Not a bad week all in all � I was back at school on Monday and the kids seem to be asking me a lt less questions this week which either means that bad news travels fast or that they have lost interest in �Why Miss has got that thing on her head�. I have become tomorrows chip paper, chaps!
Best quote of the week �Cant we have you all the time Miss? You�re lovely and Miss Abbey�s (their regular teacher) a fucking bitch.� Not sure if I should have written that up on the behaviour log under �Inappropriate Language� or just basked in the compliment. Slightly ashamed to say I basked.
Last weekend I got coerced into going along to a gig with L and the band he sometime plays with. I may have mentioned Im not allowed to be �offically� in the band (Cos, like, having your chick in the band is, like, just asking for trouble, man. *tssk*) but Im graciously allowed to �guest� every now and then so I knew they�d be getting me up for a song or two. I ended up doing half a dozen numbers � Liz filmed on my camera but the combination of crappy sound quality, nervousness and enormous amounts of self-criticism means Im not posting it here. Instead you can see a bit of the band � L�s in the middle, a� strummin� and a� slappin�, T on the right on the flute (he plays tenor and soprano sax, too) and M on the left doing the rhythm and the gravely (sp? I mean �like gravel�, not �like grave�) vocal. Its only a snatch but you get the flavour:
Hoping to be well enough to drive down and see annanotbob2 on Friday. Its about an hour and a half drive but I think I could break it up a bit with an overnight at Sis�s on the way back. Got a germ of an inkling of an idea of an art project I want to work on and Im kind of hoping Anna will give me the proverbial kick up the backside I need to get started on it. I keep looking at the canvasses and then chickening out. Then I do ANOTHER bloody biro sketch and screw it up and throw it away. What Ive got in my head is very mixed-media and I think it well outstrips my actual ability level (despite a slightly ancient A Level certificate which ought to indicate the contrary!) but I want to have a go anyway. Maybe.
Any ideas what I might be able to get Mater for her birthday this weekend? Im not exactly flush with cash � although I do get paid on Tuesday. As you know, we don�t often get along very well but she HAS been brilliant since Ive been ill and I�d like the quality of the gift to reflect that a bit. Last year I got her a planted bowl of narcissi � pretty but hardly spectacular. Im at a loss, tbh. She appears to already have everything she needs. I could make something, I guess, but what? Grrrrr, bloody mothers.
Boring entry, apologies for that � combination of chemo-brain making sparkling repartee a dim and distant memory and not very much actually happening.
Better luck next time, huh?