NB: all times are approximate
09.00 alison gets back from capetown - exhausted
09.30 i leave to fix some-ones mac
10.30 ali goes to sainsburies
11.30 mercedes breaks down
11.45 ring the aa - wont fix because its outside house
12.00 ali unpacking suitcases and then packing again for next trip
13.00 i go to fix someone else's mac in taxi
15.30 mate arrives to try fixing mercedes - no luck
15.40 another mate arrives to say hello
16.00 book mechanics in to tow mercedes to garage
16.05 i go out to fix a mac in taxi
17.00 oscar pulls 3 sheets of mdf onto his head - survives
17.10 I return to chaos - shouting
17.20 ali cooks kids dinner - preps for tomorrow
18.00 I walk to shop to get milk
18.20 kids bathtime - messy
19.30 kids to bed
20.00 kids decide they don't want to go to bed
21.00 we eat - sort of
21.20 kids in bed again
21.40 ali in bed - knackered
22.00 dis working on computer
23.30 dis goes to bed
00.20 oscar wakes up crying
01.30 oscar has temperature , needs medicine
03.30 oscar in our bed
05.00 ellie in our bed
06.15 alarm clock goes off
06.20 alarm clock goes off again
06.40 load up taxi with suitcases for ali trip
07.00 ali drives taxi to kent leaving me with no car
07.15 feed kids - drink half cup of coffee before cold, 2 fags
07.30 washing machine on - make beds
08.30 walk oscar to school
08.40 continue walking to ellie school
09.05 ellie deposited at school - late but ok
09.20 back home - realise wallet is missing
09.30 mechanics call - can't make it - thanks
09.45 try starting car again - battery runs flat
10.00-13.00 tidy entire house thoroughly whilst looking for wallet
11.00 first of 4 mac support calls start coming in
11.20 go through wheelie bins looking for wallet - nice
11.30 go to shop to see if I left wallet there..no
12.00 call oscars nursery - can he stay all day please - yes !?, thank f***
12.20 water plants - why bother, they're all dead anyway...
13.00 dis working on computer - new deadline, thanks mate needed that..
14.00 ring bank to cancel all bank cards, they offer a loan of course.
14.15 borrow a car to visit a client, virgin broadband bust - surprised = no
15.15 ellie finishes school goes to ballet
15.30 return borrowed car - keys through letterbox
16.00 second wash on, tumble drier on for first lot
16.10 need sugar - 2 x amarula shots with havana club top up
16.30 pick up oscar - can't pay - no wallet - sort it tomorrow? - ok
17.00 ellie back from ballet - hyperactive - pushy
17.20 ali calls - staying away till tomorrow - ok no problem
17.30 oscar throws up everywhere - temperature - calpol - mop
17.40 kids bathtime ahead of schedule to wash sick off oscar
18.00 put clean bed sheets on bed - hurrah about time too
18.30 kids dinner - not eaten - don't blame them - kievs in tomato sauce
18.40 kids fighting - crying - hurt - then ok again
18.50 dis opens bottle of red wine ( kindly donated by client)
19.00 chicken run dvd on - kids silent - eating crisps - still hungry
19.20 dishwasher emptied, reloaded, on again
19.30 tumble drier on for second lot
19.40 dis working on computer - constant interruptions
20.10 kids to bed - arguments - go to bed or else...
20.30 oscar sick again - change bedding - ellie wakes up
21.00 kids asleep
21.30 dis eats spaghetti with sauce from jar - yuk
22.00 get everything ready for morning - bookbag, packed lunch
22.15 large vodka coke - out of ice - bummer
23.00 dis wastes 20 minutes writing this blog - am I mad or what ?
23.30 bed
00.00 i am dreaming of a far away place which is soft and fluffy and floaty. there are no clocks or wallets and my legs don't work. a warm fuzz overwhelms me. all is peaceful, until, far away in the distance, a child calls my name...
