My daughter

Yesterday was not a good day.

I had a lot of time by myself, as my daughter was with her grandmother.

I tried to do some homework but accomplished very little.

Feeling frustrated, I went first to buy a Christmas tree, then to Boots to replenish cough medicine supplies (spending £28 on children's Benilyn, Calpol, Tampax, lip salve and children's bandaids), finally ending up at Sainsbury's.  I didn't dally too long.  I got home, had lunch and set about putting the shopping away.

I looked around.  Crap!!!  Where was my cloth bag with all the things from Boots???

I had put it on the spare shopping trolleys, when I'd put the one I was using away.  I must have left it there.  I put my coat back on and schlepped back up to Sainsbury's.  I asked at customer service but no-one had handed it in.  I went back outside to look around the trolleys to see if it was still there.

All I found was my very empty cloth bag.

What a horrid thing to do at this time of year.  I live in a nice neighbourhood and expected more of the people here.  The bag was filled with things for a child, it's coming up to Christmas and instead of doing the right thing, whoever stole my stuff, simply left an empty bag.

I was so upset and disgusted.

I tend to always try to see the best in people and I felt really let down by this.

So when I went to pick up my daughter, I reiterated my frustrating day due to lack of actual work and loss of shopping.  I said that I felt that I am really struggling and I'm not sure I can do this.

This little voice from the back seat, piped in, "Mummy, you just have to believe in yourself!"

Yet another one.....

Last night I had to remember to turn the alarm off.

I have it set on repetition for school days, except that there was no school today.

Our lovely teachers are on strike with good reason, but it just means that it is yet another day off in what feels like a long line of them this term.  

Our school was closed for the wedding, for polling and for inset days, not to mention all the other bank holidays.  Have they had a full week of school this term?

Yesterday, I sat there wondering what I was going to do with my little girl.

Today, I feel like we didn't stop.

It was one thing after another, that started with buying new sandals for her.

Then came Sainsbury's, then a quick Starbucks.  It was quick because I forgot that I was supposed to be meeting someone a mile away to collect some keys.  Then came lunch, followed by me sitting down for 20 minutes.  A quick bike ride into the park where we met up with half the children from her school and made it home just in time, before the rains came (again).  Her bath was run and supper was started and now I'm sitting down, again.

But I promise I'll only sit down for a quick minute.

I am so looking forward to 8pm, when my time can begin and if I so choose, I can just simply sit on the couch doing nothing but watching the telly.

What will your evening bring?