Yellow Pox

This morning we all developed a bad dose of "Yellow Pox"...

It was very contagious....




Luckily we all recovered quickly and we went for a walk at Brocks Hill Country Park in Oadby. We saw baby moorhens, a Water vole (I thought it was a rat - but CBeebies has since educated me and I am now much more knowledgeable in the difference between rats and water voles....) and lots of birds. We appreciated the carvings and had good fun in the play area.

Big Acorn had his last AS today, so he is relaxing now. Middle Acorn starts her GCSEs on Friday (just a few as its a year early), so the revision continues.

Bring on the cold flannel

Yesterday we had a novel experience. We hadn't been to a car boot sale since 1994, so we chose the biggest one in Leicestershire to visit!! AGGGGGHHHHHH!!!
Actually, apart from being daunted by the size of it, we did enjoy ourselves (You can gather from this that our previous experiences of Car Boot Sales have not been pleasant can't you???).
We bought a couple of books and jigsaws for LA, some cucumber plants to replace the ones that last weeks frost killed 2 days after we put them out and a sweet pepper plant to complement the several hundred chilli pepper plants we appear to be growing in the kitchen!
LA had a wonderful time, she had an ice cream (a real treat) and spent a happy 30minutes on the bouncy castles.

In the afternoon, I had to work. I spoke to my boss about last weeks happenings, and to cut a long story short, it is all now sorted.
We are still so understaffed, I didn't get home until well past midnight, even though my shift was supposed to end at 10pm.

Today, I have been rather sleepy, due to the late hour I got home. LA has been playing up, I think she has seized the opportunity to cause chaos.
We have been to Tumble Tots and since we've been home she has continued with her "Look at me" behaviour. She has poured a yoghurt drink all over herself and the sofa and is now demanding a bath.
No hope! I'm not giving into that sort of behaviour. Its a nice cold wash with a flannel for you my girl!!
Maybe I'll try that myself as well...it might wake me up.

On a downer

Feeling a bit down today, I guess its really just "one of those days" and if I had any sense I'd go to bed early and get it over and done with. But having very little sense, I suspect I'll see it though to the end!!

It started badly, my first day back at work after a week off. A week in which I had achieved very little as it rained all week. I got into work to discover that my boss had changed all the decisions I made before I went on holiday. Some of these were trivial, but some were very important (that's VERY important...VERY VERY - I'm a Mental Health Nurse and some of the decisions I make with the people I visit are VERY important and rely on trust) and I remain very worried about some of these, even as I sit here trying not to think of work.
Why would he do that anyway???

Anyhow - finished work and came home to find Rich and little acorn had spent the morning making models - excellent.
However, he then declares that he has been speaking to Middle Acorn and thinks she may be right and Little Acorn should go to school...