In my distant past I had a friend who lives just outside Birmingham, when I got sent up there for meetings he was fantastic at appearing to keep me occupied and avoid sitting at a table for 1 in a hotel dining room, avoiding the gaze of travelling reps! He also took me to see Gladiator, and still finds it hilarious that we almost always ended up in the Rat & Parrot! We have been really good friends since the early naughties, but since I got married and was ill we've sort of lost touch! Thanks to Facebook we reconnected a few years back and just recently we ended up playing the same daft game, I'll admit I was sat here wondering how he was and thinking about sending a message to him as I was sure his mobile number had probably changed from the one I had. Then yesterday afternoon my phone beeped and I got a message from him! Spooky or what...
We chatted for a while via text and he called this afternoon, we chatted for over an hour and it felt like the last time we chatted was last week! It was nice to realise he hasn't changed at all and we seem to have fallen back into our old pattern! He is one of the few people I'll argue with about politics as I know we'll just end up laughing! I spent most of this afternoon trying to convince him to propose to his girlfriend of 4 years...after putting up with him for that long I think a proposal is the least she deserves, the VC is probably a more deserving award for her!
Mikey is still growing like a weed! At the moment his favourite thing to do in the whole world is to bounce! He has a small 1 person trampoline in the garden which he now can nearly bounce over the safety handle so will probably be asking for a larger one soon...I'm not quite sure where that will go as our garden is rather narrow...unless we can get an oblong one to fit into the garden!! That would make mowing the lawn a bit of a challenge!! It is decidedly scary to think the he is 3 next month, but on the other hand it is difficult to think of what life was like before him (fewer cars all over the floor)
I think my next challenge is to find some kind of storage system for the fleet of cars, trucks and lorries which have accumulated in the last few months. The fact we have 2 massive fire engines, endless tractors and dustbin lorries plus various emergency vehicles (with sirens and no off switch) in addition to 'normal' cars means we have a major parking issue in our house! I think it may be solves with a plastic set of drawers so he can sort them out to his hearts content and they won't be on my lounge floor! It really is time his toys move into his bedroom with him!
OK, I know I'm wishing for a miracle...but they do sometimes happen don't they?!?!?
