Lonesome

Friday was quite a momentous day in this household, what with firstly the Mrs goes on her first plane ride to a wedding in Glasgow with her sister, followed a few hours later by the two oldest boys going on a weekend away with the Scouts. So the aftermath? Me left alone with two small children for a whole three days.
One of these children has a constant snotty nose while the other a cough. Several doses of medicine later and we had relief and thankfully not long until bedtime. Once despatched to the land of nod, I had freedom to watch, listen and eat whatever I wanted. Bliss.
By Saturday however, the novelty was beginning to wear off.
I still had to take them shopping and there was washing to be done, not to mention food preparation and constant refreshments to bring. Washing up was a chore I could've done without.
At least I still had the evening to myself. Must admit to a slight feeling of loneliness but that passed as soon as Match of the Day came on followed by the Rolling Stones film on BBC2.
And so to Sunday.
A short trip to little Tesco for essentials while later we have the match to watch. That finishes just in time to pick up two cold, hungry, tired and grumpy young men. McDonalds will cheer them up.
And then...And then....SHE'S BACK!!!! Should be back about 10 tonight. Can't wait to hear what I haven't done and how lazy I've been.
Normality returns.

Scania Rant

This photo shows the common curse of the Scania driver. Anyone who has this on their dashboard knows a slow ride awaits.
Our Scanias have been with us for three years now and for the first two, we knew where we stood with them. If your bus was numbered between 15125 and 15159, it would be able of going at a fair speed with decent pulling away speed. Anything numbered 15160 to 15174 would crawl.
Over the last year, more and more of these things have the problems illustrated in the photo which brings with it extremely low pulling away speed, coupled with a tendency to hit every red light there is. Just as you manage to get any movement out of it, it's time to hit the brakes. All in all a very unhappy situation and working practice.
Every so often you hear rumours of why this is; warranty expired, too costly to fix etc etc.
I'm sure I'm not the only driver to pray for the day when these 'accidents waiting to happen' are either fixed properly or just taken off the road completely. Give me a good TA any day.
Rant over.

Otherwise a fairly easy Sunday with no drama, just how I like it.

Return of the Daddy

Yes I'm back! It's been 5 years since my last post and things have happened... We still live in the same hovel, but now we have an extra mouth to feed. Welcome to Mason who is now 2 years old.
Mason started life in dramatic circumstances, having to be delivered by Caesarean section on 30 April 2010 weighing in at just over 3lb. 2 weeks in an incubator and he was able to take his place in our home.
I'm still slogging away on the buses, so much for only three more years! Eddie was brainwashed into supporting West Ham, a sad loss but I remain ever hopeful of a U turn.
My blog will hopefully be maintained a bit better and it won't be so long before the next post.