYS goes to Kill to see L and why should she be punished if she didn't do anything wrong.

Eventually, we compromised. She's banned from going to Kill indefinetly. Until she regains our trust. Washing up for a week. I think she got off lightly but everyone was happy and there were no raised voices or tears. A good sign I feel.

Saturday was a fabulous sunny day compared to the gloom of today. I played on the PC for most of the morning until I got thrown off it by the clan because my shoulder is acting up these days. They're so understanding and supportive. It was nothing to do with them wanting to get on it.

We decided to head up town and do some shopping. I still had vouchers from my bithday that I hadn't spent. I got some new clothes. Love shopping for clothes. Mammy2 avoided buying any clothes, she muttered something about not being in the mindset. The truth is she hates buying clothes, or spending money on them when she would be buying books. If she had her way, she'd be
going around naked with a load of books under her arm. We dropped into Temple bar food market, yummy smells. I got a potato cake and Mammy2 got some sushi. Horrible looking stuff but she appeared to enjoy it. Sauntered around the shops, made some purchases and grabbed lunch before heading home.

There was a gig on that night that we had to go to. The kid is so funny when we say we are going to a gig. There's a raised eyebrow and a smirky look.
"A gig? You know people in a band who are playing a gig " said a tone of disbelief. I make my taking to the bridge hand gestures and she shuts up. She wanted to know if the mate L could stay over on Saturday night seeing as she wasn't allowed down to Kill to hang. We said he could and that we'd let her know when we were back from the gig. Cue more sniggering. As it turns out, the gig was cancelled. The band got food poisoning and couldn't play.

Yesterday, I embaressed her apparently. A number of times. Once when she went to the toilet and she opened the door a bit to shout out to me asking me to make her tea. I thought there was something stuck to her lip and I said it to her. She wailed and slammed the door , yelling something about a colesore. Kids are so dramatic. How was I to know it was a colesore? It looked like something was stuck to her lip.

The second time I embaressed her was when I asked the mate L if he would be requiring feeding? A straight forward question I think? He answered yes. She glared at me. I often forget that normal people have appetities. I wonder how many have left our apartment famished. I eat once in a blue moon and have the appetite of a small hamster (TM the mate R). So it never crosses my mind that
any of guests might be eyeing us up as titch kebabs.

At dinner, she had to crack the usual lesbian jokes. I'm pretty sure the mate L was aware that we were lesbians, but it didn't stop her. We headed to watch Mayo get hammered by Kerry, an abysmal match. We went to commiserate with Mayo then and had a few pints. If only it had stopped there. Switching from beer to wine seems like a good idea at the time. Much like the old "One for the road" The road must be hammered at this stage. How many does one need for the road. And how come its only One? When its actually 4 or 5 or..

I am quite unwell, I don't know how I made it into work this morning. Mammy2 and her half days, the fecker is only up. Damn her. Our partner in crime, J is equally sick which makes me feel slightly better. Only slightly. She had the audacity to laugh at my condition over txt. How does one laugh over txt I wonder?

I rang the mate R from a dodgy call shop. Is there such a thing as a non dodgy one? I mean, these places smell funny and have people looking at porn. Does the guy think I can't see him? W In the booth next to me were about 15 people. I didn't even think you could fit 5 people into the booth but somehow they managed. It was good to chat with R, catch up on some of the goings on in her life. She's only gone a week and it feels like an age. She seemed in better form then the last time I spoke to her. She's got a lot of stuff going on at the mo and I feel useless as all I can do is listen and say cliched phrases. I could make tea but getting it through the postal system might be a headache.