Homeopathy

I try as much as possible not to go to the doctor. Mine is far too fond of doling out anti-biotics* and blaming everything on my weight ... from eczema to a stiff left shoulder. So ... and yes I know there are now people out there screaming "well it probably is your weight" ... I try to avoid the doctor as much as possible. And instead I visit a homeopath called Morag.

It's not only the lack of anti-biotics that draw me to her, it's the way that homeopathy works. She really listens to what I actually say. She's not focused on getting me out of there quickly so that she can move on to the next patient. She listens to my symptoms and ties them together to treat them. She brings my emotions an feelings into the equation. She treats the whole me.

Anyway after a visit yesterday I came away with very red eyes (a good cry is always cathartic**), 7 little paper bags of tablets and a lighter step. I'd had a good chat about what ails me, let go of some tears that have been building under the new pressure of work over the last term and really talked. I slept really well last night & I feel relieved this morning. My husband labels all of this as hocus-pocus. Watch out Simon! I'm going to let her treat him if he's not careful ... "bring up the sulphur enema for my man please, Morag!"

*And finding a new doctor or a dentist in the South East of England is like finding a needle in a haystack.
** I mean in an emotionally purging way and not in the same way as a strong laxative would be cathartic :o) Otherwise that makes me sound very strange indeed and whilst I admit to a little odd ... I'm not willing to go any further.

Brittany

Today over at Indigo's Daily Trivia Game, I so wanted to answer Brittany Spears to the question "Who got stuck in a giant whale's stomach? I was of course much better behaved than that!

In other news I won in poker last night* ... and admitted to one of my fellow players that I have a blog. I think she might come a-hunting :o)

* I am a whole £2.60 better off ... what should I do with the cash? Decisions, decisions.

Stolen ... well I have been on the straight and narrow for a while now!

And whilst we're at it, if I have permission to steal it, does that make it a theft? Stolen with permission from the lovely AEWIAML, who in turn choose to steal it from the Peanut Queen ... see at leasy I didn't steal from royalty. You end up in the tower if you do that!

1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up? Actually, one of my nursery nurses, who keeps saying things like "we used to blah, blah, blah and the that worked really well. Maybe you should try that next time." So tell me before I f&*k up then! Not after the fact you cowbag.

2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be? Chris Rea. Because he just stands there when he performs and there's no animation, not even on his face. Not a twitch of a toe. Not a wobble of a shoulder. Nothing! Nada! Rien! And maybe Chris de Burgh to, just for Lady in Red.

3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face? Actually and I don't say this lightly, Sharon Osborne, for choosing the awful Dione over Jonathan in the X factor on Saturday. What do you mean sad addict?

4. What is your favorite cheese? Either St Agur or Cabecou ... can't decide between the 2 of them. Or perhaps a Ossau-Iraty from the Basque region ~ delicious :o)

5. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make? I have simple sandwich tastes, a really good BLT with a little low fat mayo; juicy tomatoes sprinkled with Maldon salt, crispy lettuce, smoky sweetcure bacon ... on artisan bread!

6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. Hugh Jackman of course, did you really need to ask?

7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick? Well obviously neither of the Chris monsters because, well just because you wouldn't! Seal please.

8. Now that you've slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. Holy crap, a hundred bucks! How are you gonna spend it? Can we make it £100 please? Lunch with Ruth, Kev and Su.

9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? New Zealand, via Fiji.

10. Upon arrival at the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do? Buy a couple of bottles of wine to share with a Kiwi or two!

Unconscious mutterings #192

I say ... and you think ... ?

Opinion :: opinionated
Tardy :: late for school
Peer pressure :: slim teenagers in trampy clothes
Grown up :: never
! :: Mynyffrny! or Putain ... because nobody around here understands enough Welsh/French for me to get into bother! In a past life I always used to say f%*k a duck but can you imagine the complaints I'd get?
Beer :: Bitter please or Singha at a push.
Sit :: Down quietly.
Shower :: Every morning ~ or otherwise I'm not awake!
Consumate :: Professional
Wasting :: Away

There's a duck muttering ...

... actually more a case of quacking at me because I haven't muttered unconsciously this morning. But I will when I can* and until then here's 10 words for you to mutter incoherently about this morning :o(

My husband ::
Gardening ::
Lopping ::
Branches ::
Tree ::
Danger ::
Ambulance ::
Hospital ::
Mother-in-law ::
Visit ::

SOOOOO, you see what horros could happen if I was to let my free-associating imagination imagination run riot. I need to go and "oversee!"

* Luna is obviously having a lie-in and who can blame her it is Sunday after all.

Saturday morning

So, much less moany this morning. Gave myself a good talking to and a bit of a shake! The good news is that my paperwork was in on time & in first! A huge step for me ... I'm a right at the last minute kinda of girl ~ you should see my Myers Briggs typing. The boss gave me a gold star and the "long may this continue" chat :o)

Should be off to Brighton for lunch with Kev today and to ... no wait, I can't tell you because it concerns my mother's Christmas present and she sneakily reads this here blog ~ without commenting I might add. Sneaks in like the highly trained SAS operative that she is, reads & disappears only to throw what I have written back in my face in time for our nightly phone call ... and boy will I get it for that one! He he he!

Anyway, instead of my trip, a heavy cold is keeping me in the warm, with a pile of record keeping and an endless supply of hot tea ... which on the whole and with Charmed on UK Living all afternoon doesn't sound too bad. Wherever you are & whoever you're with ~ you have a good one!

A list of things I really needed to get done this week! Please excuse me, this is a bit of a moan.

Good grief it's been busy. Unlike my MIL who thought (and said out loud btw) "oh nursery? It'll be so nice to have a less busy job out of education for a while." I knew nursery was going to be tough. I knew some things (the marking obviously) would be lighter but there would be a much heavier workload in other areas (wiping noses, keeping those little butterfly minds in one place, painting, sand and water.)

But I had no idea how much bloody paperwork there'd be! How much planning, because of course other people have to be able to follow it and see where it's going. And how much record keeping and assessment. And of course in my management role ~ pshaw! ~ there's even more bloody paperwork.

So here's my list of all those things I really should have got done by today ~ bleugh! I think I'll go back to bed

1. Additional Educaltional Needs audit and IEPs
2. Target setting for nursery kids (please they're 3 & 1/2!)
3. 2 reports for different doctors about children in class, whom we're applying for extra funding for ... Cheryl will tell you how long it'll be before we actually get it!
4. Planning for next week
5. IT section of the School Development plan
6. IT extra funding bid ... hope this comes through.
7. Staff email list updated
8. Data tracking folders for all staff members updated (for reading, writing & maths)
9. Data entry calendar sent out ... to warn all staff about the dates for the whole year.
10. Data to check for the deputy head.

And then there's the life I am supposed to have ... and a husband to see ~ right!

Come on over and answer a question!

So, as you know I go over daily to Indigo's Q.O.T.D. to battle with Haloscan. I suddenly realised this week that if I answer my questions at lunchtime in work ... picture me, sarnie and a cup-a-soup banging away at the keyboard in the ICT suite, crumbs flying into the keyboard ... Haloscan just lets me ~ finally!!! Hurrah!

But also this week, I was asked to join the Q.O.T.D. team, cue even bigger hurrah! So come on over and answer my question, which is ....

The first person in my address book is my good friend Ahmad, so tell us, who's first in your address book ... be it old fashioned paper or on the PC?

You couldn't make stuff like this up ....

LMAO! Didn't they read it before they sent it to the sign makers?

Out of the mouths of babes

Our last little gaggle of three year olds started last Wednesday. The tiny little ones. Including 2 screamers ~ luckily 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon ... I don't know what we'd have done if they'd been in the same session :o)

Anyway one of them a little girl Lauren was so very brave on Wednesday, after the first initial screams (as I wrestled her away from Mum and Dad) we went to the book corner and had a bit of a read and she calmed right down. However the rest of the morning was spent repeating the same script

Lauren ~ Mummy coming for me soon.

Me ~ Yes, darling, she'll be here soon.

Lauren ~ *big brave smile* Coming in a minute?

Me ~ Yes that's right in a minute.

At 11.30 she leapt off the steps into her dad's arms and happily went off chattering to them / herself. When Thursday morning came around Lauren was wise to my wrestling techniques and I had to pry her off Mum like a limpet. Dad rang mid-morning (obviously worried about his little darling) and we had a long chat. I comforted this man-mountain (6' 4" and probably 25 stone +) and he left his mobile phone number so we could ring if she got too upset. And at 11.30 he arrived on his own and she leapt again to shouts of "my daddy."

And then on Thursday night tragedy struck. Lauren's daddy was killed in a car crash on the way home from work. What do you say? 34 years old, 2 young children. Gone.

Yesterday morning at snack time I noticed rain clouds rolling in and pointed them out to the children.

Me ~ Gosh look at those huge rain clouds. I think we'll need our wellies and brollies on the way home don't you?

Lauren ~ Mummy says my daddy's up there. Watching me. He can see me all the time.

Me ~ *through tears* Yes darlin' he can.

Questions, there's always questions!

I love Indigo's site Question of the Day but as some of you may, or may not know ... halsocan has a problem with me; or rather my PC has a problem with it. Not all haloscan you understand; just some :o( Anyway, Indi, here are a couple of answers just to let you know that I'm not just in it for the quizzing glory ... good luck with avoiding the oatmeal choc chip cookies and btw, what kind of topic is ????

City
What is the largest city you've ever visited?
Probably London ... but it's not my favourite, I love Dublin ~ so friendy eventhough someone tried to steal Ruth's purse out of her handbag.

How Many ???
How many bottles of beer are on the wall?
It's early in the morning after the night before ... there are no bottles of beer on the wall BUT the recycling bin looks healthy. By the way, it was ice cold Singha and it was delicious :o)

Denim blues
What is the most that you're willing to pay for a pair of jeans? What if the fit was as if they were made just for you -- would you be willing to pay a premium?
I'd pay £70 ... and I'd need them to be fabulous for that price. I know, that's not a lot but I don't actually wear jeans all that often.

Squeaky clean
This question is courtesy of DJ Tim ....
What is your all time favourite clean joke?
What do you call a Frenchman in sandals? Philippe Flop

Autumn
What is your favorite thing about Autumn? Or do you call it Fall?
I call it Autumn and I love cold, crisp, bronze leaf filled mornings and hazy/misty drives home in the sunshine.

Unconscious mutterings #191

I say ... and you think ... ?

Taxes :: my pay packet would be so much better if I didn't have to pay them!
Hooray :: Hooray Henry
Justification :: excuse
Shocking :: Good grief!
Bureaucracy :: bullshit that sucks
Porn :: Star
Silly :: Sausage, please remember the age of children I work with :o)
DJ :: Hey Mr DJ put a record on, I want to dance with my baby!

Swing :: Swing when you're winning
Anti- :: Antidisestablishmentarianism