Spread your wings and fly away

"I'm having a shower" he says, just before disappearing upstairs.

I check the clock to make sure it is the right time and I haven't missed a few hours.

"Did I hear right?" I said to hubby

"yes" he replied, before disappearing upstairs.

45 minutes later, Simon appears downstairs dressed all in black, nice black pair of jeans and black shirt, with his dragon pendant on, hair smoothed down nicely, clearly has had a shave and wearing AFTERSHAVE!!!

OMG!!!!

Ok we are going out.

We have a presentation evening to celebrate the end of summer school and to show parents what they have been doing these past couple of weeks.

he tells me the girl he is friendly with are just friends.

We'll see My little boy is growing up

The pathway leading to my front door has a border either side of it. Due to the bad weather and the fact that I am quite lazy really, I haven't been out there to do the annual tidy up, so it has become increasing overgrown and is looking more jungle like by the day. Fushias are trying to fight for space amongst the weeds, chrysanthemums struggle through the plant that is spreading like wildflower each year and disperses its seeds at an alarming rate. All of which are leaning over the borders so you fight to get to the front door.

Well no more.

I went out laden with my spade, my fork, and a few handtools and began hacking and pulling, digging and weeding, trasferring a plant or two (shhh wrong time of year don't tell my sister) and generally pulling up a weed or two, getting stung by stinging nettles that objected, finding a tree had seeded itself where it was no wanted and not giving in until it had all been dug up. Fresh soil laid where plants had been moved and watered, other areas dug over.

All of this done with the help (or hindrance ) of an 8 year child who moaned and groaned and whinged for England!

"have we finished yet?" no we have only just started

"Is is dinner time yet?" No you have just had breakfast

"Can I dig this up?" No it is a plant

"can I dg this up?" No you are likely to put the fork through your foot

"Why do I have to pick this up?" Because mummy is in pain

"Its raining" It isn't

"I felt it spit" It didn't

"its raining now" No it is only a small shower you will not drown

And so it went on.

What I did find though, under all those leaves and weeds, were loads of horrible slugs getting fat on the plants that are still trying to survive. Seen to that, sorry but not keen of slugs so some of them are now living in the field behind me though I was very tempted to put slug killer down but I must think of my feathered friends.

After sweeping up our mess, having a conversation with a neighbour (in the rain) we eventually retired inside, to have some lunch and a cup of tea. Looking less like a jungle out there, but still have so much to do.

Alas the rain is coming down hard so will not be done today.

Time for a shower I think

Two posts I have written neither have appeared. keep being logged out still Really getting annoyed here Really really annoyed.

2.30pm text arrives - fancy going for a drink tonight?

Yes where?

Decide later pick me up 7.30.

Are we eating?

Oh good idea yes.

So there I was, picking up a friend I haven't seen since December, off to a country pub where we put the world to rights while eating good food and drinking the best soft drinks they had to offer (well she was on the cider, I was on J2O's as I was driving).

Now this friend is a little naive at times, in fact I often wonder how she got so far in life. Bless her she has had a hard life, bringing up her son, after her husband, left single handed, doing part time jobs that allowed her to spend all her spare time with her child so he wouldn't grow up on the streets and getting into trouble.

And at last it has all paid off. She is now in fulltime work, now he has left school, has passed her driving test, she has been seeing a lovely bloke for the last 4 years, though at the moment due to distance only at weekends and the odd week's holiday, and is getting her life together. I am so happy for her.

She is thinking of moving in with her boyfriend, and I have told her to go for it, but think other people are trying to dissuade her. They have put it into her head it may not work and then she will have moved away from everyone that she knows and then where shall she be. My thoughts, you are 50, take a chance, it may work, it may not, it is more likely to work because she will want it to. He sounds really nice always considerated phoning to ask if she is ok and asking what she wants to do at the weekend, what she would want to eat etc, not in a needy way, just wanting to know how to please, putting her feelings first. Sounds good to me.

Told her it isn't as though she is moving miles away, she is only going to the next town and she can drive to still see her friends etc. At the end of the evening she seemed more sure of what she will do, though it won't be immediate, she has a son to sort out first and will want to see him settled first.

Beautiful moon on the way home. Stopped and made her make a wish on it - she thinks I am daft but what the heck. Shining brightly in the sky I am sure Mrs Moon was listening.

I love spontanaeity sometimes you just need to do something without notice and it was good to catch up.

Looks like another good day out there again. Had to get up at an unearthly hour this morning and drive Nig to the Station. He is working in Kings Cross today and so decided to go in by train and leave his mate to pick up all the materials they will need for the job. It is ridiculous him going all that way when I can be certain there are jobs closer to home that others are getting, probably having to come up from Kings Cross to get there lol!

Eldest still have summer school so will drop him off later and then I will hoover upstairs, clean the bathroom and enjoy the sun for a little while. May, just may do some gardening, though there is ironing to do as well ho hum !

Right better go and have some breakfast!

have a good day