Bad Wolf?

So this morning, Olivia tells me they have a new game at school - all the girls are Daleks (except Hannah who gets to be Rose), the boys are all Dr Who, except if the girls catch them and turn them into Daleks. Suprisingly, Olivia goes along with this, even though she has to be a Dalek instead of being Rose. However, she tells me she's the leader of the Daleks, so I guess that's why she doesn't object. Wouldn't have thought a Dalek was glamourous enough for Olivia, though! The new series of Dr Who is almost over, though, and then no more Chris Eccleston, boo hoo.

Tamogotchi Hell

Oh, and can I say that in my own personal hell (meaning the one I design, rather than the one I will no doubt inhabit as punishment for my evil ways ), in addition to there being a special room for whoever invented the car alarm [with lots of different car alarms, each going off randomly, usually just as you are going back to sleep], there will also be a room for whoever invented the Tamogotchi (or however the heck you spell it). This will consist of walls and walls of Tamogotchis all needing to be fed, entertained, cleaned up after, soothed, and so on - and all of whom have got their sleep schedules off, so that instead of sleeping 12 hours at night, they beep constantly from under the sofa or wherever one's darling children have left the blasted things, at all hours of the day...

French market mishap

So this morning we went to the little French Market they have a couple of times a year in Wimbledon - very nice, got some bread, salami, sausages, and so on. Got home to realise that one of the items we bought at the deli stall wasn't in the bag (celeriac remoulade, which is kind of like coleslaw, only made with celeriac (celery root) and a bit of mustard in the mayonaise) - such an annoyance. It seems like a total waste of money not to go back and get it, but round trip to Wimbledon including having to park the car and whatnot is probably at least 40 minutes, so it's also a matter of what one's time is worth. So we decided not to go back. Missed it at lunch though. Oh well, at least I know how to make it and can make my own after I go grocery shopping. Doesn't stop it being annoying though.

Hayfever. what's it good for? absolutely nothing.

OK, someone out there explain to me precisely what the point of hayfever is. I mean, who gains from this? Today is insane, both eyes and nose still awful even after drugs, and frankly, I'm losing my patience with it. Not that there's anything more to do be done except move to Arizona. My luck, I'd probably be the only human allergic to sand. Sigh.

Leaving abnormal

Right. Half term holiday over - kids back to school tomorrow. Steve & Christine safely home after a nice visit to us and relatives in Spain. Still too much to do and too little time, though. What else is new?