Busy,busy!

Hello folks

Well! What a busy week so far it's been so hectic I haven't even had time for my blog!

So, what's this week offered me so far?  Lots of meetings in work, a trip to Leeds yesterday which was very wet and foggy, the M62 is not a great place to be at 7 in the morning wet or dry! But wet, foggy and poor visibility is the worst kind of journey!

After catching up with friends and colleagues, reviewing some analysis and a couple of conference calls I went off to visit my 2 sons, dropping off bedding and towels at number 1 sons place and with a quick cuddle and short catch up then I headed off to see number 2 son in horsforth.  Due to the stolen card issue last week, it was a shopping trip to morrisons to top up the food and make sure he's got some cash?

He's celebrating his 19th birthday tomorrow, it'll be the first time that we haven't been together for his birthday I feel a bit sad so delivering the birthday cake, cards and presents yesterday was quite hard - I shall miss him tomorrow and it will be difficult for me and Mr G to accept the 'new world' of independence.

I guess we will have to learn to cope with all this and deal with occasions without us all being together!  We need to get on with.  'life as we know it' and start letting go of our two sons, sad to say, they will always be my babies and like lots of other parents it's hard to let go!  How do you cope with losing your babes?

What a mess!

I entered the room yesterday I ventured where no mother had ventured before......into the abyss known as 'the bedroom of number 2 son' aaaaarrrrggggghhhhh!  Lucky to have survived the overpowering amount of paper, clothes and general mess, I fought through the undergrowth of mess!

The dust, the empty bottles of coca cola, the odd socks aaaaarggggghhhhh! Overwhelmed by the mountain of paper that lied on the floor, on the shelves and in the drawers, cupboards, the grime, dust and dirty clothes shoved in the wardrobe I managed to scrape, clean and move all the crap into bin bags and left for the tip as early as I could this morning!!

I've, steamed, I've hoovered, I've dusted and fumigated the abyss and managed to reclaim the 'black hole' that was once the bedroom of one of earths darkest creatures - son number 2 - and survived!!

Onwards and upwards to clean, tidy and dust free bedroom which looks like a room and not the dustbin it once was!   Supermum strikes again!!

It's Friday

So, after the week which has seen number 1 son recovering from food poisoning and number 2 son oo robbed at the cashpoint last night in Leeds I'm hoping to catch up on life as I would like it to be!  What's going on I ask?

Bless the boys, they have had a dreadful week, one way and another - poor Adam has been so ill!

Apparently - 'freshers' get rumbled at cash points all the time - nice!

I did my emergency run to M & S to find some little trinket for the hubby's birthday - nothing really wowed me so I went for the old favs, liquorice all sorts ( I know! Not terribly exciting, but he likes them and I thought maybe I could get away with it ). Then I found a rather nice bottle of red wine which I thought would go down well. After which, I saw a delish chocolate cake which as long as he doesn't have with the red wine - would be fine.  If he mixes the two, well, could be a case of severe migraine and a night wrapped round the loo! Not great, considering I have a lunch booked for Sunday!

Looking forward to clearing out the bedroom tomorrow -  I am sure there will be some other unfortunate parents doing exactly the same, bin bags at the ready and paint on hand! I do miss my boys especially when there is a birthday or something and I know that Mr G would like to go to Leeds.  It's difficult to take the step back!
Bye for now

Thank crunchie....

Soooooooo glad it's Friday, it's been another busy week and tomorrow is Mr G's birthday and I've no idea what to get, feel a trip to  M & S might need to be on today's agenda - if any ideas spring to mind let me know?
Men are really difficult to buy for I find.  Once you've done socks, pants, pj's and booze not much left really!
Oh well, going to see what I can find that might do the trick - let you know it went later LOL!

Just as I thought.....

Heehee! Lost the blog!

So, just updating that number 1 son has food poisoning from a dodgy Chinese!  It's all going on and he's suffering badly, finally got him go to the medical centre after threats of mum collecting him and bringing home!

Bless, he's poorly and feeling rubbish - I feel guilty cos' I am miles away and all I want to do is cuddle him and look after him.  Thank god he has a very loving girlfriend who's looked after him amend got him to the medical centre today, she's a gem!  S&D for 4 days - he's already lost 10ibs not particularly the right or a good way!

So, the next chapter of life as I know it isn't quite getting underway yet, I realise that you always a mum first and that children always need you.... That's a nice feeling isn't it?  What will I do when they find someone who replaces me?  Will I like them? Who knows.....

Just as I thought I'd conquered the loss.....

So, here we go, life as I know it continues, it's Wednesday, unfortunately for me, there is football on the telly! Of course, Mr G will want to watch 11 sad, overpaid, egotistical males run around a football pitch; personally I can think of nothing worse.

After an early start this morning to get to Leeds, the M62 was blocked and so was every other road for miles around, I gave up in the end and after travelling 68 miles in 3 & half hours I decided to give up on Leeds altogether and head back to my normal office near Warrington.  I spent much of those 3 & half hours wishing that I was living somewhere else - I travelled to France, Spain and Italy in my head debating which country I would prefer as a home.  I decided France in the end, no traffic, good wine, good food, nice climate and central.

Sometimes, I long to escape from the UK and then I wonder how I would cope with the enormity of moving to another country, where to be fair, it would only be exaggerated hand gestures that I could communicate with!  Of course, I could get by with hand and arm gestures - especially after a glass or two of wine, let's face it, that always improve communication, inhibitions fly out of the window and basically you develop the ability to speak any language at all! Hee, hee!   I have this wonderful vision of life in France - is it life as I would like to know it, or, just an unfulfilled dream!

C'est la vie looks very appealing after a day like today!

And their off!

I'm new to blogging I've wanted to have a go for a while but with working full time and a family it just never happened!  But now, well, with both my sons now flown from the nest - number 2 son went off to Leeds Trinity on Sunday to join number 1 son who's already done one year in Leeds Met. I might have time to do a bit of blogging.  

 

I thought it would have been much harder to let them go but it was actually quite easy, I had prepared myself to let them go - it was time.

 

I think it was the prospect of being able to keep the house tidy and get rid of all the rubbish that filled me with excitement!!  How sad is that?  So when all the clearing up and chucking out process is completed I will be able to wander round my house without tripping over shoes by the door and dirty clothes left on the floor!  Of course, like all Mum's I will miss them but not their mess. I bet there are thousands of Mum's thinking the same thing and already started on the decorating of the bedroom th strewn with rubbish, posters, leftover blu tac and other not quite so delightful things!  (you know what I mean)

 

I guess it's going to be the start of another chapter of life as I know it.  It's interesting how you think differently about life and what it has to offer when you have no children to clear up after. How will I cope adjusting to cooking just for Mr G and me?  I couldn't manage it for three and still ended up cooking for four. With just two of us I can see we will be eating leftovers all week just from one meal!

So the next chapter of 'Life as I Know It' starteth from now.......