I Am On Holiday!!

[londonronnie]

Well, ok, I'm not officially on holiday for another 36 hours yet, but I have decreed that my holiday actually commenced at approximately 11.10 this morning, ie the second we drove away after having installed MIL in the respite care home.

I am free!! So, what have I accomplished today? I have pottered! I have proscrastinated! I have fiddled about on the internet! I have been to the pub! I have had fish and chips for my supper! And I have been alone in my own bloody house, and it's been bloody fantastic!

Got most of my packing done too, only last minute bits and bobs to see to tomorrow, and then we'll be ready for the off bright and early on Wednesday morning. JD is working for most of the day tomorrow so I shall make the most of my solitude again whilst doing yet more pottering. It might sound pretty mundane but I shall relish it, believe me.

Big bonus tomorrow morning - I'll actually be able to go to Izzy's school and see her performing in her end-of-year assembly. This will be the first chance I've had to go to anything she's been involved with at school as I'm usually stuck in the house waiting for MIL's carer to turn up, so I'm really looking forward to it. The poor mite's in the wars too - fell off her scooter yesterday and ended up with a fractured wrist. Mind you, she's lapping up all the attention from her school mates apparently... *g*

Off to London for four days on Wednesday then, and then down to Exmoor for ten days. Possibly no internet access while I'm away (unless I can fit in a quick trip to the Wetherspoons in Minehead, that is). And then when we get back we'll have two whole days at home on our own before we go to pick MIL up. Not that she knows that - if she had the slightest inkling that we were at home she'd be getting someone to phone us up, demanding that we visit her. We're taking advantage of the situation to take Izzy to York for the day when we get back - once again, a rare opportunity to actually take her on an outing. I do feel guilty when she's on her school holidays and the most exciting trip I can offer is a quick walk down to Morrisons and back...

I shall bid you all adieu now then (pub meal with all the family tomorrow night - yet another opportunity that only arises once or twice a year). Photos and reports will follow if I get the chance - if not, I shall see you all again at the end of the month!

And look! I'm going to go to bed early and read Pros slash! Don't have to wait up and put MIL to bed and dish out her medication at 11pm. I can go to bed when I want to!!

Ta-ra wacks!

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeay and yeay for you - have the most brilliant time, and relish every second, including the curling up in bed whenever you want!

[doylebaby.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your holiday, have as much fun as you can! *hugs*

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

It all sounds bloody marvellous. Have a fabby time! ♥

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Heh. I so completely understand this! *g* Relish it. Enjoy it. It's just so wonderful to have your life back for a bit, isn't it? I am so glad you're getting this brea, and have all these marvelous things lined up to do! What a fantastic rest-of-July you will have!

Here's to good food, good drink, good company, and doing whatever you want to do, when you want to do it! \o/!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I know you will thoroughly enjoy your holidays. Make the most of them and have a smashingly good time.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Have a great holiday!!!!

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Finally, it's here!

Hope you enjoyed your night of reading - the first of many, with luck.

Best of luck for the weather in your travels, and hope to see photos and reports at some stage, but don't go wasting time trying to get onto the internet when there is a pub, or people, or stories...

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see you both!

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

yay! it's great that you're making the most of your precious time.

I'm glad Izzy didn't have to miss the school concert. Enjoy, and don't forget the hanky!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Have fun - enjoy every second!

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Have a really wonderful, restful time and focus on what you want to do - if anyone deserves it, it's you.

Enjoy your pottering day.

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

Have a grand time, toots!

Holidays!

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful! Have a fantastic, restful, restorative break - honestly, it sounds absolutely perfect. (and there are times I would give my eye-teeth to be alone in my own damn place, so I hear that all right!)

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Yay, holidays! Sounds wonderful, looking forward to seeing you! Have a brilliant time and just chill!

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

Yay, you! Have a wonderful time. <3