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ailbheI've been ill. Astrid has had a runny nose and eventually I caught it too and although she's fine it went to my chest, as everything always does, if I got a verruca it would go to my chest, and yesterday was grim and last night was horrendous (I had a coughing fit at 3am which was almost like a convulsion, my feet kicked involuntarily while I hacked up my lungs and I couldn't open my eyes and my arms clenched up until the muscles were painfully tight, and oh yes, I felt like I couldn't breathe, can't imagine why...) and so I woke Rob up and asked him to work from home today.
So then this morning I woke and asked him to run me a bath, but when he came to say it was ready I was apparently asleep again. And the next time I woke I'd sweated the fever out, so I had a bath, and then a shower, and then took the girls out to the library.
I felt well, but tired. It was odd, having been so demonstrably ill in the morning, to feel so well in the afternoon.
We went to storytime and then to John Lewis where we spent over 90 minutes having shoes fitted; there was one pair per child in stock which fit well enough to buy, but nothing really good. Thankfully they were cheapish canvas shoes, so we didn't pay full Start Rite prices for something not right. But. Very irritating. Presumably more so for the poor fitter. I can't help thinking that we'd save time if new fitters believed me when I said "Low ankle bones, high instep, narrow heel, broad toes, and they always measure a full size shorter than they actually end up wearing." But I've only ever met one fitter in one shop who did believe me.
Rob met us at the shop and we all went to the toy department where we bought the children scooters with the pocketmoney they've saved up over the past few months. And some money I've saved up too, to be fair, but they definitely made a significant contribution.
And after all that spending, we went to Pizza Express for dinner. The portions there are very small and the children needed to supplement their child meals quite a lot, so we will probably not do that again. But it was really lovely while it lasted.
Now I'm in bed, because I've had Astrid on my back for well over half of the last ten hours. I think no-one else is, though. And tomorrow we have to get out early to go to the theatre and then Linnea is having a sleepover and I dunno what else we're doing.
So then this morning I woke and asked him to run me a bath, but when he came to say it was ready I was apparently asleep again. And the next time I woke I'd sweated the fever out, so I had a bath, and then a shower, and then took the girls out to the library.
I felt well, but tired. It was odd, having been so demonstrably ill in the morning, to feel so well in the afternoon.
We went to storytime and then to John Lewis where we spent over 90 minutes having shoes fitted; there was one pair per child in stock which fit well enough to buy, but nothing really good. Thankfully they were cheapish canvas shoes, so we didn't pay full Start Rite prices for something not right. But. Very irritating. Presumably more so for the poor fitter. I can't help thinking that we'd save time if new fitters believed me when I said "Low ankle bones, high instep, narrow heel, broad toes, and they always measure a full size shorter than they actually end up wearing." But I've only ever met one fitter in one shop who did believe me.
Rob met us at the shop and we all went to the toy department where we bought the children scooters with the pocketmoney they've saved up over the past few months. And some money I've saved up too, to be fair, but they definitely made a significant contribution.
And after all that spending, we went to Pizza Express for dinner. The portions there are very small and the children needed to supplement their child meals quite a lot, so we will probably not do that again. But it was really lovely while it lasted.
Now I'm in bed, because I've had Astrid on my back for well over half of the last ten hours. I think no-one else is, though. And tomorrow we have to get out early to go to the theatre and then Linnea is having a sleepover and I dunno what else we're doing.
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Date: 2011-02-25 07:55 am (UTC)HeelasJohn Lewis. Well, I could take her on the train to Reading, it's only about an hour away - but we've got a John Lewis here, it's just that it's laid out WRONG.(Edit, argh, tags)
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Date: 2011-02-26 12:29 am (UTC)ORLY?
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