The weather outside is frightful..

Okay, so its not as bad as yesterday. Yesterday, I had to go uptown to get the kids meds and make a phone call. If by any chance you were driving up or down the quays and noticed a 5ft ball of clothes and doc martens stuck to the wind screen of a parked car, that was me. Every time I took
a step , the wind went "Nah, you're not going home today.What rugby watch" * Swirls leaves in front of her face *. I could just about see out from under my hat and everytime I got 2 steps forward, the wind would be blow me 5 steps back. I eventually blew in the apartment and vowed to never leave again.

The kid managed her first week back after suspension fine. Things appeared to have calmed down. She handed up her art assignment a week late. The teacher said it was excellent, but there was a lot of black in it. You know there are people out there who love to live life on the edge. They go bungee jumping, white water rafting, paragliding and what not. This art teacher belongs to that group of people. She's a brave lady, if she followed up with the word EMO i reckon she'd be thrown out of the school. However, she started with a compliment so she knows she kid well enough.
The kid wants to drop honours irish but the teacher won't let her. We have to talk to the school about it. I look forward to that conversation. As always.

We were away in the Saturday night with the inlaws. It was the mother-in-law's 60th birthday today and so the family all sent her away for the weekend and then we joined them on the Saturday night. I have to say I wasn't overly impressed with the hotel. It was 4-star but quite old fashioned. I prefer
modern hotels. Would ya listen to me, as my mother would say, its far from hotels you were reared! But if I was forced to stay in one, I would perfer the modern style then the old style. The mother-in-law enjoyed herself. It wasn't as stressful as I thought, mainly because Mammy2 kept an eye on me. Sometimes her family can be a bit full on. I was always worried about the finances, because we'd budgeted for a certain amount and it was definetly going to be more then that. Coming up to christmas and all that, I wanted to make sure we were okay. Throw in a failed baby attempt this month and I was a tad out of of sorts. Espeically with all the kids around. Put it this way, there's nothing wrong with the in-laws ovaries. One sister has three kids under 6 and the other brother has 2 kids under 8.

Lots of noise. They are quite cute though so I was taking lots of pics. The camera behaved itself. Somewhat. Some of the pictures came out pants. Not sure if the camera was adjusting to the cold or what. After the ruggers and some dinner, I opted for bath and bed. I was tired, grumpy and a bit strung out. The sister in Holland assumed we had forgotten her bday. As if we would. So, I stayed in with the rubber ducks, I was not suited for adult company and then went to bed. There's a lot to be said for 12 hours sleep. Today will be a better day AND its 34 days to christmas!!!