Friday 23 May 2014

Today in photos - or The One where I recover my Sense of Humour

Yesterday was a tough day with poorly boys and a stressed out Mum. Today didn't look much better given that we had an appointment at Great Ormond Street, but we managed to pack some fun in on the way!

So, we were at the train station early this morning and H's grandmother communicates her concern that he might be worried about his London trip, via text message. His response?

"Show her my Excited Face Mummy!"



So I did.

Unfortunately due to the wonders of modern connectivity crap connectivity provided by Vodafone she didn't get this until after we were home. No matter...... it's cute, right?


"Are we there yet?"

Due to the impressively punctual completely unreliable and totally frustrating "service" offered by Abellio Greater Anglia most of the trains into London were cancelled this morning. Apparently, saying "sorry" makes it all ok though. Isn't that nice?

So we had to head right into Liverpool Street on the 10.09am totally made up service cobbled together at the last minute and then head BACK to Westfield for a spot of shopping. 

EXTRA fortunately we both managed to retain our sense of humour after coffee/pretzel/smoothie/brownie (delete as applicable) (Don't delete because it really did take all that to recover ourselves.....)


The Power of Coffee. Works Wonders every time......

I did ask him for a re-take as he pulled a daft face... but got the response "I'm all Selfied out now". Of course. After one shot. A better than usual one of me though so I'm not complaining!

That was the fun bit. The not-so-fun-bit followed, with talk of further appointments, interventions and a blood test. The last precipitated a sense of humour failure, right after they decided to take blood from the vein also known as "Dandelion". NO idea on that one. But since I have endured enjoyed approximately four hours on the playing/sales/viewing stats of Zelda games,  plus everything you ever didn't want wanted to know about the Wii U I decided not to ask. Dandelion it is....

By some complete miracle, we managed to escape EARLIER than anticipated (GOSH friends will know how incredibly unlikely this is) and jumped on the first off-peak service home. Amazing.


Bit tired now - scoffed the chips, need a nap. 
(And that was just me, so goodness knows HOW tired he is!)

We arrived home to a happy house with a nearly-finished-my-GCSEs-and-it's-now-half-term happy 16 year old and two jolly 8 year olds who have been told they have the teachers they want next year. 

So that's Friday night SORTED. Unless you are Oscar, for whom it was decided "Hugging Therapy" was required. 


Now that's one SERIOUSLY unimpressed cat. 

So, sense of humour recovered, kids in bed, (well, it sounds good but actually two of them are NOT yet in bed....) and I'm DONE for the week. 

Happy Bank Holiday!





28 comments:

  1. Love it and can't believe you were out of GOSH *ahead* of plan - are you sure? Did you magically gain some minutes somewhere in your day because that really isn't possible any other way. Or maybe you managed to get hold of the time machine of mine?

    Seriously, glad the day went well, have a fantastic bank holiday weekend - you all deserve it. Rxxx

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    1. Yes I still don't really know what happened... must have got stuck in some time warping worm-hole or something! Hope you have a lovely weekend too :)

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  2. Glad you had a successful 'day out' despite their best efforts to thwart you :) Hope you have a quiet and relaxing half term (ahem. Good Luck with that one). x

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  3. Yup, Greater Anglia are the worst train line ever! Glad you maintained your sense of humour though! x

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  4. Yes, you do need to make the best out of everything! Glad you managed to have a good(ish) day in the end.
    Thanks for linking #LetKidsbekids

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  5. Trains they are always so unpredictable. But glad that you reached home safely to a happy household.

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  6. Hugging therapy is always required! That 2nd to last picture is so lovely x

    http://www.youbabymemummy.com

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  7. Glad you kept your humour, and pleased you might have got out a little earlier. Lovely to hear you got home to a happy family. x

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  8. Wow well done on keeping your humour it's always needed when public transport decided to test you lol and yay for the happy kids on a Friday evening I hope it continues into half term for you!

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  9. Got to love Greater Anglia, I never bother looking at the timetable anymore and just grab whichever is the first train heading to my destination as you can't plan anything on that service. Pleased to see that you were able to keep your sense of humour

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  10. Glad it all ended up okay - and that you have a lovely bank holiday now with your lovely family.

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  11. Glad the day went well, despite the annoying train malfunctions. Have a good bank holiday weekend!

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  12. I find train journeying so tough! Well done you two on a tough day, hope the rest of your weekend is onwards and up!

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  13. Wow what a day!! Cute pics though! Hope your Bank Holiday is relaxing xx

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  14. Haha - 'I'm all selfied out' - I love that! Trains are a pain, as are Vodafone. You did very well keeping your cool on a very busy day. Hope the extra 'weekend' day helps foster some wonderful relaxation :-)
    Love Vicky
    Around and Upside Down

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  15. Going by the photos, he seems rather in control of the situation at all times!

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  16. What a busy day, hope you treated yourself to something at Westfield.

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  17. Glad it ended up ok in the end. I'm a year 1 teacher and I must say your little boys glasses look just adorable on him! X

    justrach.com xo

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  18. Not been on a train for a long time, look your boys glasses looks fab on him .x

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  19. I am dreading taking my tribe on the train in a couple of weeks, looks like he was so well behaved. Hope you get the results of the tests soon.

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  20. Aren't the trains a nightmare! We seem to have engineering works down here all the time. Gorgeous boy you have x

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  21. I love that you regained your sense of humour and totally agree that coffee is the wonder drug of choice! Lovely photos x

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  22. I love that you managed to keep your sense of humour in tact, it sounds like it was needed!

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  23. I get your frustrating on lack of trains but really the man on the gate had nothing to do with the lack of service and they always get the abuse for it... I feel for them

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  24. I love the excited face photo :) haha

    Thanks for linking up to the #blogsRus linky!

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  25. I'm glad it worked out ok in the end x

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